What a Trip: Northern Ireland

Sandy Lunsford, her husband and their companions stayed in Cushendun, on the Antrim Coast. This small village in the north of Ireland is surrounded by lush green, with "sheep and enormous cows everywhere," and "castles we discovered on narrow, crooked roads." — Sandy Lunsford
Sandy Lunsford, her husband and their companions stayed in Cushendun, on the Antrim Coast. This small village in the north of Ireland is surrounded by lush green, with “sheep and enormous cows everywhere,” and “castles we discovered on narrow, crooked roads.”

PUBLISHED: May 5, 2024 at 8:00 a.m.

Northern Ireland / submitted by Sandy Lunsford of Newport News

In September, my husband and I and some travel friends flew to Northern Ireland for our vacation exploration. We chose the scenic route along the Antrim Coast from Belfast to our Vrbo in the most northern part — in Cushendun, a very small village complete with one tiny grocery store, a 192-year-old pub (McBride’s), a hurling field and a workable red phone booth. Our lodgings were perched on a very steep hill overlooking the water with sheep and caves. To our surprise, the caves and many other nearby places, often secluded, had provided filming locations for “Game of Thrones.”

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