Yesterday whilst we were in Newry Mary was driving past this bridge and saw the sign O'Hagan Bridge. Hopefully this will be the first of many undiscovered treasures to record in our family history archive. We will have to research this bridge as it will be named after either one of our first cousins, Lord Thomas O'Hagan or Mother Mary O'Hagan so will keep you posted on what we find out. Amazing really as Mary had no previous knowledge of this bridge and it was only that she drove down this street looking for something else. Not far from this bridge we saw another huge sign, McGuigan's Bar! We didnt have time to take a photo of the pub but hopefully we will get back sometime soon to record it - it looked great..... The photo of Mary and I taken by me is a little off centre but was taken in front of the OHagan bridge sign. My first impressions of Ireland are of being very familiar, the scenery looks just like Millbrook, Springbank, Gordon etc the areas of Victoria where I grew up. The rolling hills are so very green and dotted with stone cottages. The people look similar to all those I have known most of my life - isnt DNA incredible! I am feeling right at home and cant wait to get out exploring Belfast today after having a wonderful nights sleep I am itching to get going. We are just about to attend Mass at the historic St Malachys Catholic Church in Belfast then its on to our walking tour of the Belfast Titanic Quarter. After lunch we will go to the new Titanic Museum which looks fabulous and I can see it from our apartment balcony. I will post again tonight after our big day out.
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