We were looking for someplace interesting for dinner on our last night in Dublin. A short walk from where we were staying was a small, expen...

  Not all of the books in the Long Hall of Trinity College’s Old Library have yet been removed for conservation. This gives an idea of how t...

  Many people who go to Dublin visit Trinity College. (My favorite alumnus is Oscar Wilde.) The chief attractions are the 7th Century Book o...

  Seen yesterday in Grafton Street, the busy pedestrianized shopping thoroughfare in the heart of Dublin. The artist had stretched some kind...

  In Dublin's fair city,  Where the girls are so pretty, I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone, As she wheeled her wheel-barrow, Thr...

  Clonmancoise is the site of a monastery founded in the 6th Century, containing the ruins of the church and an ancient graveyard with seve...

  Connemara is a wild and desolate region in the west of Ireland, covering parts of County Galway and spilling into County Mayo. It is fill...

  Day trip yesterday to the Cliffs of Moher, the 700 foot / 214 meter drop-off from the west coast to the Atlantic. The day did not go well....

  Arrived in Dublin yesterday morning and got a rental car. I was a bit worried since it has been years since I drove on the left and, well,...

  The last day of 2024. I understand that at the end of the Passover seder it is a tradition for the assembled to wish each other “next year...

It's a tradition around here at big events to hang a big American flag from the ends of the fire department's longest cranes. There ...

I've said many times that St. Louis loves an excuse to drink in public. There were a number of pop-up bars along the St. Patrick's...

Happy St. Patrick's Day ! Another photo from last weekend's parade.  There is a reason his name is O'Bama. Need proof? Ch...

. Home now, reflecting on the experience of the last two weeks. Ireland has strong currents of both joy and sadness. These pictures illustra...

. Connemara is a desolate, mountainous region in the west of Ireland, straddling Counties Mayo and Galway. There are peat bogs, some sheep ...

. The gentle River Cong flows through the village of the same name, past Ashford Castle and into Lough Corrib, the largest lake in Ireland. ...

. Almost six hours driving yesterday on the tour of Ireland's byways to get to the next destination. We stopped at the Ulster American F...

. Knowth. Rhymes with south, creating the opportunity for a terrible pun. HAR! , as Virginia might say. Anyway, Knowth and nearby Newgrange...

. We visited Kilmainham Gaol yesterday morning, the most notorious prison in Ireland. It was here that the English confined the leaders of ...

. It's late Wednesday night here in Dublin as I write this. A full day of wandering around the city, details of which will have to wait....