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The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Isobel and Evelyn start off the day with a quick - in Isobel's case a very quick - swim in the sea near the DART station at Blackrock. After a compensatory stop for cake at Parlour Café on Blackrock high street, we get the Number 4 bus from Monkstown Farm into Dublin, after which we poke around Trinity College, wander up Grafton Street to St. Stephen's Green via the Lego Shop and then spend an hour in the Dead Zoo - Da Gorls' nickname for the Museum of Natural History. It's then time for pizza at Milano - the name of Pizza Express in Ireland - after which we walk back to the bus stop on Nassau Street, stopping on Grafton Street on the way to watch some buskers.

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previous album: Blackrock North and Newgrange, County Louth, Ireland - 16th February 2023

Evelyn, Fred and Isobel near the Blackrock DART, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Evelyn, Fred and Isobel near the Blackrock DART

We cross over the rails on a graffiti bridge, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

We cross over the rails on a graffiti bridge

A 29000 Class DMU at Blackrock station, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

A 29000 Class DMU at Blackrock station

We walk past the graffiti sea wall, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

We walk past the graffiti sea wall

Poolbeg generating station and the Winkies, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Poolbeg generating station and the Winkies

Isobel and Evelyn head off for a swim, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Isobel and Evelyn head off for a swim

Looking down the coast towards Dun Laoghaire, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Looking down the coast towards Dun Laoghaire

Fred's wrapped up in Isobel's scarf, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Fred's wrapped up in Isobel's scarf

Fred stumps off along the rocks, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Fred stumps off along the rocks

Colourful graffiti lettering, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Colourful graffiti lettering

Isobel and Evelyn have finished their swim, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Isobel and Evelyn have finished their swim

One of Evelyn's swimming chums heads into the sea, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

One of Evelyn's swimming chums heads into the sea

The back of the Wicked Wolf bar, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

The back of the Wicked Wolf bar

The old Blackrock Post Office, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

The old Blackrock Post Office

Fred and Evelyn have a pastry at Parlour Café, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Fred and Evelyn have a pastry at Parlour Café

Blackrock high street, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Blackrock high street

The boys watch Free Guy on telly, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

The boys watch Free Guy on telly

Isobel and Evelyn in the kitchen, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Isobel and Evelyn in the kitchen

The boys have a quick game of chess, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

The boys have a quick game of chess

Evelyn and Fred on the wall by the bus stop, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Evelyn and Fred on the wall by the bus stop

We hang around waiting for the bus, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

We hang around waiting for the bus

The cool kids at the back of the bus, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

The cool kids at the back of the bus

Isobel looks around, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Isobel looks around

The Blackrock Centre has changed a lot, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

The Blackrock Centre has changed a lot

The junction onto Strand Road is closed off, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

The junction onto Strand Road is closed off

A fancy building on Mount Street Lower, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

A fancy building on Mount Street Lower

Harry on the bus stairs, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Harry on the bus stairs

A herring gull does a dance for worms, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

A herring gull does a dance for worms

Harry and Isobel stride around Trinity College, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Harry and Isobel stride around Trinity College

A statue of George Salmon, provost of Trinity, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

A statue of George Salmon, provost of Trinity

The gang on a busy Grafton Street, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

The gang on a busy Grafton Street

We discuss where to go next, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

We discuss where to go next

The Balla Bán art gallery alley, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

The Balla Bán art gallery alley

There's a huge Lego Eiffel Tower in the Lego shop, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

There's a huge Lego Eiffel Tower in the Lego shop

Harry looks at more Lego, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Harry looks at more Lego

Fred roams around looking at stuff, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Fred roams around looking at stuff

Fred loads up a pick'n'mix Lego tub, for €19, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Fred loads up a pick'n'mix Lego tub, for €19

The boys compare their purchases, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

The boys compare their purchases

The boys outside the Lego shop, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

The boys outside the Lego shop

The Celtic Jewellers on Grafton Street, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

The Celtic Jewellers on Grafton Street

A swan sits on the path in St. Stephen's Green, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

A swan sits on the path in St. Stephen's Green

Da Wheeze hangs around in St. Stephen's Green, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Da Wheeze hangs around in St. Stephen's Green

A Common Gull floats around on the pond, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

A Common Gull floats around on the pond

Evelyn and Isobel on a bridge, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Evelyn and Isobel on a bridge

A hotdog fountain in the park, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

A hotdog fountain in the park

Crocii are out in the park, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Crocii are out in the park

St. Stephen's shopping centre, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

St. Stephen's shopping centre

A busker at the top of Grafton Street, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

A busker at the top of Grafton Street

A Viking Splash Tour 'duck', The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

A Viking Splash Tour 'duck'

The Huguenot cemetry from 1693, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

The Huguenot cemetry from 1693

Fred and Louise, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Fred and Louise

An empty building on Ely Place, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

An empty building on Ely Place

The skeleton of a giant Irish deer, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

The skeleton of a giant Irish deer

Harry and Isobel look at cases of dead stuff, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Harry and Isobel look at cases of dead stuff

Harry peers at some fossils, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Harry peers at some fossils

