4 Hours to Dublin

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And I am....not quite....not quite......and.... done! This morning I had a three hour exam for my Unionism Under the Union course on a Saturday (Yeah!). There is nothing like Unionism to wake one up in the morning. I wrote on Female Unionists for my first essay question, opposition from conservative Protestants to the Act of Union in the 1790s for my second, and Ulster Unionists in the Great War for my third question. And everyone who just read that is now asleep. Anyway, I wanted to post some pictures from trip to Dublin and County Wicklow including the monastic site of Glendalough. Furthermore, I have some pictures from my trip to Castle Rock (the village where C.S. Lewis spent his holidays) beach and the cookout in the student village. So, I have two weeks before I head back to Nashville, so I am going to make the most of my time left by seeing London and parts of Germany. I hope you enjoy the pictures.

Swann

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Photos

Lovely Day for a Guinness
Breakfast of Champions

Dublin
Millennium Spire

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The Custom House

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Bram Stoker, the writer of Dracula, got married at the church in the center

James Joyce Statue
If anyone wants to make a statue of me, please put me in a pose like this.

Daniel O'Connell
The Great Emancipator

Molly Malone
In Dublin's fair city,
where the girls are so pretty,
I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone,
As she wheeled her wheel-barrow,
Through streets broad and narrow,
Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh!"
"Alive, alive, oh,
Alive, alive, oh",
Crying "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh".
She was a fishmonger,
And sure 'twas no wonder,
For so were her father and mother before,
And they each wheeled their barrow,
Through streets broad and narrow,
Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh!"
(chorus)

Guinness Storehouse
St. James Gate

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View from Gravity Bar

Comments

[Jennifer Kirkup]

Too cool!!!
Matthew, Your mom came in the other day and told me about your blog. How awesome it is!!! I am so proud of you and that you have gotten to experience Europe as you have. Oh to be young again.....:). Have fun and stay safe. We'll see you when you get home. Take care, Jen

[PJ Rice]

Love your pics
Great job Matt! We were over in November and visited much of what you photographed. Slán agat