Photo blog

Dublin-Hughenot Cemetery 1693

I understand that this cemetery might be of particular interest to the Sharits.

Dublin-Grafton Street

Even with tonnes of tourist schlock, Grafton Street has some charm-more charm at 10am than later in the day or night, if you ask me.

I started my walk at St Stephen's Green (which you will see soon). This mall is at the northwest end of the green. I even liked it inside.

Here is Molly Malone. This statue was put up by the town fathers and blessed by the bishop, something which appeals to the Irish sense of irony, as Molly, in her time, was not so much known as a peddler of seafood, but of herself. Hence the locals call her, The Tart With the Cart.

Afternoon view of Tart w/ Cart from tourbus.

Not so far from Molly is Temple Street where I took this tropical photo. Temple Street gets a bit like Bourbon Street in New Orleans from late afternoon to wee hours of the morning. I prefer 10 am when the delivery trucks are the only obstacles.

And, at the end of the O'Connell Bridge on the North side of the Liffey is this statue to O'Connell. Our tour guides make fun of the lauditudes on his statue, as he was a well known philanderer with plenty of illegitimate offspring to prove it.

Dublin-Georgian Doors

Dublin-By the Liffey

If you cross the Ha'Penny Bridge and continue walking down Liffey St., you will see this statue in front of the wollens store. Only the thought of lugging more stuff home kept me out of this store-not that woolens are very useful to Floridians. Anyway, great statue-left double click on it to get a good view. I do think that the open bag should have knitting needles and a ball of yarn peeking out of it.

Don't know anything about this ship, but I like the looks of it.

In a country with such a reputation for "the drink", one wonders what the actual function of the Royal Liver Assurance might be???

Here's Matt Talbot.

Garda at work.

I call this the glass can building. I like it and would like to go inside someday.

Customs house.

Dublin-bridges

Butt bridge. Somehow reminds me of Guiness.

I believe that this is the Talbot Memorial bridge. There is a Talbot statue in another photo blog.

This is the Millenium Bridge. If you ask me, it is a kinda bland dry toast kind of bridge. I had seen the beautiful modern bridges downriver when I was on the tour bus, and I expected one of them to be called the Millenium Bridge, so I asked a group of cabbies which was the Millenium Bridge, and they correctly pointed me in the direction of this one. E5 million.

This bridge is officially known as the Sean O'Casey Bridge. I say that it is the harp bridge. Finton says it isn't supposed to look like a harp, but I think a harp works for Ireland. It is my favourite.

I also like the Ha'Penny Bridge for it's looks and it's name. It is a pedestrian bridge.

This is the O'Connell Bridge, it links tourist area to tourist area running from Grafton Street to O'Connell Street. The big statue of O'Connell is at the end of this bridge.