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The Stags Head

The Stags Head, a traditional Victorian Dublin Pub located at 1 Dame Court, Dublin 2, as featured in the Guinness 250th Anniversary TV ad. This lavishly redesigned Victorian bar was an instant success with Dublin punters in the 1890s and was a favorite haunt of young James Joyce, although the name was never mentioned in his works.

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(Monday 25 July) Plaque of The Stags Head, 1 Dame Court

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(Monday 25 July) The Stags Head, 1 Dame Court

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(Monday 25 July) Interior of The Stags Head, 1 Dame Court

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(Monday 25 July) Interior of The Stags Head, 1 Dame Court

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(Monday 25 July) Interior of The Stags Head, 1 Dame Court

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(Monday 25 July) The staircase of The Stags Head, 1 Dame Court "The staircase in the pub just struck me as probably similar - particularly in its steep gradient - to the one to the bottom of which Tom Kernan has somewhat ignominiously fallen at the beginning of the Dubliners story, 'Grace.' In all likelihood, the pub Joyce might have had in mind would have been on the northside of the Liffey as that would have been closer to the northside areas in which the Joyce family resided at the time, i.e. the early 1900s." (Paul O'Hanrahan 2011)

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(Monday 25 July) The staircase of The Stags Head, 1 Dame Court

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(Monday 25 July) The staircase of The Stags Head, 1 Dame Court

River Liffey

The Liffey (An Life in Irish) is a river in Ireland, which flows through the centre of Dublin. Its major tributaries include the River Dodder, the River Poddle and the River Camac. The river supplies much of Dublin's water, and a range of recreational opportunities. The river was previously named An Ruirthech, meaning "fast (or strong) runner". The word Liphe (or Life) referred originally to the name of the plain through which the river ran, but eventually came to refer to the river itself. It was also known as the Anna Liffey, possibly from an anglicization of "Abhainn na Life", the Irish phrase that translates into English as River Liffey. The Liffey is a substantial system, including dozens of rivers and streams. Early tributaries of the Liffey include the Ballydonnell Brook, the Shankill River, Brittas River and Woodend Brook, as well as the substantial King's River. Downstream of Poulaphouca are the Lemonstown Stream, Kilcullen Stream, Mill Stream and Pinkeen Stream, followed by the Painestown River (with tributaries including the Morell River), Rye Water (with tributaries including the Lyreen), Grifeen. Within Dublin are the many Phoenix Park streams on the left bank, interspersed with right bank tributaries such as the Glenaulin Stream, Creosote Stream and Gallanstown Stream. Within the quays area tributaries include the River Camac, Colman's Brook, the Bradoge River, River Poddle, Stein River and the River Dodder, many of which have numerous tributaries of their own. In earlier times, the River Tolka was also arguably a tributary of the Liffey, or at least shared its mouth, but it now enters Dublin Bay distinctly, some distance to the north. From Joyce to Radiohead, the Liffey is often referenced in literature and song: James Joyce's novels, Iris Murdoch's Under the Net, Eavan Boland's "Anna Liffey", Brendan Behan's Confessions of an Irish Rebel, Canon Charles O'Neill's "The Foggy Dew", Radiohead's "How to Disappear Completely" from album Kid A, and Gaelic Storm's "Punjab Paddy" from album How Are We Getting Home?. (Referred to the site of "Wikipedia")

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(Monday 25 July) A night view of River Liffey from Butt Bridge (Ir. Droichead Bhutt)

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(Monday 25 July) A night view of River Liffey from Butt Bridge (Ir. Droichead Bhutt)

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(Monday 25 July) A night view of River Liffey from Butt Bridge (Ir. Droichead Bhutt)

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(Wednesday 27 July) The Ha'penny Bridge (Ir. 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 in Dublin, Ireland. Made of cast-iron, the bridge was cast at Coalbrookdale in Shropshire.

James Joyce Street

[U 15] James Joyce Street was referred to in Ulysses as Mabbot Street. About ten years ago it was called Corporation Street, notorious for many street women mostly from Eastern Europe.

