Day 9
We walk down the corner to ‘Lollys and
Cooks” for our early morning coffee and pastries while we wait for the “Hop On
Hop Off” bus to take us to Kilmainham Jail.
We have to wait for nearly an hour for the tour but fill that time in
looking through the museum. This is the
largest unoccupied jail in Europe and has a very interesting history from its
opening in 1796 to 1924, so for 4 euros it’s a worthwhile tour. They used to have public hangings but
eventually stopped that practice and moved it ‘indoors’ as most of the public
enjoyed the activity far too much!
After a little shopping we head to O’Reilly’s
(opp Trinity) for lunch. These Irish
pubs certainly have a distinct ‘feel’ about them
We then move onto Trinity College built in
1592. Such a beautiful institution we
secretly find ourselves wishing we were 40 years younger and able to study
there ourselves!
Merrion St is just around the corner and after
a quick promenade through the park we head back to the hotel.
Dinner downstairs at the Basement Bar.... a really nice atmosphere, good food and of course, very handy.
This is a selection of photos from yesterday including the jail, Trinity College, some of the beautiful doors - they are all painted in different colours, the gardens etc
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| Kilmainham Jail |
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| Dinner in the Cellar |
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| Some of our famous neighbours |
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| Trinity College |
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| Trinity |
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Front entrance of jail - that middle balcony is where
the public hangings took place |
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| Mary Malone - "In Dublin's fair city - selling muscles and cockles" |
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| Great little food shop just on the corner |
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One of the many beautiful doors
distinguishing the Georgian homes in the area |
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| Oscar's home |
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The playground in the park on the corner -
it was awash with a light frost |
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| Born in Merrion House where we are staying |
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| More doors ..... |
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| War memorial in the local park |
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| Oscar, looking across at his home |
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