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Category Archives: Tourist attraction reviews
Periscope towards the past, in Dún Laoghaire
The winds of change are swirling through Dún Laoghaire. This harbour town, home to a mailboat servicing Dublin to Holyhead for over 170 years, recently lost its only ferry service, which served the same route. Plans are afoot for an … Continue reading
Putting its own stamp on history
It’s Easter Week and many visitors to Dublin are undoubtedly strolling along O’Connell Street for a look at the building that made the headlines this week ninety nine years ago. The General Post Office’s Portland stone portico and Ionic columns … Continue reading
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Tagged 1916 Rising, An Post Museum, GPO, Letters, Lives & Liberty
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People power
If you’re meandering along the northern perimeter of St Stephen’s Green, gazing across at the row of majestic buildings opposite, you’d be forgiven for being surprised to see a museum. Nestled among the suave clothes shops and restaurants is a … Continue reading
Doing time in Kilmainham
Ideally, the visitor interested in Irish history will arrive in March next year. 27 March 2016, Easter Sunday, will mark the political anniversary of the 1916 Rising, when the Irish Volunteers and others, led by Pádraig Pearse, seized the General … Continue reading
Yeats Country
If you’re re-visiting Dublin after many years, and a sign for a W.B. Yeats exhibition outside the National Library on Kildare St looks familiar, don’t be alarmed by déja-vu. It’s the exhibition that opened nine years ago and never left … Continue reading
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Tagged National Library of Ireland, WB Yeats, Yeats exhibition
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