Baile Átha Cliath

Pictures taken at Dublin on our Summer Holiday in Ireland 2015.
Four Courts The Four Courts is Ireland's main courts building, located on Inns Quay in Dublin. The Four Courts are the location of the Supreme Court, the High Court and the Dublin Circuit Court. Work based on the design of Thomas Cooley for the Public Records Office of Ireland, began in 1776. After his death in 1784 renowned architect James Gandon was appointed to finish the building, which we recognise today as the Four Courts. It was built between 1786 and 1796, while the finishing touches to the arcades and wings were completed in 1802. The lands were previously used by the King's Inns. The building originally housed the four courts of Chancery, King's Bench, Exchequer and Common Pleas, hence the name of the building. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel St. Paul's Church The church was built between 1835 and 1837 to the design of Patrick Byrne, and is one of the most prominent buildings on the city quays. Patrick Byrne was a prominent church architect of the time and was also responsible for St Audoen’s on nearby High Street. A fine portico with four Ionic columns fronts the church to the river in a very prominent site, especially for a catholic church which were usually sited on quieter back streets. The tower was completed in 1843 and gives the church a visibility along the quays except from the east where it is blocked by the dome of the Four Courts. The statues were added in 1870. It is currently closed to the public after a decline in numbers living in the parish. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel St. Audoen's Roman-Catholic church The church was built between 1841 and 1847 to the design of Patrick Byrne. A central dome positioned over the crossing of the nave was the main external feature of the church until it collapsed in 1880 and was replaced with a flat roof. In 1898 the portico including the piazza to the front and railings was added by George Ashlin. The walls are constructed of Black calp and are best appreciated from Cook Street from where their sheer bulk dominates the area and the Medieval Dublin City Walls. Because of its steeply sloping site, the church has a double level crypt to the rear. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel St. Audoen's Roman-Catholic church The church was built between 1841 and 1847 to the design of Patrick Byrne. A central dome positioned over the crossing of the nave was the main external feature of the church until it collapsed in 1880 and was replaced with a flat roof. In 1898 the portico including the piazza to the front and railings was added by George Ashlin. The walls are constructed of Black calp and are best appreciated from Cook Street from where their sheer bulk dominates the area and the Medieval Dublin City Walls. Because of its steeply sloping site, the church has a double level crypt to the rear. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel
Feeding pigeons Old man feeding a flock of pigeons. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Trinity College Trinity College (Irish: Coláiste na Tríonóide), known in full as the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, is a research university and the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin in Ireland. The college was founded in 1592 as the "mother" of a new university, modelled after the collegiate universities of Oxford and of Cambridge, but, unlike these, only one college was ever established; as such, the designations "Trinity College" and "University of Dublin" are usually synonymous for practical purposes. It is one of the seven ancient universities of Britain and Ireland, as well as Ireland's oldest university. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Trinity College Trinity College (Irish: Coláiste na Tríonóide), known in full as the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, is a research university and the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin in Ireland. The college was founded in 1592 as the "mother" of a new university, modelled after the collegiate universities of Oxford and of Cambridge, but, unlike these, only one college was ever established; as such, the designations "Trinity College" and "University of Dublin" are usually synonymous for practical purposes. It is one of the seven ancient universities of Britain and Ireland, as well as Ireland's oldest university. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Regent House Regent House was built between 1752 and 1759. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel
