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Colourful and quirky Dublin

Posted in European travels, Holidays, It's my life, photography, Travel, tagged baby boomers travel, cities of the world, people and places of Dublin, Visit Dublin, visit Ireland on November 29, 2021| 6 Comments »

Dublin is one of my favourite places to visit. Its quirky, and colourful albeit dirty and home to one of my least favourite aspects of street life; the Dublin oyster 🤮

But I love the street art and the humour – the Irish are adept at poking fun at themselves, and that is a very attractive trait.

Amongst others, you’ve got; Molly Malone – The Tart with the Cart. The Hats with the Bags. The Stilleto in the Ghetto, the Queer with the Leer, the Ace with the Base.

I captured these scenes while in Ireland for my sister’s 50th birthday 🎂 🥳 ; a fun and unexpected trip.

Street art

Whether you look up, sideways or down, you’ll be bound to find something somewhere…

Temple Bar – preparing for Christmas in October 🤪🤪

The King’s Inn – where James Joyce frequented

Accommodation and traditional Irish music are not a good combination for a peaceful night’s sleep 😴

How to stand out in a crowd!!! Can’t imagine what shade of yellow this is described as

Down a side alley, The Icon Walk in Bedford Lane, is this gorgeous confection of coloured glass (or plastic)

You may think that Dublin is dull and grey, but you would be mistaken.

And amongst the garish, a more sedate type of street art.

We actually stayed in Temple Bar, which as it turned out wasn’t too noisy, but then I’d never seen it so underpopulated…it’s usually heaving, day and night. I guess Covid-19 is still keeping patrons at bay.