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Tips 1 - 10 of 16 Dublin Things to Do
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Seen as the symbol of Dublin, Ha'penny Bridge was the only pedestrian bridge over the Liffey for 184 years until Millennium Bridge came along in 2000. As everything else in Dublin, Ha'penny was not the official endorsed name but born out of a popular practice. The original name was Wellington Bridge, and the more-apt name came from the half penny toll charge for crossing the bridge during the first 100 years after it was opened.
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Bridges: Grattan Bridge
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One of the dozen bridges that cross over the River Liffey, Grattan Bridge was first built in 1676 and named Essex Bridge. A short time after the bridge was built, it was severely damaged in a flood and one large part of it had to be replaced. Almost a century later, the bridge went under another alteration. It finally took its form today in 1874 and with that last restoration, the old Essex name was replaced by Grattan.
Don't miss the cast iron lamps on the bridge. Like all public lamps in Dublin, the simple beauty of these lamps deserves more than a glance while passing by.
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Liffey Boardwalk is the river promenade that runs alongside Lower Ormond Quay and Bachelor Walk, between Grattan Bridge and O'Connell Bridge. The boardwalk is slightly below the street level, and with plenty of wood benches, it is a good place to spend a few moments enjoying the sun and the wind on your face.
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The XII century castle was a royal residence back in the day of kings and queens. It was also the seat of the British rulers. Then it became the site for presidential inaugurations and government offices in modern time Ireland. For periods in between, it has served as Parliament, Courts of Justice, and a military garrison. People were shot and killed on its ground; the Irish Crown Jewels were stolen from its office and were never recovered. In short, there was something for everyone there, and anybody who was somebody -- whether on the side of the law or not -- had found his/her name associated with the Castle somehow.
It is a pleasant place to walk around and imagine the events of the past, and if your imagination is limited, there is always the restaurant and gift shop to fill the gap.
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Phone: +353 1 677.71.29
Address: Dame Street, Dublin 2
Website: http://www.dublincastle.ie/
Other Contact: info@dublincastle.ie
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James Augustine Aloysius Joyce had a love/hate relationship with the city of his birth and childhood. The literary circuit of Dublin in the early 1900s rejected him over and over again, and he could not wait to get out of the city. In fact, he was much more revered abroad than in his hometown. Still, what did he do when he was away? He thought about Dublin, he wrote about Dublin, he built his works around Dublin, and he talked obsessively about Dublin, "I want to give a picture of Dublin so complete that if the city one day suddenly disappeared from the earth it could be reconstructed out of my book."
The statue of James Joyce with his exaggerate saunter and big hat is now a part of the city that was more than once antipathetic to his works.
Note: There is a statue in St. Stephen's Green depicting a more somber James Joyce in his later years.
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Address: Corner of North Earl and O'Connell Streets
Directions: Across the street from the General Post Office, on the other side of The Spire.
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On the north side of the Liffey, across from the Ha'penny Bridge, and in front of Dublin Woollen Mills on Lower Ormond Quay sits a statue of two women.
At first glance, the women seem to sit there resting on a bench after a shopping trip, their bags at their feet. Look closely and that is not the case. They are actually engaging in an earnest talk. One woman looks as if she has a great deal of troubles in her mind, her body stiff, her eyes downcast and her arms tightly crossed. The other woman shows her concern openly, her upper body leans forward, her hands rest lightly on her lap, and she looks intensely into her friend's face as if waiting for the other to open up.
The statue reflects one of the special moments that most women can recognise easily. We have all been there a few times in our lives, either as the one who needs a trusted friend to whom she can pour out her troubles or the other who is willing to halve your pain if she could. Amidst the chaos of the streets, the two women sit without seeing anyone or hearing any voice but their own. That is also a very human trait, a very touching one indeed.
Note: In their quirky sense of humour, the Dubliners call this statue "The Hags with the Bags".
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Address: Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin 1
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Molly Malone was a fishmonger who pushed her wheelbarrow from the Liberties to Grafton Street, along the way crying out "Cockles and Mussels".
Molly Malone was a prostitute who plied her trade in the Trinity College area (thus the statue's nickname "The Tart with the Cart").
Molly Malone was the pseudonym of Charles II's mistress.
There are many myths about Molly Malone; some are somewhat believable while others sound very bizarre indeed. Whoever Molly was, her statue has been a part of Dublin's charm since 1988, and it was not just because of her low cut dress. Look into her eyes, see the sadness in them, and know that it does not matter who she really was, but it is enough that she was a beautiful woman who once lived here and who has become forever a part of this beautiful city of legends and myths.
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Address: Corner of Grafton Street and Suffolk Street
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Oscar Wilde is probably the only playwright, poet, and writer whose works make more money every year a century after his death (I wonder if his estate receives any royalty from the movie and theatre industries who have never stopped using his creations).
In Archbishop Ryan Park on Merrion Square, Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde is shown languidly reclining on a rock with a sneer on his face, his left knee up, his right leg out, and one foot turning over awkwardly. The two stone tablets in front of the rock are engraved with some of his famous quotes and across the street was the house in which he spent part of his childhood.
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Address: In Archbishop Ryan Park on Merrion Square.
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Its full name is "College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin", its real age is 414 years, and its policy used to be "No Women or Catholics".
Well, times have changed and also traditions, the gates of Trinity College have opened up to Catholics for about 200 years now, and even women have been allowed to roam the campus since the beginning of the last century. The only one thing that is still under lock and key now is the Book of Kells, the 1200 year-old ornate book consists of 340 parchment leaves or folios of illuminated manuscript of the Bible.
Note: Don't overlook Arnaldo Pomodoro's Sfera con Sfera (Sphere with a Sphere) in front of Berkeley Library, this is one in the series of six spheres that are installed all around the world, including one in the Vatican.
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Phone: +353 1 608.1000
Address: College Green, Dublin 2
Website: http://www.tcd.ie/
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First constructed in XI century and restored in the XIX century, Christchurch is known officially as The Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity. Originally built as a Catholic Cathedral by Richard de Clare aka Strongbow, Second Earl of Pembroke, a Welsh Lord notable for the beginning the Norman conquest of Ireland, it eventually became an Anglican Cathedral.
Christ Church Cathedral is the oldest and most recognized landmark in Dublin. There is an admission to the cathedral and even a donation is requested of visitors who come to pray only.
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Phone: +353 1 677.80.99
Address: Lord Edward Street, Dublin 2
Directions: On the corner of Winetavern Street and Christchurch Place.
Website: http://www.cccdub.ie/
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Thankyou so much for this tip as I plan visit back to the ancestral homeland. It also attracts the theatrical side of me. Cheers! | lbhspatriot Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:20 UTC
I think Dublin is a very romantic city, the rain doesn't bother everyone, the nature is great and there is this atmosphere I can't explain but appreciate so much! Wish I was on a VT meeting in Dublin :) | MirCon Tue Jan 22, 2008 19:19 UTC
I know the person who made those lovely hanging lights inside the Christ Cathedral churc. | engeluna Fri May 25, 2007 13:43 UTC
wow- dublin on valentines day. i bet that was beautiful. |
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