Dublin Off the Beaten Path Tips by morgane1692

...you will believe in your marrow that you are seeing BEYOND forever! It's hard to contemplate such a paradise exists on this same planet Earth, but it does. Just be here in the off-season, say, early autumn, and you will not be bothered by hordes of anything or anyone. You can readily reach Glendalough by private car, but even a good organized daytour by bus wouldn't be the worst thing you could do.

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There's a famous, old weaving mill here, and some of the village bldgs apparently were used as a tv film set years ago...but when you're not so interested in either of those facts, just wander around and see what else catches your eye. Like the shadow of this streetlight against a wall, which looks so Spanish, if you ask me. Even if you don't.

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it doesn't seem possible, but I walked entirely around this little village chapel and no, no cemetery at all. None. So you have to look for other details to fulfill your photographic requirements. This rose along an old iron fence isn't such a bad or uninteresting consolation afterall...

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*****When you're on your guided tour of this infamous jail, listen to the narrator's true tales and let it sink in that you are standing on some very sacred ground, blood has been shed here and history has been made and changed here. But now a cell's interior has a more serene look to it really...*****

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*****I noticed this wacky sign, so I said I must have my photo taken with it. Then I realized the warning came with a handy plastic lifering. No worries again, eh? If one is foolish enough to jump or dance or run into this lake, where there's an apparent swift and deadly drop-off, one's friends back on shore have a solid option to help their dope pal out.*****

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This same bunch of kids and their lucky chaperones were on the DART ride out from Dublin with me. I wandered out along the Howth pier and they apparently went exploring for pirate treasure or other odd bits of flotsam and jetsam along the sandy and rocky beach. Good thing it *was* low tide! [[How DID this make its way to my Dublin page, it really ought to be over on my HOWTH page, duhhhh. Too late now. It stays. For more beautiful, rugged Howth, please check out its actual site here then, you will not be sorry. ;-)))]]

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On that same stroll out to Kilmainham Jail which made me aware of the wildlife in the immediate area, I encountered this old military cemetery. Yes sirree, pubmaster, another $!#&*% cemetery, she found another cemetery, what are the chances?! hehehehe...

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To paraphrase one of the experts, Kilmainham Jail has become in fact, one of the most beaten paths in Dublin. But that doesn't mean you have to see and record the same images as the last 10,000 folks who tramped across these gravel yards. Pause and snap, for example, in the back courtyard area here, the site of many an execution, generally by firing squad. Makes you think, at any rate.

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you may well run into these hardy fellows. There could be an entire flock of sheep present for your very amusement and picture-taking pleasure, running back and forth across the road, perilously close to the edge, but hey! they can do that safely, you can't. Just make sure you declare to the customs officer at Heathrow or your US point of arrival that, yes sir, officer sir, I was in a rural area in back-country Ireland, I guess you could rightly call it farming country, yes there were animals and that might be dirt on my boots now...or not. ;-)))

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not too many places are these days, everything is so connected to everything else, in reality or in cyberspace. But the peaceful Glendalough Abbey ruins are well worth a visit. Make sure you ramble around the stones and crosses themselves but also take note to cross the nearby small bridge and take a hike, will you, about a 20min hike past the two lakes and back around in a circle to your starting point. For city people especially, this is a lovely reminder that this world still exists.

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