Ireland

22 May 25  Dublin.  Day Two.  Sunny.

A Luas Citadis 401 tram, manufactured by Alstrom, at Connolly railway station.

The Steine of Dublin, a sculpture by Cliodhna Cussen.
The face of Ivar the Boneless has been carved into the base of the stone.

The Times Hostel entrance, next to Doyles bar, College Street.

The Library building (formerly the Berkeley Library), Trinity College.
Designed by Paul Koralek and built in 1967.

The Trinity Long Room Hub Arts & Humanities building, and the
Cactus provisoire sculpture by Alexander Calder.  Trinity College.

Double Helix, a sculpture by Brian King to mark the 50th anniversary
of the discovery of the structure of DNA.  Trinity College.

The Oscar Wilde Memorial Sculpture, Merrion Square.
By Danny Osborne.

The National Memorial to members of the Defence Forces,
Merrion Square Park.  Designed by Brian King.

The Joker's Chair, a sculpture by Catherine Greene, in Merrion Square Park.
A memorial to the comedian Dermot Morgan.

Tribute Head II (1975-76), a sculpture by Elisabeth Frink.
Merrion Square Park.

Bust of Countess Constance Markievicz, by artist
Seamus Murphy.  St Stephens Green.

The Three Fates Memorial, a sculpture by German sculptor
Josef Wackerle c1956,  Saint Stephen's Green.

The Greenside Building, Cuffe Street.  Mahoney Architecture.

The Garda Divisional Headquarters building, Kevin Street.
OPW Architects (Office of Public Works).

The tower and spire of St Patricks Cathedral.

The North Transept and North Aisle entrance, St Patricks Cathedral.

The South Transept of St Patricks Cathedral.

The Liberty Bell, a sculpture by Vivienne Roche, St Patricks Park.

One of the locals perched on the Liberty Bell.

Residential four-storey brick terraced housing on Golden Lane.
Architects: National Building Agency, 1996.

The Bermingham Tower, Dublin Castle.  The base is one of the few
remaining parts of the original castle, the upper part is modern.

The Record Tower, Dublin Castle.  One of the remaining original parts of
the castle dating from the 1220s.  Also known as the Wardrobe Tower.

Black Pool, White Water, a sculpture by Jason Ellish, in the
Garda Síochána Memorial Garden, Dubh Linn Gardens.

Coiled Water Serpent sculpture, Dubh Linn Gardens.
Artist undetermined.

Vintage lamp outside the Garda Síochána building.

A 29000 Class Diesel Multiple Unit operated by Iarnród Éireann
(Irish Rail) at Donabate railway station, Fingal, County Dublin.

Donabate railway station.

The historic signal box at Donabate railway station. Built c1900.
Closed 1983 but now a preserved heritage building.

Portrane beach looking north, near Donabate, Fingal, Co. Dublin.

Lambay Island from Portrane beach, near Donabate.

I had been staying on a camp site at Portrane from where a 10 minute bus ride followed
by about half an hour on the train took me right to the centre of Dublin.  Much better
(and probably cheaper) than fighting the Dublin traffic then having to find somewhere to park.