Dublin

Oooops. We missed a day. Yesterday, Monday was a full day of exploration in Dublin town. We started off by getting our tickets to see BY THE BOG OF CATS at the Abbey Theatre. Ireland values the arts and makes sure that all people can enjoy them. Because Sheelagh and I are retired, we could get very good seats at the Abbey for reasonable prices. The show was at 7:30 Monday evening.

So tickets in hand, we set off to Trinity Collage where we took an excellent student guided tour and learned about the history of Trinity and ended up at their old Library where there is a wonderful, permanent display of the Book of Kells. This is an illuminated manuscript of the four Gospels. The attention to minute detail is amazing. The colour is rich and the fact that it has been saved is wonderful. It was done by monks on the Scottish island of Iona in the 800's, but moved to Kells in Ireland to protect it from roaming Viking bands. Apparently it contains some mistakes so it has been used for artistic and display purposes rather than scholarly study. No pictures could be taken but we have a few of Trinity.





This tower houses two bells that ring only at times of significant events on campus. Otherwise it is decorative.

 This is a shot of the campus.

We liked this because the small sign on the chain says, "No Bikes".

This is inside the old Library where the books were catalogued by size. So if you wanted a book you needed to know its dimensions.

We all had lunch together and then John and Von left to move into our different room and then rest before their night of Irish food and story telling. 

We found Molly Malone in all her glory.

We wandered a bit more through a park called St Stephen's Green. Very beautiful.

Then back to get ready for the Theatre. The play was so powerful and the 15 character cast ranging in age from 8 to 80. Magic. 

Home for a good night's sleep.