Kelsey Kelleher, Phoenix Arizona's Young Ambassador to Northern Ireland's St. Patrick Centre. Travel Attractions, photos, and info about the beautiful sights of Ulster.

1. Kelsey Kelleher

2. Ryan Straney (Toronto), Brendan Murphy (Milwaukee), Rya Haglund, Matt Kelly (Albany), Dr. Tim
Kelsey Kelleher (Phoenix), Kelli Jo Johnson (Milwaukee), Caroline Murphy (Toronto)

4. • Promote good relations between
USA, Northern Ireland, and Republic.
Promote tourism to Ulster
• Make relationships and connections
• Learn history/culture of N. Ireland

5. *Colonel Robert Ross Monument
in Warrenpoint. (1812 War British
officer. Finished Pres. McKinley’s
breakfast before burning down
the White House)
*Mourne Mountains: Inspired C.S.
Lewis’ Narnia
*Electric Brae: An optical illusion–
you can push a car up a hill!
*Tollymore Forrest: furnished all
rich wood luxuries on the Titanic
*Causeway Costal Route: One of
the Top 5 road trips of the world!
*Carnlough Bay: Picturesque
Harbor and seaside town
*Ballygally Castle: Purportedly
haunted by Lady Isabella
*Our rocks from the Friendship
Ceremony and Barbecue at St.
Patrick Centre

6. Home to the Legend of the Giant Finn McCool

7. Legend says that Finn MacCool was in an argument with a giant by the name of
Benandonner in Scotland and they made a bridge to fight. Scared of the other
giant, Finn hid in his “wee wean’s” crib. When Benandonner came looking for
Finn, he said “If this is the size of the wean, I don’t want to see the size of the
father!” and fled back to Scotland.
These stones that resemble pavers are actually naturally made by lava-flow.

8. Here you can see Finn’s “Chimney Stacks”

11. The rope bridge connects the mainland
with the small island of Carrick-a-rede
You can see Scotland and various small
islands from Carrick-a-rede

12. Dark HedgesA beautiful passageway of
gnarly beech trees near
Armoy , County Antrim

13. The castle whose kitchen fell into the sea– servants and all!

14. After the Spanish War, a Spanish
sailor washed up on the coast
and was buried in this
graveyard. A Spanish chestnut
was in his pocket and grew into
this beautiful tree.

15. Church of St. Patrick in Downpatrick

17. Clough Castle
Binder’s Cove
Souterrain
An ancient underground
hideaway and storage space
Built atop manmade hills called
“motts” by John de Courcey in 1177

19. A neolithic momument.
Possibly marks a burial or
ancient religious ritual site

20. A Benedectine Abbey built
by John de Courcey in 1180.

21. “Saul” from Sabhall Phádraig meaning
"Patrick's barn” Built on the original site
where it is said St. Patrick held church
services in the barn of local chieftain Dichu

22. My Placement: with Maynard
Hanna and the Ulster Scots

23. Oldest pub on
the island of
Ireland! Older
than the USA!!

24. Kelli Jo, Maynard, the
owner, and me inside

25. I was able to tour the amazing lyric
theatre with Philip Crawford
Kelli Jo and I also had
an amazing tour of the
city of Belfast!

26. Ulster Hall
The famous concert and presentation hall in
Belfast. It had one of the most amazing pipe
organs I’ve ever seen!

27. Maynard speaking at the Rogers’ family
reunion. He has so many amazing stories,
knows so much about history, and is an
amazing orator!

28. The entire group had the amazing opportunity to visit the Belfast
Titanic museum. A multi-million dollar facility, it houses the history of
belfast as a linen mill town, a 3-D tour of what the Titanic would have
looked like, replicas of the rooms, a ride that flies you through the
titanic as it’s being built, the telegrams as the Titanic sunk, survivor
and victim stories, and the exploration of the underwater wreck.

29. “Built by Irishmen, sunk by Englishmen”
“It was ok when it left here.”

30. The Titanic Museum also has a special
exhibit hall, which housed the Game
of Thrones Exhibit! As a costume
designer, I had a lot of fun seeing all
of the amazing costumes from the hit
television series. I also was able to sit
on the Iron Throne! What power!

31. Home to the beautiful Book
of Kells (as well as other
amazing old Books) and the
Long Room Library. Maybe I
will get the change to study
here someday!

32. Scottish
Dancing
with
Michelle
Johnson
Kelli Jo and I had the
pleasure to spend the day
with Michelle, a Scottish
Dancing teacher employed
by the Ulster Scots, as she
spent the day teaching
school children some
traditional dances! It was so
much fun to participate!

33. Our group
and some
amazing
community
members at
the St.
Patrick
Centre’s
beautiful
Gardens

34. Check out my blog and my online photo album!
Thanks to the St. Patrick Centre and the
Arizona Chapter for having faith in me and
giving me this one-in-a-lifetime experience! I
will cherish it forever!