Terry and Sooz's Travels: September 17, 2019

Wow! What a day we had playing tourists today! We walked over 7 miles in absolutely gorgeous weather. It was crystal clear and slightly cool, upper 50's lower 60's, all day.

First we had breakfast at a small cafe called the Metro Cafe. Eggs, bangers, cooked tomatoes, pancakes and coffee. Sooz had a breakfast sandwich on good Irish bread with eggs and bacon and a pot of tea. No pictures. We met a nice couple from London who were in Dublin for a funeral. The man was a graphic designer for film and amusement parks and spent a lot of time in Orlando working on the Harry Potter park.

We then went to the National Library and did some genealogical research on the Skehan (Susie's maiden name) and Clark clans. Didn't have much luck with Skehan but found my great grandfather Thomas Hurley who emigrated to the U.S. and died in Mercer County, Ohio. We couldn't find the Irish town or county he came from.

Next was the Dublin Southside Cafe for coffee, we started losing energy and needed a pick me up.

Then it was off to the National Museum of Archeology which was free and excellent. Below is a picture of a mummified partial corpse found in the bogs of western Ireland. There was also a large gold exhibit of jewelry and ornaments from 800-1,000 BC, I think.

We took a cab to the Kilmainham Goal (Jail) Museum built around 1890. Inmates have included petty criminals and Irish nationals arrested during the 1916 uprising and 1920 revolution. Some were also executed.

We walked by the huge Guinness brewery and bottling facility on our way to The Brazen Head, the oldest pub in Ireland, for dinner. I had Irish stew and Sooz had fish and chips.

For dessert we walked to Murphy's Ice Cream shop then back to our room.

Tomorrow morning we pick up the motorcycle and head north to Belfast, Northern Ireland.