A barrell of laughs.....guess where this is!
Yes it's the Guiness Store House!
Toucans everywhere....
Graham enjoying his coplimentary Guiness at the top of the storehouse
Guiness stew - yum!
Outside Jameson's Whiskey Distillery
Randomn Mosaic Mural
Entrance to Kilmainham Jail - the most interesting place to see in Dublin I thought. The guide we had was fantastic and gave a very good rendition of the history of the jail focusing on the crowding during the potato famine (the jail being a lucrative place to be as you were guaranteed food) and the 1916 rising, which saw several of the freedom fighters imprisoned and shot at the jail.
Recognise this part of the prison from 'In the Name of the Father' ?
Tiny cells
The wall where the 13 leaders of the 1916 rising were shot
Burnt out car
Temporary sculpture exhibition in the Museum of Modern Art
The River Liffy during a short spall of sunshine
Quirky sculpture in the window of an art gallery - the artist was obviously trying to mock the health system, caption for this one below
Dublin Cathedral - This was closed for the filming of some movie. They had big fake polystyrene tombs up in the churchyard, which looked surprisingly real until we saw one of the film crew pick one up with one arm.
Dublin Castle
Trinity College Long Room. It's an amazing library. Apparently there is an Irish law requiring every publisher in the UK to grant one copy of every new publication to the library for free!
The library also houses the 8th century Book of Kells - a really old bible with beautiful illustrations written on calf skin.
The Post Office, scene of the 1916 Easter Rising.
Big needle-like monument in front of the PO
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