Green Isle Hotel Dublin

June 30 – Dublin: Day 1 Many things are green here in Dublin. The grass is green. The busses are green. The flight attendants' uniforms are green. The little stamp they put in your passport is green. Personally, I love the color green. It’s ...

... first twenty of those pints slipped down unobtrusively at a Baggott St folk music bar the Friday evening of our arrival in Dublin (a shame we were sitting right next to the unnecessarily amplified folk musician, but anyway). Lloyd had jetted in all the ...

... renowned for its one week of horse racing a year.  Just so happened the one weekend we’d decided to head to the green isle coincided with the biggest racing week on the calendar. With tickets for the races booked and paid for, we hit the ...

Hey Everyone! Now we have reached Ireland!! We understood what they mean by the "Green Isle" as all you can see when you fly in are fields of green grass boardered by shrubbery blanketing the countryside. On Thursday we tried to ...

... a morning run along the cliffs overlooking the ocean, surprised to see white sandy beaches below. Boarding the earliest train to Dublin, I peeked through the little window nearly the whole duration to capture viewing of the countryside. Living up to its ...

... the journey) would leave at 2:30 p.m. Normally, I would've waited for the next fast boat. However, even though we had hotel reservations in Dublin, we had no way of getting from there from Rosslare. And the 2nd was the middle of a three day weekend in ...

... -like flyby of the Guinness Storehouse, Irish Museum of Modern Art, the Customs House, Christ Church, St Stephens Green, the Mayors Mansion, Temple Bar and Dublin Castle. I had to cut the gaol tour short so that I could hustle over to Dun Laoghaire for ...

... We've only stayed a week, but its been a great one.  The cab driver who drove us into centre city Dublin was genuinely enthusiastic about pointing out interesting spots and suggesting activities.Our hotel was so centralized, we walked to about every ...

... fortunate to have had this time together. Within minutes we arrived at the airport, checked in quickly, had some breakfast, and boarded the plane. Off to Ireland, the Green Isle. Poor Iain and Laragh, having to put up with us for another couple of ...

... , we were cleared for take off and taxied out on the runway. My last glimpse of Ireland was the rain-sodden fields of Dublin airport shortly after takeoff. I caught only a glimpse because within 30 seconds of takeoff we were in the clouds. Leaving the ...

... Station and planned a coach to Bangor in Wales. WALES Our plan was to see the coast of Wales and take a ferry from Holyhead to Dublin in Ireland. In our rush to move on, probably prompted by me as I distinctly had on my mind the thought that all we were ...

... day in New York was spent at the Holland & Holland office-still trying to fix my computer, booking my flight from London to Dublin and picking up a UK mobile phone from Guy (who has been a super huge help to me in my whole trip planning process!!) To ...

... but quaint seaside city. Founded in 914 AD by the Vikings, it is Ireland oldest city and was the largest before Dublin. They used to manufacture the Waterford Crystals from here but closed the whole operations in 2009. The rolling hills of Waterford ...

... odd Guiness or whiskey. We were blessed with fantastic weather, which everyone agrees is most unusual for the Emerald Isle (which of course is so green because it usually rains a lot!) The views along the coastal roads of Northern Ireland in counties Down ...

... -  but a summer retreat to the Kildare area of Knockpatrick outside Castledremot. Melissa Tammy and I landed in Dublin for a visit to the family,siblings&cousins:Shani, Thomas, Cameron, Matthew and Thomas junior.   ...