Dublin

12-22

Dublin

Wow what a last day. I couldn’t have asked for anything better. Cody and I woke up, both broke not knowing what to do. He had wanted to see the Dail and Billy had said he’ have something for me so we went in. Showing Cody around was a bit strange because no one was in as it’s suspended until after the Holidays. I showed him around best we could, we got lunch there and then headed up to Billy’s office where we found 100 EURO!!!!!! OH HAPPY DAY!!!! We were livin’ rich! Saying goodbye to the Dail was really sad. I loved my time there. It was strange to be leaving.

Then we headed back to the Hostel changed and met up with Lacey. She had never been to Kilmanhum Gaol before so I headed back to the prison. It was probably the best tour that I’d gotten (third times the charm I guess). Cody loved the history of it all. It meant a lot to lacey and I to be there after learning so much about all the revolutionaries and politicians who had spent time in its walls.

Then I decided I had to do something I’d never done before in Dublin before I left. So we all headed on the DART up to Howth, a little fishing village on the outskirts of Dublin. It was great. We walked along the harbor and watched the sky turn pink over the Irish Sea. It was really, really beautiful. As usual my camera wasn’t working, but Cody got some great shots. Billy Timmins bought us a half dozen oysters from the bay. OOOOOOHHH MY GAWD! SO GOOD.

We headed back down to Dublin and tried to go to the storehouse. It was closed, which was a blessing in disguise. We stumbled across the carol service at Christ Church Cathedral. When the Corries. Mom and Grace were here we heard the choir warming up. They were fantastic. The best. They sang a song in Gaelic, which took my breath away. One thing that was strange was that none of the carols had the same tune as they do in the states which was bizarre and a bit embarrassing. We actually didn’t have tickets but a priest snuck us some which was awesome.

After the carol service we met up with Lacey one last time at Gogherty’s for music. The band played my favorite traditional songs and then some. They actually were the first band that I heard at Gogherty’s which was great. As we were leaving they played Galway Girl and it made my night.