1937 Reading Room The letters NIKH on the front spell out the name of the Greek goddess of victory. The building is actually a World War 1 memorial opened on the 12th November 1928. The octagonal postgraduate reading room was added subsequently in 1937 which is why it is all out of perspective for the space that it occupies between the Exam Hall and the Old Library. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Campanile The Campanile of Trinity College, Dublin is a bell tower and one of its most iconic landmarks. Donated by then Archbishop of Armagh, Lord John Beresford it was designed by Sir Charles Lanyon, sculpted by Thomas Kirk and finished in 1853. The entire structure stands at 30.5 metres tall and is mainly granite in composition with its cravings being of portland stone. Lanyon had originally intended the campanile to be linked to the buildings on either side (Old Library and Graduates Memorial Building) by an “arcaded screen”, however this was never realised. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Statue of William Lecky William Edward Hartpole Lecky OM (26 March 1838 – 22 October 1903) was an Irish historian and political theorist. In 1904, money for a memorial was raised by subscription and a statue by John Goscombe was erected in Trinity College. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel The Old Library The original (Old) Library is Thomas Burgh's masterpiece. A huge building, it originally towered over the university and city after its completion. Even today, surrounded by similarly scaled buildings, it is imposing and dominates the view of the university from Nassau Street. It was founded with the College and first endowed by James Ussher (1625–56), Archbishop of Armagh, who endowed his own valuable library, comprising several thousand printed books and manuscripts, to the College. The Book of Kells is by far the Library's most famous book and is located in the Old Library, along with the Book of Durrow, the Book of Howth and other ancient texts. Also incorporating the Long Room, the Old Library is one of Ireland's biggest tourist attractions, and holds thousands of rare, and in many cases very early, volumes. In the 18th century, the college received the Brian Boru harp, one of the three surviving medieval Gaelic harps, and a national symbol of Ireland, which is now housed in the library. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel
Irish Houses of Parliament The Irish Houses of Parliament (Irish: Tithe na Parlaiminte), also known as the Irish Parliament House, today called the Bank of Ireland, College Green, due to its use by the bank, was the world's first purpose-built two-chamber parliament house. It served as the seat of both chambers (the Lords and Commons) of the Irish Parliament of the Kingdom of Ireland for most of the 18th century until that parliament was abolished by the Act of Union of 1800, when Ireland became part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Chichester House was in a dilapidated state, allegedly haunted and unfit for parliamentary use. In 1727 Parliament voted to spend £6,000 on the building of a new parliament building on the site. It was to be the first purpose-built two-chamber parliament building in the world. The design of this radical new Irish parliamentary building was entrusted to a talented young architect, Edward Lovett Pearce, who was himself a member of parliament. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel O'Neill's M.J.O'Neill's is a notable bar and restaurant in central Dublin. It has occupied 2 Suffolk Street and adjacent buildings, continuing round the corner into Church Lane. It is claimed there has been a tavern on the site for some three hundred years. From 1875 it was owned by the Hogan Brothers, until M.J. O’Neill bought and renamed the premises in August 1927. The corner structure is an impressive four-storey, vaguely of the Arts and Crafts Movement, red-brick and early twentieth century, with prominent Tudor-style projecting bay windows. There is a fine decorated iron three-dials clock on the Suffolk Street frontage. The building is protected and in a conservation area. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel St Andrew's Church The original St Andrew's Church was located on present-day Dame Street, but disappeared during Oliver Cromwell's reign in the mid-17th century. A new church was built in 1665 a little further away from the city walls, on an old bowling-green close to the Thingmote, the old assembly-place of the Norse rulers of the city. Due to its shape, it was commonly known as the "Round Church". Local landlords of the time, Lord Anglesey (after whom Anglesey Street is named) and Sir John Temple (after whose family Temple Bar is named) were churchwardens. The architect was William Dodson. The neighbouring houses were located in that part of the Dublin Corporation estate known as "the Whole Land of Tib and Tom". The church was rebuilt in 1793, but burnt down in 1860, when the present building was constructed. It now houses the Central Tourist Office. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Molly Malone Molly is commemorated in a statue designed by Jeanne Rynhart, erected to celebrate the city's first millennium in 1988. Originally placed at the bottom of Grafton Street in Dublin, this statue is known colloquially as "The Tart With The Cart" or "The Trollop With The Scallop(s)", . The statue portrays Molly as a busty young woman in seventeenth-century dress. Her low-cut dress and large breasts were justified on the grounds that as "women breastfed publicly in Molly's time, breasts were popped out all over the place." The statue was later removed and kept in storage to make way for the new Luas tracks. On 18 July 2014, It was temporarily placed outside the Dublin Tourist Office on Suffolk Street. It is expected to be returned to its original location in late 2017. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel