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(Tuesday 26 July) [U 15] Sign of James Joyce [Mabbot] Street

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(Tuesday 26 July) [U 15] Sign of James Joyce [Mabbot] Street

Statue of James Joyce

Statue of James Joyce, North Earl Street

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(Tuesday 26 July) Statue of James Joyce, North Earl Street

Lafcadio Hearn House

Patrick Lafcadio Hearn or better known to his Japanese friends as Yakumo Koizumi (27 June 1850 - 26 September 1904), was born of Irish-Greek parentage in 1850, on the Ionian Island of Lefkas. In 1851, when Charles Hearn ( an assistant Surgeon in various regiments) was assigned to the West Indies, he sent his wife and infant son, Lafcadio, home to his mother in Dublin, Number 48 Lower Gardiner street. Rosa, Lafcadio's mother did not speak English and was treated very much as an alien by the conservative Hearn family. In 1853 Charles returned home from the West Indies, but relations between himself and Rosa were strained, in turn leading her to return to her native Greece in 1854, leaving behind her son whom she was never to see again. (Extracted from the official site of The Townhouse ). Now it is a part of The Townhouse (guesthouse), 47-48 Lower Gardiner Street Dublin 1. After spending in New Orleans, the United States for 10 years., Patrick Lafcadio Hearn, known also by the Japanese name Yakumo Koizumi, became an international writer, known best for his books about Japan, especially his collections of Japanese legends and ghost stories, such as Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. In In 1890, Hearn went to Japan with a commission as a newspaper correspondent, which was quickly terminated. It was in Japan, however, that he found a home and his greatest inspiration. Through the goodwill of Basil Hall Chamberlain, Hearn gained a teaching position during the summer of 1890 at the Shimane Prefectural Common Middle School and Normal School in Matsue, a town in western Japan on the coast of the Sea of Japan. The Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum and his old residence are still two of Matsue's most popular tourist attractions. During his fifteen-month stay in Matsue, Hearn married Koizumi Setsu, the daughter of a local samurai family, and became a naturalized Japanese, assuming the name Koizumi Yakumo. During late 1891, Hearn obtained another teaching position in Kumamoto, Kyushu, at the Fifth Higher Middle School, where he spent the next three years and completed his book Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan (1894). In October 1894 he secured a journalism job with the English-language newspaper Kobe Chronicle, and in 1896, with some assistance from Chamberlain, he began teaching English literature at Tokyo Imperial University, a job he had until 1903. In 1904, he was a professor at Waseda University. On 26 September 1904, he died of heart failure at the age of 54 years. His grave is at the Zoshigaya Cemetery in Toshima, Tokyo. In the late 19th century Japan was still largely unknown and exotic to Westerners. However, with the introduction of Japanese aesthetics, particularly at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1900, Japanese styles became fashionable in Western countries. Consequently, Hearn became known to the world by his writings concerning Japan. In later years, some critics would accuse Hearn of exoticizing Japan, but as the man who offered the West some of its first descriptions of pre-industrial and Meiji Era Japan, his work has historical value. (Extracted from the site of "Wikipedia")

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(Tuesday 26 July) Plaque of Lafcadio Hearn House, now the part of The Townhouse (guesthouse), 47-48 Lower Gardiner Street Dublin 1

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(Tuesday 26 July) Plaque of Lafcadio Hearn House, now the part of The Townhouse (guesthouse), 47-48 Lower Gardiner Street Dublin 1

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(Tuesday 26 July) Lafcadio Hearn House, now the part of The Townhouse (guesthouse), 47-48 Lower Gardiner Street Dublin 1

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(Tuesday 26 July) Lafcadio Hearn House, now the part of The Townhouse (guesthouse), 47-48 Lower Gardiner Street Dublin 1

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(Tuesday 26 July) Lafcadio Hearn House, now the part of The Townhouse (guesthouse), 47-48 Lower Gardiner Street Dublin 1

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(Tuesday 26 July) Lafcadio Hearn House, now the part of The Townhouse (guesthouse), 47-48 Lower Gardiner Street Dublin 1

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(Tuesday 26 July) Lafcadio Hearn House, now the part of The Townhouse (guesthouse), 47-48 Lower Gardiner Street Dublin 1

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(Tuesday 26 July) Lafcadio Hearn House, now the part of The Townhouse (guesthouse), 47-48 Lower Gardiner Street Dublin 1

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(Tuesday 26 July) Lafcadio Hearn House, now the part of The Townhouse (guesthouse), 47-48 Lower Gardiner Street Dublin 1

