I went to Belfast, Northern Ireland at Christmas time, 2024 as part of my 2024 Lucky 13th British Isles Christmas Adventure.  I arrived on Christmas Eve and left December 28th.  Belfast honors working women with statues of hardworking women around the city. To the left is a seamstress and an office worker.  Notice the typewriter and telephone in the statue of the office worker.

        To the right is the Beacon of Hope sculpture. Built in 2007, she holds up the ring of Thanksgiving.

       Below left is a mural on part of the wall that separated Protestant and Catholic parts of Belfast. Violence regularly occurred between them and walls were necessary to separate them.  Now, people seem to get along better and the mural commemorates some of the Troubles.  Below right is the Europa Hotel which was the most bombed hotel in Europe due to the violence between Catholics and Protestants.   

	Below left is Titanic Belfast, a museum dedicated to the Titanic lcoated where the Titanic was built. Below center is a mural of the men who built the Titanic. Below right is a Charlie Chaplain mural, a famous comic who performed often in Belfast. The River Lee runs through Cork, actually surrounding an island in the city. It is very picturesque. Bottom row center is a picture of Cork from St. Patrick's Hill which took 118 steps to climb. The church in the picture is St. Anne's Church, built in 1732. Finally, bottom row left, is a Christmas display at Casey's Furniture Store which has had a Christmas display for over 100 years.
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