TUESDAY
DUBLIN
TUESDAY
DUBLIN
| Here's the obligatory photo of the plane to Ireland. |
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| My vehicle for the week. I had reserved a Nissan Micra, but they bumped me up to a diesel Ford Fiesta. It wasn't a bad little car. There was plenty of power to overtake the slow lorries on the two-lane roads that are so plentiful in Ireland. |
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| My accommodations in Dublin for two days. The Azalea Lodge. |
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| The bed was comfortable. |
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| It was about a half hour walk into the city from the B&B. Once I was parked for the two days I didn't want to drive around Dublin. I also didn't want to pay for the bus to and from. |
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| I had never heard of The Carphone Warehouse until I saw Extras. It is where Darren and Barry from EastEnders worked after getting fired by Andy. |
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| Trinity College was founded in 1592. Florida State University was founded in 1851. |
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| Tuesday was not only Shrove Tuesday (or Pancake Tuesday) but was also International Women's Day. That's what that purple banner over the entry arch says something about. |
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| The campanile in the Parliament Square on campus. It was quite nice this morning. Not a cloud in the sky. Not yet anyway. |
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| The House of Commons entrance to the old Irish Houses of Parliament. Parliament was abolished in 1801. After that it the building was used by the Bank of Ireland. |
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This is inside Dublin Castle. It's not a castle like you would think of. At
least it's not now. It was the seat of British rule in Ireland until the
formation of the Irish Free State. It is currently the home of a lot of
Irish government offices. What we see here is the Chapel Royal and the last of Dublin's old medieval towers. |
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| Inside the grounds of Dublin Castle is the Dubh Linn Gardens. There is a Celtic design in the grass, which apparently is also used on rare occasions as a helicopter landing pad. |
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| Four Courts. It is Dublin's main court building. Originally it was the home of the Chancery, King's Bench, Exchequer and Common Pleas courts. That's four, right? Yeah, four. |
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| St. Audoen's Church. It's the oldest parish church in Dublin, founded in 1190. |
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| St. Audoen's Arch is the last surviving entrance to the old city. The wall dates back to the 12th century. |
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| I'm neither a Christian nor an architect, but I do like a good looking church. This is Christ Church Cathedral. |
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| This was the chapter house of the Augustinian canons whose priory was at Christ Church from 1163 to 1537. This is also what the sign next to the hole said. |
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