Dion Boucicault House

[U 8.601; FW 385.03] This house No.47 Lower Gardiner Street was his childhood home (his birth is shrouded in mystery). Later he ran away to become an actor and was a successful playwright by the time he was twenty-one? Indeed he was a significant influence on Wilde, Shaw, Synge and O'Casey. It was O'Casey that remarked 'Shakespeare's good in bits, but for colour and stir give me Boucicault'. But Boucicault didn't care who he offended and he had enemies enough to do him down. (Extracted from the official site of The Townhouse ). Now it is a part of The Townhouse (guesthouse), 47-48 Lower Gardiner Street Dublin 1. Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot (26 December c. 1820 - 18 September 1890), commonly known as Dion Boucicault, was an Irish actor and playwright famed for his melodramas. By the later part of the 19th century, Boucicault had become known on both sides of the Atlantic as one of the most successful actor-playwright-managers then in the English-speaking theatre. The New York Times heralded him in his obituary as "the most conspicuous English dramatist of the 19th century." (Extracted from the site of "Wikipedia")

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(Tuesday 26 July) [U 8.601; FW 385.03] Plaque of Dion Boucicault House, now the part of The Townhouse (guesthouse), 47-48 Lower Gardiner Street Dublin 1

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(Tuesday 26 July) [U 8.601; FW 385.03] Dion Boucicault House, now the part of The Townhouse (guesthouse), 47-48 Lower Gardiner Street Dublin 1

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(Tuesday 26 July) [U 8.601; FW 385.03] Dion Boucicault House, now the part of The Townhouse (guesthouse), 47-48 Lower Gardiner Street Dublin 1

Statue of Anna Livia

[FW] Anna Livia is a bronze monument originally located in O'Connell Street in Dublin. Designed by the sculptor Eamonn O'Doherty (b. Derry 1939- d. Gorey, Co. Wexford 4 Aug. 2011), the monument was commissioned by businessman Michael Smurfit, in memory of his father, for the Dublin Millennium celebrations in 1988. Costing IEP 200,000 and funded by Michael Smurfit, it took only six months to be completed from its commission. The monument is a personification of the River Liffey ("Abhainn na Life" in Irish) which runs through the city. Anna Livia Plurabelle is the name of a character in James Joyce's Finnegans Wake who also embodies the river. The river is represented as a young woman sitting on a slope with water flowing past her. She is familiarly known by the people of Dublin as the Floozie in the Jacuzzi, or the Whore in the Sewer (pronounced hoo-er to rhyme with sewer) among other names. Both nicknames were encouraged by the sculptor himself. The monument was removed from its site on O'Connell Street in 2001 to make room for the Spire of Dublin. In late February 2011, partly reworked and refurbished, the statue was relocated to The Statue of Anna Livia is now relocated at Croppies Memorial Park, Wolfe Tone Quay, next to the Liffey near Heuston station. (Extracted from the site of "Wikipedia")

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(Wednesday 27 July) [FW] Croppies Memorial Park, Wolfe Tone Quay

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(Wednesday 27 July) [FW] Croppies Memorial Park, Wolfe Tone Quay

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(Wednesday 27 July) [FW] Statue of Anna Livia, Croppies Memorial Park, Wolfe Tone Quay

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(Wednesday 27 July) [FW] Statue of Anna Livia, Croppies Memorial Park, Wolfe Tone Quay

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(Wednesday 27 July) [FW] Statue of Anna Livia, Croppies Memorial Park, Wolfe Tone Quay

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(Wednesday 27 July) [FW] Statue of Anna Livia, Croppies Memorial Park, Wolfe Tone Quay

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(Wednesday 27 July) [FW] Statue of Anna Livia, Croppies Memorial Park, Wolfe Tone Quay

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(Wednesday 27 July) [FW] Statue of Anna Livia, Croppies Memorial Park, Wolfe Tone Quay

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(Wednesday 27 July) [FW] Statue of Anna Livia, Croppies Memorial Park, Wolfe Tone Quay

James Joyce Bridge

James Joyce Bridge (Ir. Droichead James Joyce) is a road bridge spanning the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland, joining the south quays to Blackhall Place on the north side. Designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, it is a single-span structural steel design, 40 m (131 ft) long, with the deck supported from two outward angled arches. The bridge was built by Irishenco Construction, using pre-fabricated steel sections from Harland and Wolff of Belfast. The bridge is named for the famous Dublin author James Joyce, and was opened on June 16 (Bloomsday), 2003. Joyce's short story "The Dead" is set in Number 15 Usher's Island, the house facing the bridge on the south side. (Extracted from the site of "Wikipedia")

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(Wednesday 27 July) James Joyce Bridge across the River Liffey near 15 Usher's Island, Dublin

