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First thing we noticed upon arrival, is the huge Spire in the middle of O'Connell Street. The Dublin Spire was the winning entry in an architectural competition to provide a replacement for Nelson's Pillar which was blown up in 1966. It was erected between December 2002 and January 2003. It is 120 metres tall, three metres at the base and has a 15cm beacon at the top. We didn't see it at night, but apparently the top has small blue LEDs.
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St. Stephen's Green is a very large park near central Dublin. In truth, the people are shown much greater than lifesize, I think.
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St. Stephen's Green. View from the park bench where we ate lunch on that first day, while walking to the hotel from O'Connell Street.
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Looking down Grafton Street. The sculpture is a temporary fixture, named "Lady Hare and Dog II", by Sophie Ryder. I think it's already gone now, it moves around. At first glance, that guy with the bags looks like Harrison Ford, doesn't he (it isn't).
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This old firefighting apparatus was just outside our window at the Dublin Travelodge Rathmines.
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Trinity College. The Book of Kells is kept here someplace, but it costs something like 7.50 euro to see just the two pages it's open to. We passed on that.
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Justice. Dubliners don't like this Justice: Her back is turned to the city (which indeed is behind her), she is not blind (blindfolded) and when it rains, the scales of justice are not balanced - water drips off that outstretched finger, and into one of the plates. Even holes drilled in the bottom didn't help with that.
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