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*Baile Átha Cliath‘ (‘The Settlement of the Ford of the Reed Hurdles’) i.e. Dublin, Republic of Ireland
A really wonderful trip. We had a gracious host, better weather than forecast, Glück im Unglück, good food, great beer (really, check this place out). Sure, it did rain, and not everything worked out, but I am thoroughly satisfied.
And naturally, we have some travel tips – not that I can suggest anything much (especially not food) in Dublin that is particularly cheap.
Trip preparation
RTE is great. I have my quibbles with them, of course. To listen to them, not a single soul goes to church and all Americans are twits (grrr. . .didn’t know St. Patrick was a real person – where did that guy come from, Utah???!). True, but only about half true. Their documentaries (Documentaries on One), as I have previously reported are not for the faint of heart, depressing stuff. But here is what I would recommend before a trip to Ireland.
What If. . . (this covers so many areas of modern Irish history – really good). Kilmainham Gaol was a different experience having listened to audio of James Connolly’s daughter talking about her last visit with her father.
Speaking Ill of the Dead (though I largely had no idea about whom they were talking when I listened to the series initially)
You can find both here or in the Itunes store. Free – that’s $0 and being the only point where the euro and dollar prices are equal these days, it’s also 0 eur (yee-ha!).
Also 100% free and fabulous are the iwalk podcast walking tours from the Dublin tourist office. They overlap quite a bit, so you might want to put together your own tour using their pdf booklets (free, downloadable). I didn’t do this and spent a not insignificant amount of time fast-forwarding to things we were looking at. (Also available free at Itunes).
And let’s not forget Wikipedia, which has a nice overview of Irish history. My poor unnamed German spouse was forced to read the German text on the plane. Also extremely helpful in reading more about the folks mentioned in the podcasts. Usefull terms – Irish history, Easter Rising
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