Unfortunately our last day in Dublin Josh was sick with a cold so we didn't move too fast or tried not to anyway. Yet since we were in Dublin still we saw a few things before leaving.
The day began with church because it was a Sunday. We went to St Patricks which I thought it was a Catholic church however it was an Anglican church. Therefore pretty much the same as Catholicism but a tad different. The Anglican church started with King Henry VIII when he wanted a divorce from his first wife Katherine of Aragon to marry Anne Boleyn. Over time things have changed and its become its own branch of Protestantism. Well I didn't know this until I went to mass and everything was slightly different.
wife of a member of the Irish parliament
its the same day as Josh's birthday!
One of the original stones from when the church was first built.
Queen Anne's Patent 1713
This stone was at St Patrick's Well in 1903
Irish National Archives
St Valentine's remains
Trinity College home of the Book of Kells which is from the year 800 and is an illustrated St John's Gospel. I couldn't take any photos of it but it was huge and understandably well guarded.
The floor I could take pictures of was the library and I was really glad I could take pictures of this room.
The original declaration of when Ireland got their independence.
A book from 1093
1603
The oldest harp known to Ireland which dates to the middle ages.
We found a Leprechaun!!
This was a Starbucks. Talk about the neatest looking Starbucks I have seen in a while
That white metal pole in the middle of the picture is a spire which was a couple of blocks from our hotel and also the shopping center in Dublin. Our tour guide from the bus tour called it the "erection in the middle of the intersection." I still have no idea why they built it.
Views of downtown Dublin
Our Hotel! with Josh holding the door like a real gentleman :)
Our room door!
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