Dublin rowhouses
We took one more little break after resuming our trip from Cashel to Dublin. We stopped at a gas station/food mart for potty breaks and to grab something to drink. When we continued on to Dublin most of us dozed on the bus. Around 5:00 we reached the outskirts of the city. Here we actually saw a 4 lane highway as well as Burger Kings, McDonald's, Starbucks and TGI Fridays. Another sign of encroaching globalization as well as the burgeoning economy of the Celtic Tiger was the number of new buildings going up and the use of real estate agents to sell them.
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 
