Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Dublin!!!

This weekend we all went to Dublin. It is the largest city in Ireland. It has about one million people in the city and only 1 out of 6 people are Irish! It is so crazy. The buildings are on top of each other! But yet it is still so beautiful! The buildings are amazing! They definitely hold there own there if you don't you get ran over. They also have the most interesting people there! I have never seen more drunk homeless people! This is O'Connell Statue! This guy is very famous here! He is considered to be just like Martin Luther King! Very respected here!
This is in Trinity College! This is one of the oldest buildings they have! How would you like to live or go to class in that building!
This is Trinity College bell tower.

This is a church that is connected to Dublin Castle!
I am sticking my finger in a bullet hole that was part of the uprising between Ireland and Britain. This was at the last stand which was at the General Post Office!
These are famous statues of the Blog people they are the people of the great famine in the 18Th century. Its amazing the faces they put on each of the statues they look so real!
This is just a random sign they had in the middle of the street! I guess the people in Dublin have to be told how to walk properly!
This is a sphere in the middle of O'Connell Street. I am not sure of the significance but it is very tall!!
Bell tower of Trinity College again!

Bullet holes in the GPO again!
Okay here is the story behind James Connolly. He was one of the men that started the IRA and rebelled against Britain. He was in the last stand at the GPO He was one of the first rebels and was respected very much. When they lost the last stand they put James in an ambulance and rushed him to the Jail and at the jail they sat him up in a chair and then killed him! I guess that was the civil way to do it! I am not sure if I am related to him or not but when ever I mention the name Connolly people go crazy and let me know who this guy was.
This is describing him and his statue. If you double click on the photo and enlarge it you can maybe read it!
Here is a sign at the GPO telling the last stand! With James Connolly as one on of the last people of the last stand! Again you may be able to read it if you double click it and enlarge it!




Her are just some of the group crossing the busy cross walk!
Night life! what did I say about the weird people! lots of men in dresses! For stag parties! Men are very secure about there man hood here!
One of the pubs that we went to in temple bar!
Of course we had to go in! but we didn't eat it was so expensive!!
This is the national bank of Ireland. They used to hold Parliament here! now it is just a bank!





1 comment:

Karyn said...

Those buildings are something else! I'm so jealous of you right now. Now I get to live through you!