Stunning evening to enjoy a stroll in @thephoenixpark 🌅
Please don’t get too close to, or feed the deer 🦌
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If you aren’t yet following up on Instagram, head on over and check out our latest reel featuring the beautiful St. Patrick’s Park and the stunning St. Patrick’s Cathedral
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Here at Dublin Strolls we would like to wish you a yours a Happy, Peaceful Christmas 🎄
We look forward to welcoming new faces, and old ones, on a #dublinstroll in the New Year ✨
Here at Dublin Strolls we would like to wish you a yours a Happy, Peaceful Christmas 🎄
We look forward to welcoming new faces, and old ones, on a #dublinstroll in the New Year ✨
The weather forecast looks ☀️ this week so why not take a stroll in the Phoenix Park.. #dublinstrolls
Today's spotlight is shining brightly on Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde, a brilliant playwright, author, and social activist. Here are five facts you may not have known about the man himself;
- He was born inside what is now, Trinity College
- His final words were; "my wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or other of us has got to go", sadly he was the one to leave
- He only wrote one novel
- He wrote a children's book, The Happy Prince and Other Tales that published in 1888
- He was fluent in English, German, French and had a good knowledge of Italian and Greek
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Our last visit today is to an usual venue; it's Hardwick Street, on the north side of the city. This was once a grand street of Georgian houses designed by Francis Johnson - very few of them remain but the house behind me featured in Joyce's story "The Boarding House"
#dublinstrollsbloomsday #bloomsday #jamesjoyce
"Although James Joyce spent most of his adult life living in various cities throughout Europe, his writings always focussed on Dublin"
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Our second stop today is opposite 35 Ushers Quay; this was home to James Joyce's two maiden aunts, and it was also the setting for his short story "The Dead"
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"Let me welcome you to Sweny's Pharmacy in Lincoln Place in Dublin. This is where Leopold Bloom purchased his now famous lemon scented soap, while he waited to have his wife's script filled"
Sweny's Pharmacy is a hidden gem and a must visit whether you are a local or visitor to Dublin. Est. in 1847 and immortalised in Joyce's Ulysses, they sell books, lemon soap, have readings and imbibe in all things Joycean. You can expect a warm welcome as you step back in time in this very special place #dublinstrollsbloomsday #bloomsday #jamesjoyce
Tucked away on Camden Row between Camden and Heytesbury Streets is a hidden gem - have you visited St. Kevin's Park? #dublinstrolls
We're so happy to be back open for business, guiding guests around our gorgeous capital city
Here's a taster of our Georgian Dublin Southside tour - we'd love you to join us to learn more! Get in touch to book #dublinstrolls #guidedwalkingtour
TALBOT MEMORIAL BRIDGE - In the 1970’s Butt Bridge was struggling to cope with the heavy volumes of two way traffic so a decision was made, despite the other demands on the public purse in those recessionary times, to build a new bridge downstream. The plan was to use Butt Bridge to carry northbound traffic and the new bridge to carry all southbound traffic.
Work began in 1976 and the bridge opened in February 1978. A practical and workmanlike structure, this three span bridge used prestressed concrete, its first use in Dublin, in its construction. With its four traffic lanes and two wide footpaths, linking Custom House Quay and Memorial Road on the north side to City Quay and Moss Street on the south side it was an instant hit with commuters.
Talbot Memorial Bridge, or as most Dubliners call it Matt Talbot Bridge, was named for Matt Talbot who was to become the figurehead of the Temperance Movement. Matt was born into poverty on the north side of Dublin in 1856 and by his early teens had become an alcoholic. At an early age, as he looked at those around him, he realised how bleak his future looked and he turned to God and religion. He led a very private life of prayer, penance and fasting and it was only after his sudden death in 1925 when people learned of his lifestyle, and he became well known as the Catholic Church and The Temperance Movement venerated him and his way of life. His statue stands at the southern end of the bridge.
Also remembered on this bridge are the Irish merchant sailors, 136 of them, who lost their lives at sea while bringing vital supplies to Ireland during World War II. Although a neutral country, our merchant fleet was targeted, and all too often bombed or torpedoed, with devastating effect #dublinstrolls #dublinstrollsbridges
Our final instalment for St. Patrick's Day introduces you to the well in St. Patrick's Park; well worth a visit when you can leave your 5km radius (like what we did there?!)
Lá fhéile Pádraig; Happy St. Patrick's Day #dublinstrolls
