DESTINATION DUBLIN
Dublin has a world-famous literary history, having produced many prominent literary figures, including Nobel laureates William Butler Yeats, George Bernard Shaw and Samuel Beckett, influential writers and playwrights Oscar Wilde, Jonathan Swift and Bram Stoker. It is arguably most famous, however, as the location of the greatest works of James Joyce.
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ASHTOWN CASTLE
Ashtown Castle is a fortified house in the Phoenix Park. It was found hidden within the walls of a much larger and more recent building that was being used by the Papal Nuncio until 1978. At that time, the more recent and larger building was deemed structurally irreparable due to dry rot. But as that was being demolished, Ashtown castle was discovered ...
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CLONTARF CASTLE
Clontarf Castle is a much-modernised castle, dating to 1837, in Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland, an area famous as a key location of the Battle of Clontarf in 1014. There has been a castle on the site since 1172. In modern times, it has functioned as a bar, cabaret venue, and hotel ...
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DRIMNAGH CASTLE
Drimnagh Castle (Irish: Caislean Dhroimeanaigh) is a Norman castle located in Drimnagh, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is the only remaining castle in Ireland with a flooded moat around it. Drimnagh Castle Christian Brothers Schools located next to the site of the castle. The earliest recorded owner of Drimnagh Castle was Cuddy in 1216 ...
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DUBLIN CASTLE
Dublin Castle fulfilled a number of roles through its history. Originally built as a defensive fortification for the Norman city of Dublin, it later evolved into a royal residence, resided in by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland or Viceroy of Ireland, the representative of the monarch. The Chief Secretary for Ireland, also had his offices there ...
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GEORGIAN DUBLIN
Though strictly speaking, Georgian architecture could only exist during the reigns of the four Georges, it had its antecedents prior to 1714 and its style of building continued to be erected after 1830, until replaced by later styles named after the then monarch, Queen Victoria, ie Victorian. A new body called the Wide Streets Commission was created to remodel the old mediæval city ...
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GRAFTON STREET
Grafton Streetis one of the two principal shopping streets in Dublin city centre, the other being Henry Street. It runs from St. Stephen's Green in the south to College Green in the north. The street was named after Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton, the illegitimate son of Charles II of England who owned land in the area ...
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JOHN'S LANE CHURCH
John's Lane Church opened in 1874 on the site of St. John's Hospital (founded in 1182). It is located on Thomas Street, close to the centre of the medieval city, and is served by the Augustinian Order. The original hospital on the site was constructed by Aelred the Palmer, a Norman living in Dublin, after an arduous pilgrimage to the Holy Land ...
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MANDERLEY CASTLE
Manderley Castle, formerly Victoria Castle and Ayesha Castle, is a large castellated Irish Mansion house built in the Victorian style, situated in Dublin, Ireland. From the roof of its crenellated turret, it looks over the Irish coastline as far as Wales. Victoria Castle was built in 1840 by Robert Warren to commemorate Queen Victoria's accession to the throne ...
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MOLLY MALONE
Molly Malone (also known as Cockles and Mussels or In Dublin's Fair City) is a popular song, set in Dublin, Ireland, which has become the unofficial anthem of Dublin City. It has also in Ireland acquired the status of an Irish anthem. There is a Molly Malone statue in Grafton Street and June 13 is Molly Malone Day ...
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SPIRE OF DUBLIN
The Spire of Dublin (main nickname: The Spike) is a large, pin-like monument, 120 metres (393 ft) in height and lit from the top, whose erection was completed on January 21, 2003 on the site of the former Nelson Pillar on O'Connell Street. The spire has a diameter of 3m (10 ft) at the base, narrowing to 15cm (6 in) at the top ...
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SWORDS CASTLE
Swords Castle was built as the manorial residence of the Archbishops of Dublin around 1200 or a little later in Swords, just north of Dublin. It was never strong in the military sense, but covers a large pentagonal walled area of nearly 1.5 acres with a tower on the north, probably the Constable's residence, and an impressive gateway complex on the south ...
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TEMPLE BAR
Temple Bar is an area on the south bank of the River Liffey in central Dublin. Unlike the areas surrounding it, Temple Bar has preserved its medieval street pattern, with many narrow cobbled streets. It is Dublin's cultural quarter and has a lively nightlife which is popular with tourists. It probably got its name from the Temple family, who lived in the area in the 17th century ...
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TRINITY COLLEGE
The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth or more commonly Trinity College, Dublin was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I, and is the only constituent college of the University of Dublin, Ireland's oldest university. Trinity is located on College Green, opposite the former Irish Houses of Parliament ...
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