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• Yes, the pictures do tell it all and it's a very sad story. I've never been able to wrap my head around the hatred people feel for others whose religion is different from theirs. Holy wars - how can anything be holy about killing another human being? (NT) -- Denise, 10:34:48 07/22/09 Wed

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• Devastating pictures and they speak volumes really. (NT) -- Tracy, 11:27:21 07/22/09 Wed
  • I'm intrigued by the pictures I'm seeing during this re-read and would like to see the streets and sights in Belfast on the tour. (NT) -- Tracy, 11:42:23 07/22/09 Wed
    • Belfast is pretty quiet these days, other than the Marching days in July- and the occasional murder, etc. It's actually a 'small' city, but the architecture is lovely- lots of Georgian brick. I don't know how much we'll see on the bus tour, the one bus tour I did there whipped through the neighbourhoods that I wanted to see so quick, that we didn't even get photo ops. However, things are a lot quieter than that time so it's possible they will be more flexible. Part of the reason I'm taking the two days upfront in Belfast is that I want to make sure I visit the places that are relevant to the books. (NT) -- celtgirl, 12:21:52 07/22/09 Wed
      • I originally wrote that I was looking forward to seeing the streets of Belfast but 'looking forward to' didn't sound appropriate especially linked with this chapter and all the heartache and bloodshed. You know what I mean though? Just to be on the streets and feel and think about what Casey et al went through would just bring things to life for me in a different way. (NT) -- Tracy, 16:45:45 07/22/09 Wed
        • I have a journal entry from my last trip to Belfast, Tracy that is all about walking with Casey that day- I swear I felt like the boyo was with me all that day, I really inhabited his world even if we were thirty years apart in time. (NT) -- celtgirl, 18:39:29 07/22/09 Wed
          • Wow! That's the kind of thing that I want to experience but I dont think it would be on the same level as you of course but just to "feel" things is one of those experiences in life that I love to have. (NT) -- Tracy, 09:48:39 07/23/09 Thu
      • I hope those 2 days will be very fulfilling for you, Cindy. I'm really glad you are able to do that. (NT) -- Elaine, 18:57:39 07/22/09 Wed

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• "The city was a stick of dynamite" sent shivers thorough me and I still read this chapter with my mouth wide open in disbelief and horror at the fighting, nevermind the ugly cry I had at the end of the chapter! Thank goodness for page 456 or else I dont know what I would have done. One moment I thought was touching was when Casey knelt over Liam's body and said the prayer. In all that chaos, it was important to do and that meant something to me. (NT) -- Tracy, 11:40:40 07/22/09 Wed
  • That one (Casey w/ Liam) and Father Terry & Patrick singing The Black Velvet Band to Finn..was it?, I get a tear in my eye every time I read it. (NT) -- Mahri, 12:34:48 07/22/09 Wed
    • both of those parts were so the ugly cry moment! (NT) -- Lil, 15:49:14 07/22/09 Wed
    • That's such a heartbreaking moment to me for so many reasons. Aside from the obvious ones, my dad sings this song all the time so it really resonated with me. It's such a poignant song, too, all about being drawn in by beauty and betrayed by it in the end. Cindy, did you deliberately pick that song because of the theme of betrayal and appearances being deceiving or is it simply one you love? (NT) -- Carla, 18:45:02 07/22/09 Wed
      • I actually picked it because it was one my grandma used to sing to me when I was little, and so it's always had a special place in my heart. Also because the woman in the song, as I understand it, was sometimes Belfast itself. (NT) -- celtgirl, 18:50:04 07/22/09 Wed

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• This is truly an emotional chapter for all parties. I felt that Fr. Terry came out of some need to be there for Brian & Brendan's family. (NT) -- CindyS, 21:42:35 07/22/09 Wed