Royal Hotel Dublin

Greetings! This is my attempt at blogging while I am away on a study abroad. For those who haven't heard the rough itenerary, it goes a little something like this: 20 days touring Ireland and Scotland in a coach bus, 14(ish) days hiking the Camino de ...

... other patrons were still sitting there. It was starting to rain pretty hard when we came out, so we took a cab back to the hotel, getting back just after midnight. We got ready for bead, read for a few minutes, and then turned out the light. Then Kaaren ...

... the world, including one in the Vatican. Take a look at the Longhall here http://www.ireland.com/travel/counties/360/dublin/longhall.htm My other stops included St. Patrick's, Christ Church, the first Polish Church in Ireland and the Church, where ...

... too much to hope for on a trip like this.)  Of course, once we were settled into the new room, we promptly left the hotel and walked to Saint Patrick's Cathedral.  We perused the "Literary Walk" in St. Patrick’s Park then went inside the ...

... to enjoy the amenities.  We caught a bus into Dublin City Centre and made our way to the Best Western Royal Dublin Hotel.  They didn't have both of our rooms ready, despite a call from London warning of our expected early morning ...

... and took us past sights like the Royal Hospital Kilmainham (1684) which is the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the Wellington Monument, Dublin Zoo, St Patrick’s Cathedral, the Four Courts, and a number of monuments along O’Connell Street (the main ...

... ...entertainment value.....33 Euros. Spent the night and next day and night with Sean and Gail Freyne at Rathmines...a suburb of Dublin. They are delightful company  and great hosts. Sean is tru blu Irish....a dedicated Mayo Man...from County ...

... & angry people called off the night of getting Irish drunk for a quieter night instead. 22/01 - We just wandered around Dublin today. We went through the Dublin Castle, past the City Hall, Court House & the Guinness Factory. We went & ...

... out in the bar/pub bit - as we only came so that Julia's sister could have the nightclub part. So a midnight in Dublin - there are NO fireworks - just balloons that fall from above the bar area - then everyone jumps on them while singing auld ...

... nbsp;         After our jaunt across the street, we checked out of our lovely hotel and wandered over to the Royal Mile. Our first stop was made at St, Giles' Cathedral. An interesting factoid is that Saint Giles is ...

... were closed.  To absolutely no one’s surprise, we got almost immediately and miserably lost in Dublin.  Thanks Google-goof!  We finally found our hotel (the Radisson) at 7:15 p.m.  We were pooped and very glad to be done driving ...

... of many together, Nay bought it as a birthday present for me. We flew from Manchester with Ryanair and Spent 4 great days in Dublin,  exploring the city and the pubs, I had more than my fair share of Guinness. One particularly funny moment was when ...

... ace! With the euro at the time being in a mess I found this a very expensive place but I was very suprised at all the travellers here! Our Hotel was just off the main highstreet in Dublin! So we were awayy from all the traffic and people. Continued ...

... toward Ireland's south coast. Hope it doesn't interfere with flights to England tomorrow! We got back to the Harding Hotel (spider hostel) in Dublin around 3:45. Katherine and I went to a pharmacy to find her a bandage, and we made a precision strike on ...

... us.  The view from Tara is breathtaking and encompasses four of the six counties of Ireland. We drove back to Dublin through Phoenix Park, the largest public park in Ireland.  Our driver dropped us off on O'Connell Street where the ...

Europe Trip, 2008' We flew into Vienna from Dublin. Had a welcome drink and went to bed. The next morning we woke up early and drove to Budapest. We stayed here for two nights then advanced to Krakow, Poland. We drove trough Slovakia on the way. We ...

I'll add more about the conference itself later... The conference had a wonderful Gala dinner at the 17th Century Royal Hospital Kilmainham, which is also the home of the Irish Museum of Modern Art.  First, I took a tour of their modern art ...

... and gets to antibiotics and by Saturday is feeling herself again.  We walk around the city extensively, visiting St. Patricks, the Dublin Castle, and the Guinness Factory.  Actually, the factory was just going to be a stop, but it was such a ...

Day 31 Cork – Kilkenny – Dublin (Camac Valley Caravan Park) After a great couple of days spent in Cork it was time to get back on the road. Thanks to Jimmy who we caught up with in Cork, we were off to see the quarter finals of the All-Ireland ...

... our flight to Chicago was on an hour and a half delay.  This delay would cause us to miss our connecting flight to Dublin. He propmtly met with the folks at AA who were already prepared to reroute us.  We were sent to Lufthanasa where we ...