Day 5: Dublin

Monday morning we took the train into Dublin, where we stayed overnight before heading back to England. This was the only day of our trip where we experienced adverse weather, as it rained heavily for much of the day.

Despite the rain, we did catch a few of the sights in Dublin, but not quite as many as we had hoped.

First, we went to Dublin Cathedral, at the insistence of Jen, as some of the sermons she has written about in her studies were penned there.


Here is a plaque in Latin, which says something like "Jonathan Swift has been interred here", as far as I can tell.


Next up is a statue of St. Patrick casting the snakes out of Ireland. When St. Patrick casts you out, you STAY OUT!


Here is an picture of the interior. It's a big place.


Below is a picture of the Door of Reconciliation. Rather than recounting the story here, I would encourage you to read it yourself.


It's a beautiful place, but it's hard to imagine actually going to church in a place like that.

Next, we went to Dublin Castle, and took a tour there. It's really hard to capture how big this place is in pictures, but I'll try.


This is a very cool painting in the entrance hall. It didn't turn out as well as I would've liked, but you can still get the effect of it.


The receiving room, where eligible young ladies would wait for a man to come ask them to dance; each pair of chairs are angled such that there will be no doubt which lady said gentleman has come to ask, thus sparing the other embarrasment.


The throne of Ireland. Need I say more?


Next, a rather marvellous chandelier in the throne room.


This was formerly a ballroom, now used for governmental purposes, with beautiful paintings on the ceiling, one of which I will show below.


The aforementioned painting:


Adjacent to Dublin Castle, the Dubhlinn Gardens.



Well, that's enough for this post. I will put up some more pictures of Dublin later, covering the following morning, before we took the ferry to Hollyhead that afternoon.