Traffic A horse waiting in the lights, ready to go. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Christ Church Cathedral The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity is the cathedral of the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough and the cathedral of the Ecclesiastical province of the United Provinces of Dublin and Cashel in the Church of Ireland. The cathedral was founded probably sometime after 1028 when King Sitric Silkenbeard, the Hiberno-Norse king of Dublin made a pilgrimage to Rome. The first bishop of this new Dublin diocese was Dúnán or Donat, and the diocese was at that time a small island of land surrounded by the much larger Diocese of Glendalough, and was for a time answerable to Canterbury rather than to the Irish Church hierarchy. The church was built on the high ground overlooking the Viking settlement at Wood Quay and Sitric gave the "lands of Baldoyle, Raheny and Portrane for its maintenance." In the 1180s, Strongbow and other Norman magnates helped to fund a complete rebuilding of Christ Church, initially a wooden building, in stone, comprising the construction of a choir, choir aisles and transepts, the crypt and chapels to St. Edmund and St. Mary and St. Lô. A chapel to St Laurence O'Toole was added in the 13th century and much of the extant nave was built in the 1230s. Its design was inspired by the architecture of the English western school of Gothic, and its wrought stones- of a Somersetshire oolite- were sculpted and laid by craftsmen from the same area. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Dublinia The former synod hall, which was built on the site of St Michael's, a prebendal church of Christ Church's which was demolished by Street during his restoration of the cathedral. This hall, which incorporates the old St Michael's tower, was formerly used for hosting general synods and diocesan synods for Dublin, Glendalough and Kildare. It is now home to the Dublinia exhibition about medieval Dublin. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Christ Church Cathedral The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity is the cathedral of the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough and the cathedral of the Ecclesiastical province of the United Provinces of Dublin and Cashel in the Church of Ireland. The cathedral was founded probably sometime after 1028 when King Sitric Silkenbeard, the Hiberno-Norse king of Dublin made a pilgrimage to Rome. The first bishop of this new Dublin diocese was Dúnán or Donat, and the diocese was at that time a small island of land surrounded by the much larger Diocese of Glendalough, and was for a time answerable to Canterbury rather than to the Irish Church hierarchy. The church was built on the high ground overlooking the Viking settlement at Wood Quay and Sitric gave the "lands of Baldoyle, Raheny and Portrane for its maintenance." In the 1180s, Strongbow and other Norman magnates helped to fund a complete rebuilding of Christ Church, initially a wooden building, in stone, comprising the construction of a choir, choir aisles and transepts, the crypt and chapels to St. Edmund and St. Mary and St. Lô. A chapel to St Laurence O'Toole was added in the 13th century and much of the extant nave was built in the 1230s. Its design was inspired by the architecture of the English western school of Gothic, and its wrought stones- of a Somersetshire oolite- were sculpted and laid by craftsmen from the same area. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel
Christ Church Cathedral The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity is the cathedral of the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough and the cathedral of the Ecclesiastical province of the United Provinces of Dublin and Cashel in the Church of Ireland. The cathedral was founded probably sometime after 1028 when King Sitric Silkenbeard, the Hiberno-Norse king of Dublin made a pilgrimage to Rome. The first bishop of this new Dublin diocese was Dúnán or Donat, and the diocese was at that time a small island of land surrounded by the much larger Diocese of Glendalough, and was for a time answerable to Canterbury rather than to the Irish Church hierarchy. The church was built on the high ground overlooking the Viking settlement at Wood Quay and Sitric gave the "lands of Baldoyle, Raheny and Portrane for its maintenance." In the 1180s, Strongbow and other Norman magnates helped to fund a complete rebuilding of Christ Church, initially a wooden building, in stone, comprising the construction of a choir, choir aisles and transepts, the crypt and chapels to St. Edmund and St. Mary and St. Lô. A chapel to St Laurence O'Toole was added in the 13th century and much of the extant nave was built in the 1230s. Its design was inspired by the architecture of the English western school of Gothic, and its wrought stones- of a Somersetshire oolite- were sculpted and laid by craftsmen from the same area. