Molly Malone Statue

Day 13 (Monday) Dublin, Ireland

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May 16th 2011
Hello from Dublin. We were not scheduled to arrive until about 10:00 this morning, so we got to sleep in and then have a nice sit-down breakfast in the dinning room. We arrived as scheduled and we got to watch “the docking” this time. The port of Dublin is a major commercial facility with the piers surrounded by large areas of containers stacked 3 or 4 high. It is far different from Cobh ... read more

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Celtic tribes arrived on the island between 600-150 B.C. Invasions by Norsemen that began in the late 8th century were finally ended when King Brian BORU defeated the Danes in 1014. English invasions began in the 12th century and set off more than se... ... read more