Ireland (Part 1)

On August 29, 2018, we flew from Nice to Dublin for a ten-day stay on the Emerald Isle. We first spent some time in the Dublin area, then visited Galway, Dingle, and Cashel before returning to Dublin. This is the first of three pages documenting this trip. Also take a look at page 2 and page 3.

Dublin

We spent the day following our arrival sight-seeing in Dublin; we visited Trinity College and its library, took a walking tour led by a history professor, and spent the afternoon exploring on our own, strolling along the Liffey, and enjoying several cups of coffee in various history-laden venues. The photos in this section were taken on August 30 and September 6, 2018.

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St Stephen's Green


Walking down Frederick Street North	The General Post Office on O'Connell Street


O'Connell Street...	...leads to O'Connell Bridge.


Parliament Square of Trinity College	The Trinity college library


The Long Room	In the Long Room	In the Long Room


The Long Room is home to 200,000 of the library's oldest books	On campus


Inside City Hall	City Hall ceiling


In the Dublin Castle courtyard	On Winetavern Street


Colorful doors	Along the "River Liffey


The waterfront...	...features many different architectural styles.


The Ha'penny Bridge	The famine memorial

"Famine" was commissioned by Norma Smurfit and presented to the City of Dublin in 1997. The sculpture is a commemorative work dedicated to the people forced to emigrate during the 19th century Irish Famine. The bronze sculptures were designed and crafted by Dublin sculptor Rowan Gillespie and are located on Custom House Quay in Dublin's Docklands. This location is a particularly appropriate and historic as one of the first voyages of the Famine period was on the Perseverance which sailed from Custom House Quay on St. Patrick's Day 1846. The area is also home to other attractions that chronicle this chapter in Irish history, such as the Jeanie Johnston, a replica famine-era ship that offers tours of the conditions famine migrants would have endured.


Famine memorial detail	Famine memorial detail	Famine memorial detail


View on the Samuel Beckett Bridge	The Jeanie Johnston


Along Bachelors Walk	Along Bachelors Walk


In the Temple Bar area	In the Temple Bar area


The Temple Bar	Back alley	Molly Malone statue


On Dawson Street	Joshua Lane


In St Stephen's Green	Ivy-covered façade at the edge of the park


On Grafton Street	Interesting façade


James Joyce statue	The Spire of Dublin	The base of the spire

Glendalough

On August 31, we picked up a rental car at the airport and drove to Glendalough in the Wicklow Mountains. I mention this casually, but this drive, on narrow and curvy roads, in an unfamiliar car, on the left side of the road, was not exactly a trivial matter. Suffice it to say that everything somehow worked out and we made it back to Dublin in one piece and without any damage to the vehicle.

View onto the Glendalough monastic site


The Glendalough monastic site seen from a different angle	Ruins at the site entrance


St. Kevin's church	Graveyard view


Celtic cross	Graveyard view


The round tower	Inside the cathedral	The round tower


Heading towards the lower lake	On the walk around the lower lake


Lower lake view	Glendalough scene


By the lower lake	A last look at the monastic site

View of the Vartry Reservoir on the way back to Dublin

The photos in this section were taken on August 31, 2018.
This is the first of three pages documenting this trip. Also take a look at page 2 and page 3.

The photos of all three Ireland pages along with many others may also be viewed in a gallery or as a slide show. Check it out!

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