{"id":658,"date":"2013-09-25T11:01:21","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T18:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/?p=658"},"modified":"2013-09-26T05:38:18","modified_gmt":"2013-09-26T12:38:18","slug":"ireland-a-short-day-in-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/?p=658","title":{"rendered":"Ireland – A short day in Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"

We spent a recent short, very long day in Dublin on the front end of a two week tour of the Emerald Isle. \u00c2\u00a0Fighting jet lag and trying to stay up to get in the time zone, we took a sightseeing tour bus and walked a bit. \u00c2\u00a0Dublin is a fascinating, busy city. \u00c2\u00a0Ireland has approximately 8 million inhabitants (people, probably more sheep) and 4.2 million of them live in Dublin. \u00c2\u00a0Which makes the country side that much more attractive, no? \u00c2\u00a0I guess you would call O’Connell Street the hub of Dublin’s downtown. \u00c2\u00a0The monument below is in honor of Daniel O’Connell, The Liberator. \u00c2\u00a0http:\/\/www.clarelibrary.ie\/eolas\/coclare\/people\/daniel.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Daniel<\/p>\n

Trinity College, \u00c2\u00a0a well know institution of higher learning in Dublin, \u00c2\u00a0houses the Book of Kells, a 9th century gospel manuscript. \u00c2\u00a0http:\/\/www.tcd.ie\/Library\/bookofkells\/<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0 Below is a pretty lawn near the library housing the Book of Kells.<\/p>\n

\"Trinity<\/p>\n

We visited Christ Church Cathedral, founded in 1028 AD. \u00c2\u00a0http:\/\/www.christchurchdublin.ie\/Visitors.htm<\/a>. \u00c2\u00a0Below is the altar area of the Cathedral.<\/p>\n

\"Altar<\/p>\n

In Christ Church Place, a common area, I found this rather strange sculpture, Millennium child<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Millenium<\/p>\n

The River Liffey runs through the center of Dublin. \u00c2\u00a0A rather uninspired photo of same.<\/p>\n

\"River<\/p>\n

We finished the day with dinner at J.W. Sweetman’s pub where I had a delicious dish of traditional Irish Stew, then walked back to our hotel. \u00c2\u00a0We had, earlier in the day, an introduction to the graciousness of the Irish. \u00c2\u00a0Walking trying to find the sightseeing bus stop, we were stopped on the sidewalk looking at a map. \u00c2\u00a0Two older ladies (probably younger than I) were crossing the street, and one of them inquired of me, “Are you alright?” \u00c2\u00a0I replied, “I’m alright, just lost.” \u00c2\u00a0Whereupon the lady replied, “You are not lost any longer,” and proceeded to tell us how to get where we wanted. \u00c2\u00a0We continued to marvel throughout our trip about how friendly and gracious the Irish people are.<\/p>\n

We did not see much of Dublin during our one tired day there, but hope to return to spend some time there.<\/p>\n

The next post we will be in Belfast and Northern Ireland. \u00c2\u00a0Stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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