Friday, August 9, 2013

Today was our last class! We did evaluations for the course and then had a nice discussion and made some suggestions for future sessions. The director then told us not to go into the city tonight as there is a Republican parade and bonfire protesting the internment of Irish citizens. The British rounded up suspected IRA members and whoever else they were worried about and held them for 5 hours or 5 years without any trial. This is some kind of anniversary for the internment so there will be marches tonight. Dom wasn't sure how things will go tonight but he's sure it will be tense and told us all to stay away. Not even sure which side will start the trouble if it does happen. That seems to be the case here. A group has to apply to city council to march but sometimes it's not the protesters who start the riot.  Don't know if the Loyalists got their mural back or if it will be burned tonight on the bonfire. I'll have to check the newspaper tomorrow.

No new pictures today. I walked around the city for the last time but then had to get out of there by 5:00 before any problems popped up. Dom said we will know if something happens when we see a bunch of armored Land Rovers speeding by. Good to know. Off to Dublin tomorrow! No bombs or bonfires there.

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