Fred’n’Sue’s Peregrinations

…… the subject is the light …..

Just a day in Dublin 21 September – sunny, at last . . .

A no camera day – just the trusty iPhone – sometimes though the watch gets it horribly wrong – we lost track of how many flights of stairs today. A warm 23C today

First “appointment” for the day was the Book of Kells Experience at Trinity College. Self guided, not overly busy and a really well curated and presented experience.

Campanile of Trinity College
In the main quad of the campus
The Long Room and Library of the University – the collection is being removed from the shelves, cleaned and catalogued. The collection is still in use by staff and students.

Among the busts along the passageway are 4 – yes, only 4 of women, Rosalind Franklin , Mary Wollstonecraft, Ada Lovelace , Lady Augusta Gregory

One of only thirty remanning copes of the 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic or the Easter Proclamation
The “Brian Boru” harp from ca. 13th or 15thC – the national symbol of Ireland and Guiness

A visit to Dublin is incomplete without saying hello to Molly (Malone)

Followed by a ramble through St Stephen’s Green a green space in the middle of the city, much of the development of which was sponsored by Arthur Guinness – yep same one.

. . . .Famine . . .
Edward Delaney
The Foxy Friars showing pilgrims to the cathedral during the time that it was a priory – these are copies of those damaged when the roof collapsed in the late 16thC
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Will the real Strongbow please stand up? Is this his tomb or is it another Irish myth, and who is the child?

Walking further required some liquid refreshment (after a self guided) tour of the Guinness Storehouse – again a extremely well crafted experience.

More carbs, more walking – doing the Liffey Walk back to our hotel.

The Ha’penny Bridge – cast iron bridge from 1815, so called as the builder was able to collect half a penny from persons wanting to cross for 100 years.
Glass floral sculptures adorning the ceiling of our hotel

And dinner at Davy Byrnes and walk back to the hotel – feeling safe

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