We started the day at the Guinness Storehouse in
Dublin. It is a structure the beermaker
no longer uses so it has been converted to a tourist attraction. There are good views of the city from the top
floor.
The tower with the green top in the photo below is an old
windmill built c. 1805 to grind grain for the former Roe’s Distillery.
We gave an afternoon concert at St Patrick’s Cathedral. It was built on the site where it is believed
St Patrick performed his first baptism in Ireland, in a well on the grounds
that is still there. The Cathedral fell
into poor condition and was restored by Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness in the 19th
century.
Then we explored Trinity College. Queen Elizabeth I founded it in 1592 on the
grounds of an old Augustinian priory. We were fascinated by the library there,
which houses the Book of Kells along with many other priceless manuscripts.
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