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(Wednesday 27 July) James Joyce Bridge across the River Liffey near 15 Usher's Island, Dublin

Four Courts

[D The Dead] The Four Courts (Ir. Na Ceithre Cuirteanna) in Dublin is the Republic of Ireland's main courts building. The Four Courts are the location of the Supreme Court, the High Court and the Dublin Circuit Court. The building until 2010 also formerly was the location for the Central Criminal Court. The Four Courts was built between 1786 and 1796 by renowned architect James Gandon, 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. The Four Courts were seized by Commandant Ned Daly's 1st Battalion during the Easter Rising in 1916. They survived the bombardment by British artillery that destroyed large parts of the city centre. On 14 April 1922 they were occupied by Republican forces led by Rory O'Connor who opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty. For a decade, the old courts system (until 1924), then the new Free State courts system, was based in the old viceregal apartments in Dublin Castle. In 1932, a rebuilt and remodelled Four Courts was opened again. The Criminal Court of Justice opened in January 2010, with criminal trials being held there since. The Four Courts will be used for civil cases. (Extracted from the site of "Wikipedia")

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(Wednesday 27 July) D The Dead] Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin

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(Wednesday 27 July) D The Dead] Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin

Adam & Eve's Church

[D The Dead; FW] Franciscan (Roman Catholic) Church Adam & Eve, Church of the Immaculate Conception [of Our Lady] (founded 1834; dedicated 1889) is officially called Church of St Francis of Assisi, located on Merchant's Quay by the River Liffey. During the Dissolution reign of King Henry VIII around 1540 the Friary at Francis Street, the site of the current church of St. Nicholas of Myra (Without), Francis Street, was confiscated and the community was dispersed. In 1615 a new friary was built on Cook Street. A chapel on the site was destroyed in 1619 and later rebuilt. The Franciscans secretly said Mass in the Adam and Eve Tavern, where the popular name of the present church comes from. In 1759 a newer church was built, which was later replaced by the current church. After the Catholic Emancipation in 1829, they set about building a church and laid the foundation stone of the current church in 1834. The original design was by the architect Patrick Byrne who planned a tower on the Merchant's Quay entrance. However due to financial problems the church was built without a nave or tower. The church was originally dedicated to Saint Francis but in 1889 it was rededicated to the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady. After 1900, the church was reorganised with the moving of the altar to the left wall and the original sanctuary was changed into a transept and entrance from Cook Street. A small nave was added to the right and a dome built over the sanctuary. In 1912 a shrine to Saint Anthony was built in 1912 to designs by the architects Doolin, Butler and Donnelly. In 1926 to celebrate the seventh centenary of Saint Francis, the friars built a circular apse, remodelled the transepts and extended the nave with an entrance to Skippers Alley. The consecration of the high altar took place on 21 September 1928 by Dr. Paschal Robinson, titular Archbishop of Tyana (1870-1948). (Extracted from the site of "Wikipedia")

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(Wednesday 27 July) [D The Dead; FW] Franciscan Church Adam & Eve (Church of St Francis of Assisi) on Merchant's Quay

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(Wednesday 27 July) [D The Dead; FW] Franciscan Church Adam & Eve (Church of St Francis of Assisi) on Merchant's Quay

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(Wednesday 27 July) [D The Dead; FW] Franciscan Church Adam & Eve (Church of St Francis of Assisi) on Merchant's Quay

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(Wednesday 27 July) [D The Dead; FW] Franciscan Church Adam & Eve (Church of St Francis of Assisi) on Merchant's Quay

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(Wednesday 27 July) [D The Dead; FW] Franciscan Church Adam & Eve (Church of St Francis of Assisi) on Merchant's Quay

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(Wednesday 27 July) [D The Dead; FW] Ceiling of Franciscan Church Adam & Eve (Church of St Francis of Assisi) on Merchant's Quay

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(Wednesday 27 July) [D The Dead; FW] Franciscan Church Adam & Eve (Church of St Francis of Assisi) on Merchant's Quay

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(Wednesday 27 July) [D The Dead; FW] Interior of Franciscan Church Adam & Eve (Church of St Francis of Assisi) on Merchant's Quay

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(Wednesday 27 July) [D The Dead; FW] Interior of Franciscan Church Adam & Eve (Church of St Francis of Assisi) on Merchant's Quay

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(Wednesday 27 July) [D The Dead; FW] Interior of Franciscan Church Adam & Eve (Church of St Francis of Assisi) on Merchant's Quay

