Dublin - final stop

Dublin today is a visitor's haven. The summer temp is lovely. The rain will stop in 30 minutes. People are polite and friendly.
During the Potato Famine 1850's. It was none of these things and over 1 million Irish died or emigrated. These sculptures and in recognition.
The Halfpenny Bridge was the first to cross the River Liffey. It made the ferrymen redundant, so they were allowed to charge a halfpenny toll for pedestrians to cross the bridge rather than using the ferry .
I was asked to pose for this photo with Molly Mullane. It is said to bring luck.
"She wheeled her wheelbarrow through streets broad and narrow crying cockles and muscles...alive alive oh"
This is the Old Library in Trinity College Dublin. The oldest University in Ireland.
It contains The Book of Kells...gospels written and magnificently illustrated in the 9th century on calf velum.
We head lome tomorrow, two days a planes trains and automobiles
See you soon!

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