Random Dublin photos

During our stay in Dublin, we took many random photos. Here are a few...

Dublin (originally Dubh Lind, meaning "Dark Pool") is of course an ancient city, but there are many shiny new modern buildings, too:

Clarence Hotel, of U2 fame:

Lots of James Joyce, especially Ulysses, references throughout Dublin, including Blooms Hotel and the character Molly Bloom:

Street chess:

Street Daffodils:

We found two more Ulysses plaques. This one says, "He crossed at Nassau street corner and stood before the window of Yeates and Son, pricing the field glasses."

This one says, "His hand looking for the where did I put found in his hip pocket soap lotion have to call tepid paper stuck. Ah soap there I yes. Gate. Safe!"

Just a beautiful old ivy-covered building:

The Auld Dubliner Traditional Pub in Temple Bar:

Four Angels Fountain, by Edward Delaney, depicting the heralds of the four provinces from Thomas Davis' poem "A Nation Once Again":