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Dublin
Dublin is a very "walkable" city BUT it is not easy rolling
heavy suitcases over cobblestones to get to the Car Rental office!
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Famous for its Georgian doors - here is a selection.
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I liked the boot scrapers too!
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Entrance to some government offices.
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Some doors are more ornate than others!
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This is the house where the Duke of Wellington was born.
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O'Connell Bridge - at the start of O'Connell St.
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Tuppenny Bridge
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........and from the other side.
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The Oscar Wilde statue in St Stephen's Green.
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The statue in context.
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James Joyce also immortalised just off O'Connell St.
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Dublin Castle.
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Trinity College.
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And the library entrance to the Book of Kells. That was one
impressive display. Well worth the entrance fee.
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O'Connell St with the "needle" in the background.
Naturally the sculpture is a bit controversial. It supposedly
has some symbolism regarding modern ingenuity or reaching
for the stars or something....
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The O'Connell monument.
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Michael and a typical Irish Pub. Unfortunately we never got
to a pub that had an Irish balladeer.
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The Irish Parliament building.
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Traditionally this is the site of the well where St Patrick
baptised many of the local inhabitants in the fifth century.
It is in the grounds of St Patrick's Cathedral.
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The grounds of the cathedral.
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A busking harpist.
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Another busker beside the statue of "sweet Molly Malone".
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