Downpatrick and Belfast

Today was pretty relaxed, but, like yesterday, we covered a lot of ground.

We started in Downpatrick at the Saint Patrick Centre, where we saw the exhibit housed there on St. Patrick. It’s the only permanent exhibit on St. Patrick in the world. It tells his life’s story, which I found interesting because I didn’t know much about him.

After visiting the exhibit, we went just up the hill to the graveyard outside of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, where we visited his grave site. There’s a large rock there marking his burial place, but no one knows the exact location of his burial. They just know it’s somewhere in the area.

We drove a few minutes from there to Saul, where St. Patrick established the first church in Ireland. There’s a tiny church on the site that we sat in for a little while.

From there we headed into Belfast for the Titanic festival. We saw the dock where the Titanic was built. I’ll just say that the name of the ship was absolutely appropriate.

I have photos from the day, but haven’t had a chance to put them on my computer yet. Check out my Flickr page for new photos (link’s at the left).