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
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Options included with the tour.
Kilmainham Gaol Prison
Old Library of the Trinity College
Book of Kells
Temple Bar Neighborhood
Dublin City Hall
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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But what we really want is "a good day for drying" which is a dry day. Yay.