Another very delayed post. Matt had never visited Ireland before so I thought mid-February would be a perfect time to visit the country and get some of its typical weather only to discover during one of the rainiest years in Ireland, we got great weather and blue skies in Dublin! The universe was on our side for this trip.
We started out by staying with wonderful friends Maeve and Frank, and Frank gave Matt and I a personal tour of downtown and Trinity College for our first day (oh yes, and cooked an amazing meal in the evening).
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| Frank, our wonderful tour guide |
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| One disappointment- with all the delicious Canadian beers being made, the only export we found in Dublin was Molson Canadian... |
We then met up with some family- my incredible aunt made the trip up from Kerry to meet us and my cousin Gene not only put us up, but showed us all around as well! And then for a final treat a cousin from the other side of my family, Evelyn, meet up with us for our last half day where we explored the botanical gardens in the north end of the city (free entrance, unlike some Canadian botanical gardens...) A far too short but wonderful trip. We'll make it back sometime and find our way out of the big city...
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| Me and my aunt Bridget |
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| Gene and Matt at the Guiness museum |
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| At Croke park (stadium for Gaelic football and hurling-sadly no games while we were there) |
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| In the Croke park change room in front of the Kerry jersey (did I mention Gene and his three brothers are/were all serious hurlers) |
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| Matt trying to convert his childhood baseball skills into hurling skillz |
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