I went on a walking tour of city centre Dublin today, along with a few of my friends from Blackrock. We walked through St. Stephen's Green, through the Georgian neighborhood a little, through the main campus of Trinity, and up to the gates of Dublin Castle. The tour guide did a good job explaining the historic elements of what we were seeing, along with some cultural information.
The first couple of pictures are of sculptures in St. Stephen's Park. The first one was done as a memorial to all of the Irish who died during the famine of the mid-eighteen hundreds, caused mostly by the potato blight. The second sculpture is of a Protestant Irish hero parliamentarian Wolfe Tone, who believed Ireland had the right to be independent and spear-headed the Irish rebellion of 1798. He is credited with being the major figure behind the Irish republicanism movement.
The first picture of buildings is from the Georgian district, and is actually the childhood home of Oscar Wilde. The second picture of buildings is a shot from the main entrance of Trinity College.
The last picture is of Libby, Ingrid, and myself at the obligatory tourist destination, the bronze sculpture of Molly Malone with her cart of cockles and mussles.
This tour was right down my alley, as i'm such a history nerd. With two Irish history classes, i'll probably be fed up with this kind of stuff by the end of the semester!
p.s. the pictures are in the opposite order that i thought they were, but i'm too lazy to fix it.
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