More Dublin explorations

In the morning, we went to do another Rick Steves audio tour, this time of northern part of Dublin, which focused more on the fight for independence. We walked up the main boulevard which had many monuments to the liberation figures. We then went to see a replica of the ship Jeanie Johnston which was used in 19th century to transport Irish immigrants to North America during the great famine of 1845 - 1950, during which over 1 million people died and up to 2 million emigrated. Usually, at least 20-30% of people on the ships wouldn’t survive the arduous journey across the Atlantic on the overcrowded ships, but amazingly, on Jeanie Johnston not a single person died. Thanks to the humanitarian efforts of the ships owner, captain and doctor, who all saved many lives. It was a fascinating and touching story and tour. We then went to the completely digital EPIC museum of Irish immigration. And in the late afternoon, I went on a VoiceMap tour of another area - called the Liberties, where a lot of breweries and distilleries are located.Read more