The Book of Kells Dublin

Vandag het ons geleentheid gehad om meer van die geskiedenis van Dublin en die verspreiding van die evangalie in Ierland te hoor. Die Book of Kells is 'n versameling van die 4 evangelies wat Latyn op lamsvel geskryf is en pragtig met kleur en goue inlegwerk versier is. Ons het ook een van die enigste oorblywend Ierse Harpe (die nasionale embleem) …

Our day began with a tour of Dublin with a local guide who took us by bus around the city and showed us many of the principal sights of interest.

Our tour went through the Georgian Town Houses, Fitzwilliam Square, Marian Square, the Oscar Wylde statue, the National Gallery, Leinster House, the Natural History Museum, the President's Office …

About 2 weeks ago on our Ring of Kerry trip my friend Emily invited me and some of our other friends to go see a band called Walk the Moon in Dublin. I hadn't heard of the band before, but listened to their album when I was back in Cork and they are amazing. I instantly fell in love with their music and started to get really excited about the …

Emma woke up at 6.30am this morning and she had a change, feed and went back to sleep until just after 8.00am. We sat up in bed for a bit after we woke up and decided we didn't really feel like going down to the restaurant this morning. So I went downstairs and collected a tray with milk, juice and toast and took it back to our room (which you can …

After a full day of flying, we arrived in the Dublin airport at about 8:00 in the morning. We were tired, but decided to power through the day and not sleep until that night. After waiting for over an hour to get through customs, we emerged into the misting grey of Dublin town, ready to see the sights of the city. We caught a shuttle bus to the …

Well, I can see this is going to be hard to keep up to date. It's 1AM on May 6, and this is the first time I've had a chance to make an entry.

We took off from Orlando just after 7PM on Tuesday, May 3, and landed in Dublin around 8:30AM on Wednesday, May 4. Few of us got any sleep on the flight, so we were prety tired. But to keep from …

Today was our 2nd day in the fair city of Dublin and also the day we joined our Trafalgar Irish Highlights tour. Having never been on a tour like this before, we're all a little excited for it to start.

We were to meet the tour director, Peter & our driver, Kevin at 2.30pm, so we spent the morning finalising our phone & internet …

So apparently I turned 40 today. There was a banner over the mirror in the living room, announcing that fact, and a few cards at breakfast. We had an earlyish start and went to Trinity College Dublin to see the Book of Kells, a 1200 year old book of gospels and some related books. Part of the exhibit showed how the books were illuminated and bound …

The faculty were up early and made their way to breakfast. The breakfast room was the church for the abbey. There are two rows of long tables where the pews used to be. The alter is the serving line for the food. Slowly, the students made their way down to the church. There were some stories from the students about their experiences last night, but …

Hallo, herzliche Grüße aus dem bewölkten, kalten (aber zur Zeit nicht regnerischen) Dublin. Oder, wie die Einheimischen sagen würden: "Dobhlinn". Nach einer ersten Erkundungstour sind wir wieder zurück in unserem Hostel und wärmen uns auf. Draußen ist's nämlich leider ziemlich kalt. Brrrr.

Unser Mietauto haben wir heute auch schon abgeholt …

... Ireland. One will be spent going out to Dun Loughaire (spelling?) and Dalkey. I'm not sure yet what we will do on the other day. We have not yet been to the National Museum or to see the book of Kells so maybe we will do that. I better be off. ...

... three. Although the Chester Beatty Library has the oldest manuscripts, Trinity College is home to the oldest known book in the world: The Book of Kells from 800A.D. The book is beautifully illustrated and is actually 4 very large volumes, 2 of ...

... it did. So I've had my fill of Guinness vitamins (for life) and don't need to again. At Trinity College they have the Book of Kells. Tracey tells me that this travelled to Australia (to Canberra) several years ago and she went down to see it, so I ...

... my mind in an endless loop back in Dublin began issuing from my lips. "Tell me, tell me, tell me, who wrote the Book of Kells?" The only interesting thing we found in Kells was an old graveyard and a pub. From Kells we drove through Navan to Trim. ...

... roam the extensive grounds.  For 9Euros each you can take a walk in the massive library which houses among its millions of books, The Book of Kells.  We certainly learnt stuff I didn't know before anyway!! Then we took a stroll to the Guinness Brewery. ...

... . I walked all over the city, listening to conversations and looking for clues to its character. I also took in the requisite sights--the Book of Kells was, as expected, astounding, and the museum was well-done (and so was I by the time I reached the ...

... Treacy, it was time to visit the sugarplum fairies. The next day was Dublin tourist day for me, with Dublin Castle, the Book of Kells, and the real Ireland Harp on the itinerary before dinner with Claire and Eimear Walsh and an early night so I could ...

... reading, we headed to Trinity college, which is perhaps the most famous and old college in Ireland. The highlight there was the Book of Kells, an old and intricately illustrated manuscript. The college was alive with Irish students and it was fun to ...

... =) Then we went to the city centre to walk around a bit. We went to Trinity College where the Book of Kells is kept. It's the oldest bible in Ireland. We decided not to wait in line to see it. We went to Christ's Cathedral, which was pretty. Then ...

... to decide what we wanted to do for the day. We first went to Trinity College where we saw the Library and The Book of Kells. The library was incredible. I've never seen so many first edition, rare, antique, books in my life and they were in wonderful ...