Harry in the back of our van to the airport
A Couple of Days in Dublin, Ireland - 12th April 2024
We're off to see Da Gorls in Monkstown, just south of Dublin. We don't see a huge amount of them, but do go out for a feed at the Sunshine Café on George's Street Lower in Dun Laoghaire. The next day, we wander off to see the Norwegian-flagged Sørlandet, which is moored just off Dun Laoghaire's East Pier, and then catch the DART up to Dublin. The boys make a bee-line for the Lego shop on Grafton Street, and after we visit Neary's for a half a Guiness and a round of chip. A bit later, we meet up with Jamie and the kids in Milano's pizza restaurant. On the final morning, we're in Blackrock, where there's something of an infestation of runners. After a bit of a walk around Blackrock Park, we're back on the plane to Stansted.
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We wade through the gas section at Stansted
We eat our picnic in the secret seating area
The monorail trundles into the station
We head back upstairs to the departure area
There's a big stack of steps on the apron
We wait for our plane at the departure gate
Ryanair loves just moving the queues around
The plane unloads at a wet Dublin airport
Harry jumps around in Da Gorls' back garden
We're in Da Gorls' kitchen
We wait for the 25L bus to Dun Laoghaire
Walking up George's Street Lower
Wall art in Dun Laoghaire
Isobel and Evelyn in Sunshine Café
Harry does some furious drawing
The gang in Sunshine Café
The proprietor chats to some other punters
The Sunshine Café on George's Street Lower
A pint of Guiness
Isobel gets her coat
The shops on the end of Monkstown Farm Road
A painted street-side cabinet
The gate on the East Pier bogs is rusting away
The Norwegian Sørlandet is anchored off the pier
Isobel and Harry
Dereliction in the disused public toilets
Victorian cast-ironwork on the fountain cover
Fred looks back as we cross the road
The Dun Laghaire East Pier lighthouse on a cabinet
A pair of DART trains at Dun Laoghaire station
Drusto graffiti near Sydney Parade
A big painted fox near Grand Canal Dock
The converted gasometer
Harry and Fred on the DART
Our train about to leave Pearse Station
Harry and Isobel in the grounds of Trinity College
Muhammad Ali street art on Grafton Street
Isobel in the Grafton Street Lego shop
Giant Lego characters
Fred points at the giant Lego AT-AT set
Harry builds a pick'n'mix box of Lego
Some dude with a bottle of Smirnoff Ice
The hordes on Grafton Street
We have a drink in Neary's upstairs bar
Fred takes a photo of Harry
Fred's photo of the remains of our lunch
We pack up to leave Neary's
An infinity of mirrors
Tattered posters on a brick wall
Attention-seeking gobshite graffiti
Isobel looks at posters
Isobel on a Dublin street
In George's Street Arcade
Graffitoed building hoardings
More graffiti in an alley
Striking shamrock anti-Biden graffiti
A nice pavement mosaic for the Stag's Head
The derelict-looking Molly Malone's in Temple Bar
We visit the world music shop on George's Street
The amusingly-named Hairy Lemon on Drury Street
An old Routemaster bus on St. Stephen's Green
Victorian-style painting on another cabinet
We cross St. Stephen's Street to Merrion Row
The boys are outside O'Donoghue's
There's a music session on in the pub
The scene on O'Donoghue's
An entrance to the Royal Irish Automobile Club
We end up in Pizza Express, a.k.a. Milano
Isobel chats to Jamie
Fred makes a cool mini tank out of Lego
In Milano's restaurant
A panda on a street cabinet
The ever-changing Frascati Road in Blackrock
The defunct Apache Pizza on Main Street
A classic old Ford Fiesta
An infestation of joggers on Main Street
Da Wheeze and Fred sit on some benches
Evelyn, Harry and Isobel meet us in Blackrock
Blackrock market
Isobel and Evelyn peer in Akash restaurant
Inside the defunct Akash Indian restaurant
Harry and Fred haul extra chairs down the street
The gang have breakfast
Colourful graffit on the bridge over the DART
Bright graffiti by the old Blackrock lido
The Winkies, and Poolbeg
The sad remains of the Breffni on Idrone Lane
The Blackrock Market elephant
Evelyn and Isobel have finished brunch
It's time to settle the bill
The condemned V-Style is literally falling down
Fred and Harry have got sticks
Da Gorls chat near the DART line
Evelyn leans back
We roam around Blackrock park
Evelyn scowls at the old family house
Isobel has a very quick dip in the sea
The boys with Evelyn and Louise on a bench
We see Da Gorls off at a bus stop
Fred wanders off at the airport
