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Dublin Part 3 - Modern Dublin  

GerK321Cum 66M
1896 posts
5/10/2013 2:21 pm
Dublin Part 3 - Modern Dublin
Dublin Part 3 - Modern Dublin

Dublin was the center for the Easter Rising of 1916 when "rebel" forces seized the General Post Office in Dublin main street, now called O'Connell Street, and declared an Irish Republic. Although defeated and the Post Office destroyed, it set the ball rolling for eventual Irish independence for the 26 counties, the other six, making up Northern Ireland, remain under British rule to this day. The GPO, as the Post Office is known, was rebuild and is in use to this day. It contains a full size bronze figure of Cu-chulainn a mythical figure for Irish folklore reminding us of tails of times gone past of great heroes, battles and feats, linking modern Ireland with it's older past.

Speaking of O'Connell Street, the most famous landmark was Nelson's pillar which was blown up in 1966 and replaced recently with the Dublin Spire, but in best Dublin fashion, it is better known as The Spike or The Stiletto in the Ghetto among other things. It replaced a statue of a woman in a river, Anna Livia (from a James Joyce character representing the River Liffey) best known to Dubliners as the Floozie in the Jacuzzi (or more crudely as Hoor in the Sewer. One last thing to say on O'Connell Street, long before internet dating and that sort of stuff, the main shop in O'Connell Street was called Clearys and it had a clock over the entrance and was a favourite landmark and meeting place for people meeting on a first date.

The GPO - Dublin's General Post Office
Trinity College - Temple Bar Area

No talk of Dublin would be complete without a mention of Molly Malone, and the song that has become the Dublin Anthem. Molly Malone was a fictitious street trader, Dublin has many street traders to this day, offering a cheap alternative to the main stores - but, again with typical Dublin wit, her statue has become known as The Tart with the Cart or The Trollop with the Scallop and can be seen at the bottom of Dublin's main shopping street, Grafton Street.

Molly Malone

In Dublin's fair city, where the girls are so pretty
I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone
As she wheeled her wheelbarrow
through streets broad and narrow
Crying cockles and mussels alive a-live O!

A-live a-live O! A-live a-live O!
Crying cockles and mussels alive a-live O!

She was a fishmonger and sure it was no wonder
For so were her father and mother before
And they both wheeled their barrows
through streets broad and narrow
Crying cockles and mussels alive a-live O!



A-live a-live O! A-live a-live O!
Crying cockles and mussels alive a-live O!

She died of a fever and no one could save her
And that was the end of sweet Molly Malone
Now her ghost wheels her barrow
through streets broad and narrow
Crying cockles and mussels alive a-live O!

A-live a-live O! A-live a-live O!
Crying cockles and mussels alive a-live O!


Modern Dublin has developed upon it's past, Trinity College contain the "Book of Kells" a 1200 year old illustrated and ornamentated book of the Gospels. It is on display to Visitors in Trinity College's old Library. There are museums of every kind and Natural History, Modern Art, Archaeology, Decorative Arts & History. There are parks of many sizes, some based upon old "country" style houses. These include the Phoenix Park, one of Europe's largest enclosed (walled) park and contains home of the Irish President, a monument to the Duke of Wellington largest obelisk in Europe, as well as the world renowned Dublin Zoo, the 3rd oldest in the world.

Back to the future, Dublin was the center of employment in Ireland and many people arrived here from all around the country. It was also the stopping off point for people emigrating from Ireland on the "Mail Boat" to Holyhead in Wales (and onward to London where a supposed fortune awaited them). Dublin had become very run down by the 70's but the Celtic Tiger allowed it find a new self with the development of Temple Bar and other places and Dublin is now a fine place to visit for a few days.

Just a small introduction to the city where I was "bread and buttered" as they say.


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GerK321Cum 66M
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5/15/2013 1:09 am
    Quoting kaytegm2:
    Thanks for the share, Gerk. Someday I will visit your beautiful country and city. Soon, I hope!
Hello and welcome, good to see you - your tour guide awaits you if you ever make it to this side of the ocean.
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kaytegm2 64F
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5/14/2013 10:53 pm

 Thanks for the share, Gerk. Someday I will visit your beautiful country and city. Soon, I hope!
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-Anais Nin


GerK321Cum 66M
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5/13/2013 11:01 am
    Quoting LadyGrayLeopard:
    BTW been going through the Irish songs as should start in a celtic acoustic group soon, no Irish there, just enthusiastic people with some music background trying to create something nice and sweet
Oh that sounds interesting, you might even get to play at an Irish festival, our traditional music is quite varied I would nit know where to start. So the best of Irish luck with your project.


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GerK321Cum 66M
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5/13/2013 10:58 am
    Quoting sweet_VM:
    ty wow....... Now I am thinking about coming to visit your part of the world. I do love to read about history. Your part of the world is truly amazing..
There are amazing things here, Dublin is just a glimpse, a visit is well worth it, particularly if you have an interest in History. Some parts of English and European history were played out on Irish soil, and if you go back further there are prehistoric sites older than the Great Pyramid at Giza and some of the oldest enclosed fields in the world... but that is another story suppose.

