Ireland, Day 2 (Part 4 – Lough Tay and Glendalough/Wicklow Mountains)

Glendalough

At 1:45, it was time to meet up with my tour group at the Molly Malone statue for an afternoon trip to Glendalough. (It was a bus tour through Paddywagon Tours.) On the way, we also made a quick stop at Lough Tay (also known as The Guinness Lake) in the Wicklow Mountains. Once we got […]

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Ireland, Day 2 (Part 3 – Dublinia and Christ Church Cathedral)

Around 10:30am on Monday, I walked to the Dublinia building to learn a little more about Vikings and their founding of the city of Dublin. I was able to get a combo ticket that included a self-guided tour of Christ Church Cathedral next door, too. This grand cathedral is only a few blocks from our […]

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Ireland, Day 2 (Part 2 – St. Augustine and St. John the Baptist Catholic Church)

After saying goodbye to Greg for the day, I walked back to Temple Bar, without any real destination in mind. I thought about hopping back on a bus like we’d done the previous day, but was enjoying my surroundings so much that I decided to just keep walking. Eventually, I came across a beautiful church […]

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