I had never been to Northern Ireland, that contentious-riven part on the north eastern section of the island. So when in the Spring of 1973, Chris, a boyfriend, invited me to spend a long weekend visiting his family, I was excited.
We drove west from London across England to northern Wales to catch the ferry from Hollyhead to cross the Irish Sea to Dundalk, then on to his cousin’s house in Belfast for dinner. We spent the night and moved on to County Fermanagh the next m… (View original article)