Isobel and Harry in the shopping section
There's a starling in the departure lounge
We're hanging around at a departure gate again
More steps than is strictly necessary
Harry and Fred watch the planes
A Ryanair tug waits to do push back
A hangar sign refers to ancient Boeing 707s
Dublin's runway 28 Right
Rain over the fields of Ireland
The plane unloads at Stansted
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Harry in the back of our van to the airport
Harry in the back of our van to the airport
We wade through the gas section at Stansted
We eat our picnic in the secret seating area
The monorail trundles into the station
We head back upstairs to the departure area
There's a big stack of steps on the apron
We wait for our plane at the departure gate
Ryanair loves just moving the queues around
The plane unloads at a wet Dublin airport
Harry jumps around in Da Gorls' back garden
We're in Da Gorls' kitchen
We wait for the 25L bus to Dun Laoghaire
Walking up George's Street Lower
Wall art in Dun Laoghaire
Isobel and Evelyn in Sunshine Café
Harry does some furious drawing
The gang in Sunshine Café
The proprietor chats to some other punters
The Sunshine Café on George's Street Lower
A pint of Guiness
Isobel gets her coat
The shops on the end of Monkstown Farm Road
A painted street-side cabinet
The gate on the East Pier bogs is rusting away
The Norwegian Sørlandet is anchored off the pier
Isobel and Harry
Dereliction in the disused public toilets
Victorian cast-ironwork on the fountain cover
Fred looks back as we cross the road
The Dun Laghaire East Pier lighthouse on a cabinet
A pair of DART trains at Dun Laoghaire station
Drusto graffiti near Sydney Parade
A big painted fox near Grand Canal Dock
The converted gasometer
Harry and Fred on the DART
Our train about to leave Pearse Station
Harry and Isobel in the grounds of Trinity College
Muhammad Ali street art on Grafton Street
Isobel in the Grafton Street Lego shop
Giant Lego characters
Fred points at the giant Lego AT-AT set
Harry builds a pick'n'mix box of Lego
Some dude with a bottle of Smirnoff Ice
The hordes on Grafton Street
We have a drink in Neary's upstairs bar
Fred takes a photo of Harry
Fred's photo of the remains of our lunch
We pack up to leave Neary's
An infinity of mirrors
Tattered posters on a brick wall
Attention-seeking gobshite graffiti
Isobel looks at posters
Isobel on a Dublin street
In George's Street Arcade
Graffitoed building hoardings
More graffiti in an alley
Striking shamrock anti-Biden graffiti
A nice pavement mosaic for the Stag's Head
The derelict-looking Molly Malone's in Temple Bar
We visit the world music shop on George's Street
The amusingly-named Hairy Lemon on Drury Street
An old Routemaster bus on St. Stephen's Green
Victorian-style painting on another cabinet
We cross St. Stephen's Street to Merrion Row
The boys are outside O'Donoghue's
There's a music session on in the pub
The scene on O'Donoghue's
An entrance to the Royal Irish Automobile Club
We end up in Pizza Express, a.k.a. Milano
Isobel chats to Jamie
Fred makes a cool mini tank out of Lego
In Milano's restaurant
A panda on a street cabinet
The ever-changing Frascati Road in Blackrock
The defunct Apache Pizza on Main Street
A classic old Ford Fiesta
An infestation of joggers on Main Street
Da Wheeze and Fred sit on some benches
Evelyn, Harry and Isobel meet us in Blackrock
Blackrock market
Isobel and Evelyn peer in Akash restaurant
Inside the defunct Akash Indian restaurant
Harry and Fred haul extra chairs down the street
The gang have breakfast
Colourful graffit on the bridge over the DART
Bright graffiti by the old Blackrock lido
The Winkies, and Poolbeg
The sad remains of the Breffni on Idrone Lane
The Blackrock Market elephant
Evelyn and Isobel have finished brunch
It's time to settle the bill
The condemned V-Style is literally falling down
Fred and Harry have got sticks
Da Gorls chat near the DART line
Evelyn leans back
We roam around Blackrock park
Evelyn scowls at the old family house
Isobel has a very quick dip in the sea
The boys with Evelyn and Louise on a bench
We see Da Gorls off at a bus stop
Fred wanders off at the airport
Isobel and Harry in the shopping section
There's a starling in the departure lounge
We're hanging around at a departure gate again
More steps than is strictly necessary
Harry and Fred watch the planes
A Ryanair tug waits to do push back
A hangar sign refers to ancient Boeing 707s
Dublin's runway 28 Right
Rain over the fields of Ireland
The plane unloads at Stansted