The Record Tower, right, is all that is left of the original Dublin Castle built in 1228. The attached Chapel Royal was built in 1814. The remaing part of Dublin Castle was built in the 1700s. Below left is a statue along the River Liffey honoring dock workers of the past who had to pull shipping boats along the dock. In the background is the Customs House where boats would have to stop and pay tariffs. Below is the Notoroious Irish exhibit at EPIC, the Irish emigration museum. Below right is a Christmas Tree/Nativity Scene along Dublin's O'Connell Street.

Because of covid concerns and restrictions, much of my time in Dublin was spent wearing a mask. Below bottom is the Samuel Beckett Bridge, named after a famous Irish writer, and it is designed to look like a harp and is dressed up for the holidays. Rollover the image to see how it looks during the day. Bottom right is the poignant Irish Famine Memorial depicting starving Irish from the 1845-52 Irish Famine. Depicted are starving Irish with their few belongings getting ready to board a boat to take them away from Ireland.