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| This is the main entrance to Trinity College which was founded in 1752 as a Protestant college. Both Catholics and Protestants attend now, but Catholics did not attend in numbers until the 1970's. |
| The Campanile in Parliament Square at historic Trinity College. |
| We ate dinner at the Porterhouse Brewing Company in Temple Bar one night. They advertise that the Porterhouse Brewing Company is the largest genuine Irish brewery because Guiness is owned by the same foreign conglomerate that owns Burger King. We heard an unusual Celtic fusion band that used standard percussion, electric guitar, flute, and uillean pipes. |
| We arrived in Dublin on Sunday, a week before the Rick Steves ETBD tour, to attend a conference at Trinity College and visit Nancy's cousin in Wales. We had the opportunity to explore Dublin some on our own during the week. |
| Molly Malone stands at the north end of Grafton Street watching the crowds flow buy on this busy pedestrian street. At the south end of Grafton is St. Stephen's Green. |
| Wednesday we took the ferry from Dublin across the Irish Sea to Holyhead, Wales. We did some hiking and exploring in the beautiful Snowdonia National Park and visited Nancy's cousin who lives in Bangor. Saturday, we took the ferry back to Dublin to join the Rick Steves' Best of Ireland Tour. |
| The Temple Bar area has many colorful pubs and bars with music and food. |
| The National Museum of Ireland has an outstanding collection of antiquities including the Tara Brooch, St. Patrick's Bell, and an extensive collection of bronze age gold. The 1880's building is an ornate Victorian structure that is worth seeing without the contents. |
| The Ha' Penny bridge was built in 1816 when it cost a half penny to cross. This cast-iron foot bridge is used by thousands of people every day to cross between north and south Dublin. |
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| The Bedford Tower is located in the Upper Yard of Dublin Castle and dates from 1761. For seven centuries Dublin Castle was a symbol of English rule. |
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