Last month I had a very last minute and unexpected opportunity to visit Dublin. I had just two days looking around by myself while my husband was at work - the weather wasn't great but here of some of the things that stuck me.
Of course the pubs
Trinity College Library containing the Book of Kells which I wasn't able to photograph
The Georgian houses - I particularly enjoyed this one, celebrating Dublin's year as European City of Culture
and this one with the fabulous door furniture
As I approached Dublin Castle I heard a volley of gunfire. This was shortly after the devastatingTunisian beach attack so I felt a momentary frisson of fear which was quickly allayed when I noticed a crowd of people watching something. It was, of course, filming for a TV programme on the Easter Rising of 1917
Near St Patrick's Cathedral I found trees with hand crocheted socks!
There were plenty of statues
Oscar Wilde
and opportunities for street photography
Lunching leprechaun in St Stephen's Green
This guy wanted to pose!
and finally I was intrigued / amused by these Edward V11 letter boxes still in service but painted green!
“In Dublin’s fair city, where the girls are so pretty
I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone
As she wheeled her wheelbarrow through streets broad and narrow
Crying cockles and mussels alive a-live O! ”