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Chapter House Ruins of the Chapter house next to the cathedral : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Turks head chop house Why it was actually called Turk`s Head Chop house- well there are 2 rumours. 1) is it was owned by 2 Turkish brothers – so all the foreign Merchants would gather there making it a vibrant and colourful place! 2) A Turkish man got his head chopped off for selling on stolen or bad goods – so in turn it because a popular place for trusted deals as they wouldn’t stand for any dishonestly. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Grattan Bridge The first bridge on this site was built by Sir Humphrey Jervis as Essex Bridge (named for Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland) to join several of Jervis' developments (including Capel Street and Jervis Street) to the opposite side of the river and to Dublin Castle. Essex Bridge was an arched stone structure with 7 piers, and apparently partly constructed from the ruined masonry of nearby St. Mary’s Abbey on the northside. In 1687 the bridge was damaged by a flood resulting in the loss of a hackney and two horses. The damage to the bridge was only partially repaired. From 1872, the bridge was further remodelled, being widened and flattened with cast iron supports extended out from the stonework so as to carry pavements on either side of the roadway. The bridge was (and is still) lit by ornate lamp standards also in cast iron. The bridge was reopened as Grattan Bridge in 1874, being named after Henry Grattan MP (1746-1820). : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel
Grattan Bridge The first bridge on this site was built by Sir Humphrey Jervis as Essex Bridge (named for Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland) to join several of Jervis' developments (including Capel Street and Jervis Street) to the opposite side of the river and to Dublin Castle. Essex Bridge was an arched stone structure with 7 piers, and apparently partly constructed from the ruined masonry of nearby St. Mary’s Abbey on the northside. In 1687 the bridge was damaged by a flood resulting in the loss of a hackney and two horses. The damage to the bridge was only partially repaired. From 1872, the bridge was further remodelled, being widened and flattened with cast iron supports extended out from the stonework so as to carry pavements on either side of the roadway. The bridge was (and is still) lit by ornate lamp standards also in cast iron. The bridge was reopened as Grattan Bridge in 1874, being named after Henry Grattan MP (1746-1820). : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Guinness Old stuff on the wall : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Hard Rock Cafe Dublin A must stop for me on holidays. A HRC teddy bear is a must :). : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel The Temple Bar In 1599, Sir William Temple, a renowned teacher and philosopher, entered the service of the Lord Deputy Of Ireland. In 1609 Temple was made Provost of Trinity College, Dublin and Master Chancery in Ireland and moved to this country. Sir William Temple built his house and gardens on newly reclaimed land here on the corner of Temple Lane and the street called Temple Bar. In 1656, his son, Sir John Temple, acquired additional land, which with reclamation made possible by the building of a new sea wall, allowed the development of the area we now know as Temple Bar. The Temple Bar pub itself was first licensed in 1819. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel
The Temple Bar In 1599, Sir William Temple, a renowned teacher and philosopher, entered the service of the Lord Deputy Of Ireland. In 1609 Temple was made Provost of Trinity College, Dublin and Master Chancery in Ireland and moved to this country. Sir William Temple built his house and gardens on newly reclaimed land here on the corner of Temple Lane and the street called Temple Bar. In 1656, his son, Sir John Temple, acquired additional land, which with reclamation made possible by the building of a new sea wall, allowed the development of the area we now know as Temple Bar. The Temple Bar pub itself was first licensed in 1819. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel The Temple Bar In 1599, Sir William Temple, a renowned teacher and philosopher, entered the service of the Lord Deputy Of Ireland. In 1609 Temple was made Provost of Trinity College, Dublin and Master Chancery in Ireland and moved to this country. Sir William Temple built his house and gardens on newly reclaimed land here on the corner of Temple Lane and the street called Temple Bar. In 1656, his son, Sir John Temple, acquired additional land, which with reclamation made possible by the building of a new sea wall, allowed the development of the area we now know as Temple Bar. The Temple Bar pub itself was first licensed in 1819. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Temple Bar Another colourful pub and B&B in Temple Bar area. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Ha'penny Bridge The Ha'penny Bridge (Irish: Droichead na Leathphingine, or Droichead na Life), known later for a time as the Penny Ha'penny Bridge, and officially the Liffey Bridge, is a pedestrian bridge built in 1816 over the River Liffey. Made of cast iron, the bridge was cast at Coalbrookdale in Shropshire, England. Before the Ha'penny Bridge was built there were seven ferries, operated by a William Walsh, across the Liffey. The ferries were in a bad condition and Walsh was informed that he had to either fix them or build a bridge. Walsh chose the latter option and was granted the right to extract a ha'penny toll from anyone crossing it for 100 years. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel
