Dublin

What a fantastic city! If you ever get a chance to visit Ireland, plan to spend a couple of days in this amazing place. We arrived from Hollyhead Wales on the Irish Ferries - Ulysses. It was an easing crossing across the Irish Sea as the sun was setting. We entered into Dublin harbour by moonlight. Cool or what?










Leaving the harbour at Hollyhead, Wales.



It was an easing crossing across the Irish Sea as the sun was setting. We entered into Dublin harbour by moonlight. Cool or what?


It is a blend of the very old, the very distinctive and the very modern. Lill and I stayed in the Dublin City Inn in one of the more ".....interesting..." parts of the city. A real mix of nations these days reflecting the country's role in the European Union.


James Joyce and I share some space ;- )



This is the Spire on Connolly Street at Talbot. 120 meters high stainless Steel with bright LEDs at the top. It is in the place where the IRA blew up Lord Nelson's Pillar in 1966.

Lill and I went to the famous Guinness Brewery. Excellent tour and some of the most interesting photographs and paintings of the city as it was through the past 200 years. The brewery itself is HUGE! 64 acres in St James's - Dublin. Has its own hospital for employees - its own fire department. Very impressive.


At the end of the tour, you go to the top of the building to the Gravity Bar for a free pint. What a view of Dublin!


Brewers Dining Hall was another great experience. I had venison stew with red wind and Guinness sauce. Lill had traditional potato soup with Guinness bread. Outstanding!



The Gravity Bar has a 360 degree view of Dublin just like this!

- Derek

Location:Dublin, Ireland