Dublin Castle

Dublin Castle in Dublin.

St Stephen's Green

St Stephen's Green in Dublin one grey April afternoon.

Millennium Spire

Looking towards the Millennium Spire in Dublin.

GPO

The General Post Office on O'Connell Street, Dublin. This was taken on the evening of Easter Monday 2010, 94 years after it was the headquarters of the Easter Rising.

Jump!

An airborne busker in Grafton Street, Dublin.

Tram

Bloomsday, Dublin, 2004.

Born and Died

Plaques commemorating the birth and death of James Connolly, Scots-Irish socialist. Born in the Cowgate, Edinburgh, died Kilmainhaim Jail, Dublin.

Guinness, Anyone?

Inside the Guinness Factory, Dublin.

And The Oscar Goes To...

A rather poor statue of Oscar Wilde in Merrion Square, Dublin.

Can't Beat a Bit of the Black Stuff

I don't actually like Guinness, but you can't visit Dublin without visiting the factory.

Even Moore Art

The Henry Moore sculpture in the grounds of Trinity College in Dublin.

Martello Tower

The above pictures show a Martello Tower, built to watch out for Napoleon's invasion of the British Isles. This one is in Dun Laoghaire, south of Dublin, and would be just any other relic of Britain's military past had it not been briefly lived in by author James Joyce, who later set the opening Telemachus chapter of 'Ulysses' in it. In the novel it is the residence of Buck Milligan, Stephen Dedalus and Haines. I visited it the day after the 100th anniversary of Bloomsday and it is now the James Joyce Museum.

Twenty to Two

Edinburgh gets the manky St James Centre, while Dublin gets the glorious St Stephen's Green Shopping Centre. Better saints in Dublin.

Davy Byrne's Pub

Davy Byrne's Pub, as featured in 'Ulysses' by James Joyce. And also where I had a very pleasant conversation with a female schoolteacher from Aberdeen.

"He entered Davy Byrne's. Moral pub. He doesn't chat. Stands a drink now and then. But in leapyear once in four. Cashed a cheque for me once.
What will I take now? He drew his watch. Let me see now. Shandygaff?"

O'Connell Street

O'Connell Street in Dublin. Now you know that the Gaelic for Bus Lane is Lana Bus.

James Connolly

Statue of James Connolly, Scots-Irish socialist, in Dublin.

Kilmainham Jail

Kilmainham Jail in Dublin. They filmed The Italian Job in here, don't you know.

Large Erection

The Wellington Monument in Phoenix Park, Dublin.

Custom House

Custom House in Dublin.