Ha'penny Bridge The Ha'penny Bridge (Irish: Droichead na Leathphingine, or Droichead na Life), known later for a time as the Penny Ha'penny Bridge, and officially the Liffey Bridge, is a pedestrian bridge built in 1816 over the River Liffey. Made of cast iron, the bridge was cast at Coalbrookdale in Shropshire, England. Before the Ha'penny Bridge was built there were seven ferries, operated by a William Walsh, across the Liffey. The ferries were in a bad condition and Walsh was informed that he had to either fix them or build a bridge. Walsh chose the latter option and was granted the right to extract a ha'penny toll from anyone crossing it for 100 years. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Resting Women resting while exploring Dublin. Kinda strange bench but usable anyway. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Going Ape Advertising a watering hole in Temple Bar. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Hairy Lemon The Hairy Lemon Pub was christened in memory of one of the city’s great characters who was a dog catcher in the 1950’s. He was reputed to boast a lemon shaped visage and a stubble of gooseberry like hair. This most enjoyable drinking establishment is just about as unconventional as it’s namesake. Even the 19th century house in which it resides is a little ‘outside-the-box’; with years of memorabilia a sitting room suspended in mid air, High Nellie’s, wellies and even Granny’s Kitchen. Unknown to itself, the Hairy Lemon has become one of Dublin’s Trendiest Pubs. The basement area of the popular city centre nightspot was closed for two days from December 17th 2014 after it was identified by FSAI inspectors as posing a “grave and immediate danger to public health”, as is the criteria for closure notices. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel
VikingSplash Let the Vikings show you the sites and scenes of the capital city from a World War II amphibious vehicle. We didn't. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel City Hall The City Hall, Dublin (Irish: Halla na Cathrach, Baile Átha Cliath), originally the Royal Exchange was built between 1769 and 1779 to the designs of architect Thomas Cooley. The cost of building the exchange was met by the Parliament of Ireland, and this is reflected by the initials "SPQH", standing for "Senatus PopulusQue Hibernicus", meaning "The senate and people of Ireland" (an Irish version of SPQR). : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Rates office In 1722, a banker by the name of William Gleadowe married into the Newcomen family of Carriglass in Co. Longford and assumed their name. In 1781 he was knighted and elected to the Irish Parliament. Here, he voted in favour of the Act of Union. Sir William Gleadow-Newcomen’s wife was rewarded with a peerage as thanks. In 1778, he commissioned architect Thomas Ivory to build a new bank at 16 Castle Street next to City Hall which traded as Newcomen & co. Bank. It was completed in 1781. In 1831, the building was sold to the Hibernian bank and it later became the Rates office. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Dublin bus Quite cute bus taking care of public transit in Dublin. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel
Temple Bar Parliament street buildings on Temple Bar area. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Don't Drink With the Sheep Funny window decoration : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Latex Bunny This really demands no further explanation :). : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Dublin Castle Dublin Castle (Irish: Caisleán Bhaile Átha Cliath) off Dame Street, Dublin, was until 1922 the seat of the United Kingdom government's administration in Ireland, and is now a major Irish government complex. Most of it dates from the 18th century, though a castle has stood on the site since the days of King John, the first Lord of Ireland. The Castle served as the seat of English, then later British government of Ireland under the Lordship of Ireland (1171–1541), the Kingdom of Ireland (1541–1800), and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1800–1922). After the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in December 1921, the complex was ceremonially handed over to the newly formed Provisional Government led by Michael Collins. Dublin Castle was first founded as a major defensive work by Meiler Fitzhenry on the orders of King John of England in 1204, some time after the Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169, when it was commanded that a castle be built with strong walls and good ditches for the defence of the city, the administration of justice, and the protection of the King's treasure. Largely complete by 1230, the castle was of typical Norman courtyard design, with a central square without a keep, bounded on all sides by tall defensive walls and protected at each corner by a circular tower. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel
