Dublin Date(s): March 12-13, 2011. Album by David Clement. 1 - 21 of 21 Total. 37 Visits.
1 Christ Church Cathedral, first built in stone in the 1180's by the Norman invaders of Ireland
2 Guinness Storehouse - they claimed to be Ireland's most visited tourist attraction
3 view of Christ Church and Trinity College from the Gravity Bar at the Guinness Storehouse
4 Wellington Monument - strangely deserted. The Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815
5 plaque for Jonathan Swift, author of Gulliver's Travels
6 St. Patrick's Cathedral, the larger of Dublin's two medieval cathedrals
7 James Joyce memorial in St. Stephen's Green
8 Grafton Street show
9 St. Patrick's day a few days away
10 Ha'penny Bridge over the River Liffey, built in 1816
11 monument to Daniel O'Connell, Irish Catholic political leader of the early 19th century. Dublin's main street is named after him.
12 monument to Charles Parnell, Irish nationalist political leader of the late 19th century
13 my hotel
14 front gate of Trinity College, which was founded by Queen Elizabeth in 1592 for Protestants only
15 the last surviving tower of the original Dublin Castle, completed around 1230
16 Four Courts: occupied during the Irish Civil War (1922) by anti Anglo-Irish treaty forces; when they were surrendering a huge explosion destroyed the National Archives - including records of my family history!
17 Mansion House, now home of Dublin's mayor. Site of a famous meeting leading up to the Easter Rising of 1916
18 Irish green instead of English red
19 Leinster House, home of the Irish parliament
20 Department of the Taoiseach. Leinster House is just behind this.
