Ireland
June 13-28, 2008
Page Seven of Nine
Typical scenery on the Dingle Peninsula - herd of sheep and coastline
Thatched roof homes are no longer common in Ireland - these are in the town of Adare and are now shops.
Statue of Molly Malone in Dublin, the capital of Ireland
- she sold fish by day and was a prostitute at night.
Perhaps the most photographed place in Dublin. The locals call her "the tart with the cart."
Someone dressed up as a leprechaun near the Molly Malone
statue, trying to earn money by having tourists pose for a picture
with him.
Trinity College Dublin - Ireland's most famous school. The
Book of Kells is in the Old Library here. This is an illustrated
version of the New Testament from the Dark Ages.
In St. Stephen's Green, a relaxing Dublin park surrounded by fine Georgian buildings
dating from
the King Georges
era in England
Street scene alongside St Stephen's Green. Note doubledecker bus and 4-story Georgian style buildings.
The windows at the top of the buildings are narrower than those at the bottom to make the buildings appear taller.
Grafton Street - a pedestrian shopping street near Trinity College
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