Dublin Castle Dublin Castle (Irish: Caisleán Bhaile Átha Cliath) off Dame Street, Dublin, was until 1922 the seat of the United Kingdom government's administration in Ireland, and is now a major Irish government complex. Most of it dates from the 18th century, though a castle has stood on the site since the days of King John, the first Lord of Ireland. The Castle served as the seat of English, then later British government of Ireland under the Lordship of Ireland (1171–1541), the Kingdom of Ireland (1541–1800), and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1800–1922). After the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in December 1921, the complex was ceremonially handed over to the newly formed Provisional Government led by Michael Collins. Dublin Castle was first founded as a major defensive work by Meiler Fitzhenry on the orders of King John of England in 1204, some time after the Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169, when it was commanded that a castle be built with strong walls and good ditches for the defence of the city, the administration of justice, and the protection of the King's treasure. Largely complete by 1230, the castle was of typical Norman courtyard design, with a central square without a keep, bounded on all sides by tall defensive walls and protected at each corner by a circular tower. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Dublin Castle Dublin Castle (Irish: Caisleán Bhaile Átha Cliath) off Dame Street, Dublin, was until 1922 the seat of the United Kingdom government's administration in Ireland, and is now a major Irish government complex. Most of it dates from the 18th century, though a castle has stood on the site since the days of King John, the first Lord of Ireland. The Castle served as the seat of English, then later British government of Ireland under the Lordship of Ireland (1171–1541), the Kingdom of Ireland (1541–1800), and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1800–1922). After the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in December 1921, the complex was ceremonially handed over to the newly formed Provisional Government led by Michael Collins. Dublin Castle was first founded as a major defensive work by Meiler Fitzhenry on the orders of King John of England in 1204, some time after the Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169, when it was commanded that a castle be built with strong walls and good ditches for the defence of the city, the administration of justice, and the protection of the King's treasure. Largely complete by 1230, the castle was of typical Norman courtyard design, with a central square without a keep, bounded on all sides by tall defensive walls and protected at each corner by a circular tower. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Man and lantern Decorative details inside the castle area. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel The Record Tower The sole surviving tower of the medieval castle dating from c.1228. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel
Chapel Royal The Chapel Royal in Dublin Castle was the official Church of Ireland chapel of the Household of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1814 until the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922. The creation of the new Irish state terminated the office of Lord Lieutenant and British government control in Ireland. Designed by Francis Johnston (1760–1829), the foremost architect working in Ireland in the early 19th century, and architect to the Board of Works, the chapel contains one of the finest Gothic revival interiors in Ireland. Replacing an earlier undistinguished 18th century church that suffered structural problems through being built on soft ground close to the site of the original castle moat, the new Chapel Royal was built using a timber frame to make it as light as possible. Indeed so difficult was the nature of the site that the chapel took seven years to build. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel The Bedford Tower The Bedford Tower of 1761 comprises the centrepiece of the Castle's principal Georgian courtyard, flanked by the gates of Fortitude and Justice. It was from this building the Irish Crown Jewels were stolen in 1907. In this picture the gate of Justice can be seen. Bedford Tower occupies the site of the original Norman Gate, which was a twin D shaped barbican gate, with portcullis and drawbridge. It functioned as guardhouse and prison block. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Sand sculptures Sand sculptures on the castle yard. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Sand sculptures Sand sculptures on the castle yard. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel
Gate A different kind of gate. Nice viking boat, I must admit. : Dublin, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Doors Colourful Dublin Doors