We took the bus into town today for our first official day out. The intermittant rain was a little discouraging - it is Summer after all - but we were anxious to see Olde Dublin before it disappears in the next ten minutes.
Our first stop was to visit with Tony Fitzgerald. It was lunchtime for him so we met him at the GPO then walked over to Arnott's for lunch. He brought us up to date on Tadhg, his son, who has already had a run in with the law for drinking in public. Apparently that's not allowed until you are at least 16!
Then we walked up to Trinity College to meet with Treasa. The rain was spitting in our faces. We decamped to a coffee house to chat about old times (last year). We walked her back to work at the Royal Irish Academy of Music. The RIAM is located in three conjoined Georgian buildings in Westland Row. Right across the street is the house where Oscar Wilde was born. Further down the block is the church of St. Andrew with its distinctive statue of the martyr being crucified. We went inside to check out the interior. The church sextent gave us a mini tour of the church though he wasn't very knowledgable about its history. We did find out that this whole area was the Lazarotte of Dublin in the 12th century - the place where leper pilgrims stopped on their way to the shrine of St. James at Compostela.
4 comments:
Thanks as always for your reports. And how old is young Tadhg?
Young Tadhg is 15 I think. He is eligible for diversion but he has a PO (and an MO)
I can't believe that you are still in Dublin. When do you head out for sunny "la belle france"?
It was way to cold in Ireland for nudity (public or private).
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