Dublin Day 1 -- No Leprechauns yet

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March 16th 2009

Published: March 17th 2009

I should preface this by saying that I’m coming up on being up for 2 days with a 2hr (broken) nap on the plane. My flight was fine - got a nice plane (757) that had the personal TV in the seat. Even had a 110V outlet at my seat. Nice! It was hard to sleep with all those options, but I figured it would be better to catch some zzz’s on the plane than waste my day sleeping. Turns out it was ... Read Full Entry

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Garden of Rememberence

"Dedicated to those who gave their lives in the cause of Irish freedom."

Garden of Rememberence

James Joyce

Dubliners and Ulysses -- his two Dublin novels

The Book of Kells

This is a reproduction but there are no pics in the real Book of Kells at Trinity College. We're gonna see it while here, but this is what it looks like. Very famous. It's part of the bible made by Monks way back when

Bible

A very old copy

Handel's Chair

You know you're in another country's museum when you can sit in the same chair that Handel sat in in the 1700s.

Bram Stoker

His dracula book.

Shaw

The famous man...

Ulysses

A signed copy by James Joyce! Very rare...

Daniel O'Connell

He always has a pigeon on his head -- which is why he's covered in pigeon poop

Millenium Spire

The big fat waste of 5million euros (according to the locals)

Post Office

Market

Not as interesting as Latin American markets, but nice nonetheless

Dublin streets

Famous for the colored doors (there are postcards and pictures everywhere about it). I think the story is that the English told them to paint them black, so they rebelled by painting them all multi-colored.

The Rad

This bathroom was awesome -- even with my still life of fruit

The Rad

There's a stand up shower (with rain showerhead) and an extra bath tub

The Rad

Awesome room

The Rad

This is such a nice hotel -- I'm trying to appreciate it before we move on to the dingy B&Bs we go to next

6th April 2009

Ellen
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The food is great in ireland
I love your blog on Ireland! Even I have learned a few things - and I have been there more than 40 times. The "tea and crumpets" pic made my mouth water. We have a foodie tour of Ireland, the Discerning Foodie http://www.lynotttours.com/i-foodie.htm. Some of the simplest food is the best.

3rd October 2010

Elaine Stevens
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Kilmainham Gaol
The photos are very stirring for me as my Maternal GGgrandfather was a Convict who was Detained there From 1843 untill was transported to Van Deiman's Land. also My GGrandfather on my Fathers side was detaines there in 1848-1849 untill he was transported to PT Jackson Australia.( he Stole a cow so he could feed his family During the Famine.) so being able to see where they were Detained means a lot to me Thank you for letting me see the Photos. Regards Elaine

29th December 2010

Doc Nic
Nicole C.

Thank you
So glad it was helpful for you! Thanks for sharing!

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