More specimen cases in the Dead Zoo, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

More specimen cases in the Dead Zoo

An eel which died trying to swallow a frog, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

An eel which died trying to swallow a frog

Insect specimens in cases, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Insect specimens in cases

Fred gets a close-up of a moth, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Fred gets a close-up of a moth

Jamie and the children meet us on Clare Street, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Jamie and the children meet us on Clare Street

Harry and Louise wait on Clare Street, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Harry and Louise wait on Clare Street

Graffiti on the wall of Merrion Close, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Graffiti on the wall of Merrion Close

Louise waits at a pedestrian crossing, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Louise waits at a pedestrian crossing

The former Sweny chemist, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

The former Sweny chemist

We're in Milano on Dawson Street for pizza, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

We're in Milano on Dawson Street for pizza

Milano's kitchen, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Milano's kitchen

Fred's made a Thing out of his pick'n'mix Lego, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Fred's made a Thing out of his pick'n'mix Lego

Harry assembles his Ninjago Lego, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Harry assembles his Ninjago Lego

Fred gives the giant pepper grinder a go, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Fred gives the giant pepper grinder a go

Life on Dawson Street, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Life on Dawson Street

Isobel gets some flowers on Grafton Street, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Isobel gets some flowers on Grafton Street

Buskers outside Brown Thomas on Grafton Street, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Buskers outside Brown Thomas on Grafton Street

Annalua gives a look of ennui, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Annalua gives a look of ennui

Crowds on Grafton Street, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Crowds on Grafton Street

Some dancing occurs, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Some dancing occurs

The buskers on Grafton Street, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

The buskers on Grafton Street

We're on the bus, after a run down Nassau Street, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

We're on the bus, after a run down Nassau Street

The bus tips us out on Monkstown Farm, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

The bus tips us out on Monkstown Farm

We enter the top of Oliver Plunkett Avenue, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

We enter the top of Oliver Plunkett Avenue

Nicholas and Harry play chess, The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023

Nicholas and Harry play chess

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Evelyn, Fred and Isobel near the Blackrock DART

Evelyn, Fred and Isobel near the Blackrock DART

We cross over the rails on a graffiti bridge

A 29000 Class DMU at Blackrock station

We walk past the graffiti sea wall

Poolbeg generating station and the Winkies

Isobel and Evelyn head off for a swim

Looking down the coast towards Dun Laoghaire

Fred's wrapped up in Isobel's scarf

Fred stumps off along the rocks

Colourful graffiti lettering

Isobel and Evelyn have finished their swim

One of Evelyn's swimming chums heads into the sea

The back of the Wicked Wolf bar

The old Blackrock Post Office

Fred and Evelyn have a pastry at Parlour Café

Blackrock high street

The boys watch Free Guy on telly

Isobel and Evelyn in the kitchen

The boys have a quick game of chess

Evelyn and Fred on the wall by the bus stop

We hang around waiting for the bus

The cool kids at the back of the bus

Isobel looks around

The Blackrock Centre has changed a lot

The junction onto Strand Road is closed off

A fancy building on Mount Street Lower

Harry on the bus stairs

A herring gull does a dance for worms

Harry and Isobel stride around Trinity College

A statue of George Salmon, provost of Trinity

The gang on a busy Grafton Street

We discuss where to go next

The Balla Bán art gallery alley

There's a huge Lego Eiffel Tower in the Lego shop

Harry looks at more Lego

Fred roams around looking at stuff

Fred loads up a pick'n'mix Lego tub, for €19

The boys compare their purchases

The boys outside the Lego shop

The Celtic Jewellers on Grafton Street

A swan sits on the path in St. Stephen's Green

Da Wheeze hangs around in St. Stephen's Green

A Common Gull floats around on the pond

Evelyn and Isobel on a bridge

A hotdog fountain in the park

Crocii are out in the park

St. Stephen's shopping centre

A busker at the top of Grafton Street

A Viking Splash Tour 'duck'

The Huguenot cemetry from 1693

Fred and Louise

An empty building on Ely Place

The skeleton of a giant Irish deer

Harry and Isobel look at cases of dead stuff

Harry peers at some fossils

More specimen cases in the Dead Zoo

An eel which died trying to swallow a frog

Insect specimens in cases

Fred gets a close-up of a moth

Jamie and the children meet us on Clare Street

Harry and Louise wait on Clare Street

Graffiti on the wall of Merrion Close

Louise waits at a pedestrian crossing

The former Sweny chemist

We're in Milano on Dawson Street for pizza

Milano's kitchen

Fred's made a Thing out of his pick'n'mix Lego

Harry assembles his Ninjago Lego

Fred gives the giant pepper grinder a go

Life on Dawson Street

Isobel gets some flowers on Grafton Street

Buskers outside Brown Thomas on Grafton Street

Annalua gives a look of ennui

Crowds on Grafton Street

Some dancing occurs

The buskers on Grafton Street

We're on the bus, after a run down Nassau Street

The bus tips us out on Monkstown Farm

We enter the top of Oliver Plunkett Avenue

Nicholas and Harry play chess