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(Wednesday 27 July) [D The Dead; FW] Interior of Franciscan Church Adam & Eve (Church of St Francis of Assisi) on Merchant's Quay

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(Wednesday 27 July) [D The Dead; FW] Interior of Franciscan Church Adam & Eve (Church of St Francis of Assisi) on Merchant's Quay

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(Wednesday 27 July) [D The Dead; FW] Interior of Franciscan Church Adam & Eve (Church of St Francis of Assisi) on Merchant's Quay

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(Wednesday 27 July) [D The Dead; FW] Interior of Franciscan Church Adam & Eve (Church of St Francis of Assisi) on Merchant's Quay

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(Wednesday 27 July) [D The Dead; FW] Interior of Franciscan Church Adam & Eve (Church of St Francis of Assisi) on Merchant's Quay

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(Wednesday 27 July) [D The Dead; FW] Interior of Franciscan Church Adam & Eve (Church of St Francis of Assisi) on Merchant's Quay

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(Wednesday 27 July) [D The Dead; FW] Interior of Franciscan Church Adam & Eve (Church of St Francis of Assisi) on Merchant's Quay

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(Wednesday 27 July) [D The Dead; FW] Interior of Franciscan Church Adam & Eve (Church of St Francis of Assisi) on Merchant's Quay

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(Wednesday 27 July) [D The Dead; FW] Interior of Franciscan Church Adam & Eve (Church of St Francis of Assisi) on Merchant's Quay

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(Wednesday 27 July) [D The Dead; FW] Interior of Franciscan Church Adam & Eve (Church of St Francis of Assisi) on Merchant's Quay

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(Wednesday 27 July) [D The Dead; FW] Interior of Franciscan Church Adam & Eve (Church of St Francis of Assisi) on Merchant's Quay

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(Wednesday 27 July) [D The Dead; FW] Interior of Franciscan Church Adam & Eve (Church of St Francis of Assisi) on Merchant's Quay

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(Wednesday 27 July) [D The Dead; FW] Interior of Franciscan Church Adam & Eve (Church of St Francis of Assisi) on Merchant's Quay

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(Wednesday 27 July) [D The Dead; FW] Interior of Franciscan Church Adam & Eve (Church of St Francis of Assisi) on Merchant's Quay

Mulligan's

[D Counterparts] Mulligan's on Poolbeg Street, in Dublin, Ireland, is one of the oldest of the city's historic pubs. Mulligan's was founded in 1782 and the exterior of the pub retains its original vintage lettering on the windows and over the door. The pub was associated with the Theatre Royal across the street during the nineteenth century, and its walls are decorated with posters and photographs of that period. In addition to autographed photographs of Kennedy and Judy Garland, the walls have showbills going back to the early nineteenth century. The pub appeared in James Joyce's short story, "Counterparts." Mulligan's also houses a plaque commemorating "The Society For the Preservation of The Dublin Accent" that held their meetings in the pub. Journalists and staff from the Irish Press newspaper offices next door drank there during the twentieth century until the collapse of the paper in 1995. (Extracted from the site of "Wikipedia") ... O'Halloran said that he and Leonard would go, but that Farrington wouldn't go because he was a married man; and Farrington's heavy dirty eyes leered at the company in token that he understood he was being chaffed. Weathers made them all have just one little tincture at his expense and promised to meet them later on at Mulligan's in Poolbeg Street. When the Scotch House closed they went round to Mulligan's. They went into the parlour at the back and O'Halloran ordered small hot specials all round. They were all beginning to feel mellow. Farrington was just standing another round when Weathers came back. Much to Farrington's relief he drank a glass of bitter this time. Funds were getting low, but they had enough to keep them going. (Dubliners 94-95)

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(Wednesday 27 July) [D Counterparts] Mulligan's, Poolbeg Street

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(Wednesday 27 July) [D Counterparts] Mulligan's, Poolbeg Street

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(Wednesday 27 July) [D Counterparts] Mulligan's, Poolbeg Street

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(Wednesday 27 July) [D Counterparts] Mulligan's, Poolbeg Street

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(Wednesday 27 July) [D Counterparts] Mulligan's, Poolbeg Street: Paul O'Hanrahan (left) and Mary Cloake (right)

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(Wednesday 27 July) [D Counterparts] Mulligan's, Poolbeg Street: Mary Cloake (left) and Eishiro Ito (right). Photo by Paul O'Hanrahan