Dublin in General

Dublin is a lovely place, only a couple of hours away from where I live and yet I feel I don't go there enough. Perhaps that's a good thing in a way, when I do go I always enjoy the atmosphere. A beautiful Georgian city, the terraces of Georgian houses are so elegant, such a shame that so many were lost to developers over the years. Like any major city it always seems alive with crowds everywhere but its size gives it an intimacy too, you can easily find your way around. O Connell Street is a wide avenue filled with monuments to the glories of the past and at the centre 'the spire' a huge needle pointing skywards, sounds uninspiring but very impressive up ...

In November 2004, I took my second trip to Dublin. I hadn’t been since I was 12 years old when I visited the city as part of a school trip to Ireland. My memories were somewhat faded. All that I could remember was a trip to the Guinness Brewery and the teachers enjoying a free sample while we drank orange juice. My husband managed to book us on a Ryan Air flight from Manchester, which cost us £99.00, each return fare. After a flight of less than an hour we arrived in Dublin in freezing cold temperatures. We had booked in at the Jury Inn hotel in the Christchurch area of the city. After checking in, we decided to walk to the centre in search of lunch. En ...

I recently visited Dublin with my mum and dad. We had a great time as it is a lovely city and their is plenty to do. We watched Riverdance which was excellent and spent days shopping. When we decided to arrange a trip to Dublin we were told about the lovely towns and villages around the edge of Dublin and by the coast. To visit these places we thought we would hire a car as it would be easier than trying to catch buses which it was but if you don't live in the centre of Dublin it is a nightmare to get to a destination. You probably only need to get to the end of the road you're on but can't because of the one way signs and the one way turns. The idea is good ...