European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse A 7 . Walk through Merrion and Fitzwilliam squares in the quiet of Early morning while Mist still shrouds their grandeur. A 8 . Devour the Irish times Over breakfast at Bewley s in Grafton Street in the glow of 1920s stained Glass windows. A a a 9.30 . To first in line to see the Book of Kells and other antique treasures at Trinity College linger in front Square a 11 . Walk through arty Temple bar then to the Kilkenny shop for Glass pottery leather plus Coffee and Porter cake. A 12 45 . A pint of guinness and a plate of smoked Salmon in a private snug at Ryan s off Parkgate Street a High victorians. A 2 . An Outing along Dublin Bay in a Dart train uncluttered by commuters s Tower at. Sand Cove and Back for $2.90. A 3 . Visit the Irish museum of modern Art in Ireland s loveliest 17th-Century building. A 5 . Stroll through St. Stephen s a Green toward civilized afternoon Tea in the elegant Shelbourne hotel. A 8 . Walk along the River Liffey when the sky is tinged with Pink behind the Copper dome of Gandon s four courts. A 8 30 . Dine at the Tea room in u2 s Clarence hotel a at a table on the stage to be seen on the Balcony if. You want to look Down. A 10 30 . Traditional Irish music at the ferryman. Quot you la hear anyone and everyone Quot says chieftain Paddy Moloney. A 12 30 . Lights action earplugs. Nightlife is booming. Try the pod voted second Best dub in Europe. See How Cool you feel. Note All prices in . Dollars at an Exchange rate of $1 to 1.45 Irish punt a Mary Powey a ass Davol Oldie the custom House one of Dublin s landmarks. All Telephone numbers listed Are for calling inside Ireland. If calling from another country dial your International Access code add the country code 35 3 and drop the first 0. If you go to Dublin. Must see a Trinity College. Ireland s oldest University founded by Elizabeth i in 1592, is an enclave of scholarly tradition classical architecture and soothing Green bang in the Center of the City. Most visitors come not to pursue the ghosts of Edmund Burke Oliver Goldsmith Oscar Wilde Samuel Beckett and other August alumni but to seethe Book of Keels _ the magnificently illuminated eighth Century version of the gospels stowed away in Trinity to escape Puritan Oliver Cromwell s pillaging. Also Worth seeing is the Dublin experience a new multimedia introduction to the City daily until sept 30. Book of kelp admission $3.63the Dublin experience $3.99. A the two cathedrals. Both anglican both 12lh Century and both in the medieval part of Dublin. Although you would t guess from its victorian makeover Christ Church dates from 1169, when it was rebuilt by strongbow the Anglo Norman who took Dublin by storm he was rewarded with a handsome Tomb. A a a a St Patrick a originally outside the City Walls is famous both for its imposing Interior and for Jonathan Swift who wrote Cut liver s travels while he was Dean 1713-45o Connell Street one of the main shopping streets. You can read the epitaph he wrote for himself Here he lies where Savage indignation can no longer lacerate his a. A a a a the georgian squares. In Many parts of the City Dublin s grand past is almost gone. development and neglect have eaten into gracious old sure escapes a a a. A cause for Savage indignation and lacerated hearts if Ever the re a s on e. Me r r to n 5 q u a re a n d fit to i i i i Square remain intact. Stroll around them admiring the Fine houses with their ornamental balconies Argi delicate fanlight and imagine Dublin in its Golden ago under the Georges later Wilde lived at no 1 Merrion Square Sheridan be Fanu at no 70, William Butler Yeats at nos. 52 and 82. A a the National gallery. The door is guarded by George Bernard Shaw who claimed he owed Iris education to. This institution established on Merrion Square in 1854, includes paintings from All tire main european schools but for insight into Irish life turn your Back on Titian Al Greco and Degas and focus instead on the works of Jack b. Yeats there is a Good self service restaurant downstairs admission free. Open monday saturday 10 ,-5 30 . Thursday 10 .-8 30 . Sunday 2 .-5 . A. A a St. Stephen s Green the True City renter to Many dubliners known simply As Quot the originally an open common then a fashionable georgian Square it was Laid out As a victorian pleasure Garden by a guinness. Benefactor in the 1880s, in still has Nice Lowers Friendly ducks winding paths and outbreaks of music on a cast Iron bandstand. The lunchtime sunbathers Are a 20th-Century addition /. A. A Newman House. Surely not More georgian of a but this is special. This is probably the Best Chance you. Will have to see sumptuous mid-18th-Century interiors in. All their stuccoed glory. A Hundred years after they were built As grand residences nos 85 and 86, St. Stephen s Green became the Headquarters of the Catholic University of Ireland the frolicking cherubs and goddesses were plaster Clad by the jesuits in the interests of moral decency a then largely forgotten until the present University College Dublin funded a breathtaking restoration program. Admission $1,4 5, open tuesday Friday 10 .-4 30 . Saturday 2 .-4 30 . Sunday 11 .-2 . A the Dart on a Fine Day the Dublin area rapid transit rail system follows As Scenic a route As you Are Likely to find on a commuter train hugging the coast round the wide arc of Dublin Bay All you have to do is decide w Here to go North to the fishing Village of Howth perhaps for a feast of seafood or South to the Best stretch of seashore Between dalkey and Killines. Either Way time your trip to avoid the commuter crush. Maximum fare $2.17 one Way. A Royal Hospital Kilmain . A double treat this. Built As a borne for retired soldiers in 1684, following the style of Les invalids in Paris the Royal Hospital is the finest 1 7th-c entry building in Irelanda masterpiece of classical restraint. The Irish government had the foresight to invest millions in its careful restoration and now one Wing houses the Irish museum of modern Art the Core collection is Small but growing and visiting. A Sotiri Tieff on Fig a 8
