Ireland

ARRIVE DUBLIN

Staying at the world famous Trinity College in the heart of Dublin the world of history and heritage, Trinity Colleges’ Library is home to the most well known manuscript in the world- the Book of Kells.

Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton was an Irish physicist, corecipient, with Sir John Douglas Cockcroft of England, of the 1951 Nobel Prize for Physics for the development of the first nuclear particle accelerator, known as the Cockcroft-Walton generator. He graduated in mathematics and experimental science from Trinity College, Dublin (1926),

Trinity College is famous for the Physics Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton 1951 Nobel Prize in Physics https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/phy…https://www.britannica.com/biography/…

My first dinner in Ireland was at The Old Storehouse, in the Temple Bar area on the south bank of the River Liffey in central Dublin, Ireland. The area is bounded by the Liffey to the north, Dame Street to the south, Westmoreland Street to the east and Fishamble Street to the west. It is promoted as Dublin’s ‘cultural quarter’ and, as a centre of Dublin’s city centre’s nightlife, is a tourist destination.

Exploring the sights and sounds of the cultural Irish capital, Dublin, with our local tour guide and driver included a visit to EPIC Irish Immigration Museum and Guinness Brewery. In the afternoon, we enjoyed a Trinity College Guided Tour and a visit to the famous Library to see the Book of Kells. We finished off a very exciting day of discovery with a performance of Riverdance at Gaiety Theatre. The Lincoln’s Inn became our local for lunch during our stay at Trinity College.

Venturing into the Irish countryside we visited The Avoca Mill, the Wicklow Mountains, known as the Garden of Ireland including the charming village of Avoca, the setting of the TV series Ballykissangel, Glendalough, a 6th Century Monastic site. We explored the magnificent gardens of Powerscourt, voted the 3rd most beautiful garden in the World by National Geographic.

We visited Malahide Castle and the beautiful seaside village of Howth.

Finishing our Irish holiday we enjoyed a fabulous evening dinner and show at The Merry Ploughboys, voted Ireland’s Number #1 traditional dinner, including the best of Irish dancing and music.