Dublin attractions

On Sunday, July 28th, we started the day by rambling through the Temple Bar neighborhood:

Of course, we had to read the plaque for Sir William Temple, even though (according to Wikipedia, "It is generally thought that the street known as Temple Bar got its name from the Temple family, whose progenitor Sir William Temple built a house and gardens there in the early 1600s...however, the name of Temple Bar street seems to have been more directly borrowed from the storied Temple Bar district in London, where the main toll-gate into London was located dating back to medieval times."

Then we went to the National Library of Ireland:

The library had an exhibit about Ireland in WWI. A large number of Irish people fought (250,000) and died (50,000) in the war. After the Brits' overreaction to the Easter Rising of 1916, the Brits tried to initiate enforced conscription, but there were massive protests and they backed off.

As mentioned in a previous post, we also went to the National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology.

The museum has many exhibits of many wonderful things. For some reason, we were particularly taken with the Celtic/medieval brooches used to fasten cloaks:

Here is the 8th-century Tara Brooch, although it was probably not actually made at Tara:

Shrine of St. Lachtin's arm:

We finished up at The Little Museum of Dublin. The historic building that houses it was built in 1776; the tour guide said, "In other words, it's the same age as some countries." They hope to expand into the building next door, and they joke(?) that then they'll rename themselves The Medium Museum of Dublin.