Guinness, Rainbows, Leprechauns and a bit o' luck

St. Patrick's Day was bloody brilliant! As expected, our bus was packed like a can of sardines, people were dressed in all shades of green and there was a very high level of spirits in the area. Both spiritually and the not so spiritually. It was interesting dynamic being immersed in a sea of people. I think its similar to what a Herring feels like when its traveling along. (Claustrophobic, panicked and a bit aggressive.)

I think we saw about four parade figures hovering overtop of the waves of people. Of course I think it would've been brilliant to watch the entire parade, though we wanted to learn more about the meaning behind St. Patrick's Day, so we concerned ourselves with getting to Trinity University to see the Book of Kells. But, what was quite entertaining along the way were the people who were hanging or standing on street signs, window sills and statues. Not to mention passing the police men who weren't even concerned with alcohol in the streets or the fact that people where standing on roof tops.

The Book of Kells experience was spectacular! The detail to the pages and learning how the pages were made so artistically was fascinating! And to think they didn't have pens, crayons or a typewriter. We weren't able to go to a mass because we got into Dublin late. I did however get to experience St. Brigid's Church at Liscannor near our cottage and St. Fin Barre's Cathedral in Cork.

After our adventure at Trinity, we then found some grub and headed for a place to sit and happened upon the Dublin Castle. There was this little girl under the age of 5 wearing an Irish princess tiara on head pretending with her father that they were marching in a parade. It was precious to see, especially right in front of castle of all places. We met up with several of Stephanie’s friends from the U.K. and we ventured around Dublin until we had to catch our bus back to our hotel in Ashbourne.