Haegeles' Ireland 2022
Life is like a puzzle.
The more you travel,
The more you understand.
Then the more you understand,
The better the pieces fit together.
DUBLIN EXTRAS
THINGS TO DO
IN DUBLIN
Options included with the tour.
Kilmainham Gaol Prison
Old Library of the Trinity College
Book of Kells
Temple Bar Neighborhood
Dublin City Hall
More to do...
-Old Jameson Distillery Bow St.
or
-Teeling Distillery (Ticketed Tour)
-National Gallery of Ireland
-EPIC
-Irish Whiskey Museum
-National Leprechaun Museum and other National Museums
-Natural History Museum of Ireland
-Chester Beatty Library (Free)
-Croke Stadium for a match
-New Grange
We opted not to do...
-Guinness Storehouse - We read how touristy it is and is basically 7 floors of Guinness overload. Is that a bad thing tho? Especially with a view from the top. For us spending the time in a small pub was of more interest.
DUBLIN PUBS
-Southbank at Ferryman-cool interior
-O'Donahough's-multiple sources recommend this pub
– Long Hall-a fancy mirrored pub and one of the oldest in the city.
– The Peadar Kearney’s-reasonable prices , a good mix between locals/ tourists, great atmosphere, and live music.
– The Palace Bar, a traditional place with a lovely facade.
– Chaplins Bar has an authentic Irish look, and you pay a reasonable price for a pint.
-Temple Bar - touristy
-The Bank-Pascal recommended
WEE BIT OF FUN
Irish used terms for rain.
A grand soft day – soft rain on a warm day no actual rain drops
Mist-damp air
Grey Out - thick mist
Only spitting - it might clear up, no need to stay in
Dry rain - Mist that doesn’t get you wet
Wetting rain-heavy mist looks harmless, but wets you through
even though it’s not technically raining
Squib - an attempt at a shower
fairy piss – light spots
bat pee – random droplets
Mizzling rain- between a mist and a drizzle
Drizzle
Only spitting-light rain, won't keep you in
Soft rain -falls softly
Rotten day- umbrella material, grey, unrelenting but never downpours
raining stair rods-straight down and heavy
Pissing down-vertical hard rain you probably decide to stay in
‘Horizontal Rain’…the type that violates you from every
which angle
Bucketing - Rain with a period of buckets...you might stop to let it pass.
Hooring rain - windshield wipers full on, scurrying people
Pelting down - so harsh you will probably talk about it with someone, hurts your skin
Lashing rain-diagonal heavy rain actually bounces off the street. Only heavy duty umbrellas survive
sheets of rain – when heavy rain has wind behind it and you can see it come across in white “sheets”
Hammering down befuddles even the Irish. Can't hear yourself think.
Four seasons in a day
It’s a grand, soft day – more a fine, misty rain than pouring rain.
But what we really want is "a good day for drying" which is a dry day. Yay.