Dublin #2

Last full day in Dublin and the weather was glorious. - clear blue sky and no rain!! After breakfast we walked around the beautiful park next to the hotel - swan in the lake, another nesting under the bushes and lots of ducks and some ducklings swimming happily.
Walked into the city again, past many lovely old buildings and got on the hop on bus to Merrion Square. It stopped just around the corner from the house Oscar Wilde and his father lived in. Went to see The Little Museum of Dublin, a very small museum covering the decades of the twentieth century and consisting of mainly donated items. They had an original of the Proclamation that was read out on the steps of the GPO during the Easter Rising. They also have the original agreement negotiated by Eamon De Valera & the British after the rebellion - the most valuable item in their collection. They have a room devoted to U2 & Bono and another on communications. A great little museum that charts the growth of the Republic. Had lunch in The Hatch, the lovely little cafe next to the museum. Probably our last Irish meal of vegetable soup and beef and Guiness stew!! Walked around the city for a while and then back to the hotel in the glorious sunshine, ready to pack. We leave at 4 a.m. In the morning so need to be very organised!!
Some shots from our walk into the city. The first shows one of the locks on the canal that runs through the city, the second a very busy little coffee hut, the next a wire sculpture in a garden , then one of the houses on the street & the last is the maternity hospital.Meer informatie