The scenery and variations over such small distances is amazing, never being more that 60 miles from the sea, and only being 300 miles long.
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LadyGrayLeopard 63F
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5/12/2013 10:22 am
    Quoting GerK321Cum:
    I remember learning the Foggy Dew in school, although I cannot remember all the words right now.

    The Area behind the GPO is real old Dublin with the old Moore Street Markets and the building... it is a thing about Dublin that people can live right in the inner city. My first house was 5 minutes walk from the GPO and was bought for a "song" (real cheap) and I see it is up for sale again - still great value based upon convenience.
BTW been going through the Irish songs as should start in a celtic acoustic group soon, no Irish there, just enthusiastic people with some music background trying to create something nice and sweet


sweet_VM 65F
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5/11/2013 8:15 am

 ty wow....... Now I am thinking about coming to visit your part of the world. I do love to read about history. Your part of the world is truly amazing..
Become a blog watcher sweet_vm


GerK321Cum 66M
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5/11/2013 5:01 am
    Quoting ladyj_1957:
    Thank you for the glimpse of your town.
Lady J you are welcome.

It's nice to share a little with people who are interested... a bit of history and a photo or two.
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GerK321Cum 66M
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5/11/2013 5:00 am

 Hello Cherimore and you are most welcome... it is an interesting place and on many's wish list, so it was to give a feel for the place and a few pictures.
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GerK321Cum 66M
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5/11/2013 4:58 am
    Quoting MissMimosa:
    I had a drink in the Temple Bar!!!

    When things are settled I must get Mr M to pop over for a weekend!!!
There will be two pints waiting should you manage to persuade Mr M to visit - I had a drink in Temple Bar back in the 70's when it was in the middle of a run down area, so I have seen the progress.

Not 100% sure that some places have not lost character with the Celtic Tiger and the focus moved from Dubliners to Tourists... no harm sometimes but like to keep some old world charm.
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GerK321Cum 66M
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5/11/2013 4:56 am
    Quoting  :
You are welcome... it was an idea from MissMimosa when reading her series on Glasgow - I enjoyed writing it - but there was so much I had to cut out... after all this is not a tourist site.. lol.

I think I might do a few on places in Ireland and historic or mythical links... just an occasion post like "Things you never knew about Ireland" - we can have ghosts and legends and tales of things gone past... lol... might be interesting.
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GerK321Cum 66M
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5/11/2013 4:52 am
    Quoting LadyGrayLeopard:
    One of the most powerful songs for me is:
    Sinead O'Connor's version (with the Chieftains) of the Foggy Dew.

    Must confess, almost cried when went to see my friend who lived just behind GPO...
I remember learning the Foggy Dew in school, although I cannot remember all the words right now.

The Area behind the GPO is real old Dublin with the old Moore Street Markets and the building... it is a thing about Dublin that people can live right in the inner city. My first house was 5 minutes walk from the GPO and was bought for a "song" (real cheap) and I see it is up for sale again - still great value based upon convenience.
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GerK321Cum 66M
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5/11/2013 4:48 am
    Quoting sexysixties2:
    Thanks Gerk......these posts are a lovely introduction to the City where you were "bread and buttered" and I have made my home and grown to love.....Dubliners are the very salt of the earth and their wit and friendliness knows no bounds. For a City of its' size....there is real beauty to be found here and it is as you have clearly shown....steeped in history.
Oh it's quite a place - as you have come to know - although growing up here gives a different perspective. There is lots more I'd like to know - like the origins of everything.

It has the sea to the East, Howth hill and harbour, Dun Laoghaire, the Dublin Mountains, the river Liffey - which had, in the past, a name that changed with the tides... at low tide it was called the "Sniffy".... Thankfully we have said goodbye to the Sniffy and I've even seen a seal up by where I work swimming upstream with the rising tide.
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ladyj_1957 66F
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5/11/2013 2:29 am

 Thank you for the glimpse of your town.
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rm_cherimore 64F
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5/10/2013 4:27 pm

 Interesting. Thank you for sharing.


MissMimosa 51F
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5/10/2013 3:54 pm

 I had a drink in the Temple Bar!!!

When things are settled I must get Mr M to pop over for a weekend!!!
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LadyGrayLeopard 63F
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5/10/2013 3:07 pm

 One of the most powerful songs for me is:
Sinead O'Connor's version (with the Chieftains) of the Foggy Dew.

Must confess, almost cried when went to see my friend who lived just behind GPO...


sexysixties2 106F
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5/10/2013 2:41 pm

 Thanks Gerk......these posts are a lovely introduction to the City where you were "bread and buttered" and I have made my home and grown to love.....Dubliners are the very salt of the earth and their wit and friendliness knows no bounds. For a City of its' size....there is real beauty to be found here and it is as you have clearly shown....steeped in history.
"Age does not protect you from love, but love, to some extent, protects you from age."

~~Anais Nin~~


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