Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Dublin, 26.9.2025: Mellifluous Voice and Dublin's Fair City

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Statue of Molly Malone by Jeanne Rynhart on Grafton Street, Dublin, photo by Wikimedia user Wilson44691 As we boarded our flight from Dublin...

Dublin, 25.9.2025: Tourist Tat and Famine Reminders

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This is our transition day, the limbo day between, well, being in Ireland and going home. So we’ve taken it fairly easy and not pushed ourse...

Dublin, 24.9.2025: Oscar Wilde and Chicken and Ham Pie

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Steve has gotten sick, just as he did when we went to Lisbon in December — a hacking cough, constant sneezing and sore throat, fever in the ...
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Dublin, 23.9.2025: Grinning Faces and Ancestral Traces

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One of many carved faces in doorways in the National Gallery of Ireland; Carlo Cambi was the artist who carved these. (Writing on the 24th) ...

Dublin, 22.9.2025: Old Manuscripts and Smithwick's Ale

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The 22nd (I’m writing now in the 24th) was the day we’d set aside for a visit to the National Library, which is very close to The Mont, wher...
Monday, September 29, 2025

Dublin, 21.9.2025: Georgian Buildings and Psychics Sporting Red Bandanas

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Today, our first full day in Dublin, dawned bright and sunny, and the sunshine held out through most of the day until intermittent showers —...
Sunday, September 28, 2025

Limerick, 19.9.2025: Piano Magic and Seafood Chowder

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Friday, the 19th, was something of a rest day after the long day on the 18th. The website of Limerick’s Milk Market says that the place open...