Dublin here we come

Ok, 'PE Girl in the World' has not really been doing much exploring in the ‘World’ -Dublin as it is right now. But I’ll tell you a bit about what I have discovered.

Dublin city centre has the River Liffey running through it, much like London has the Thames. One day we decided to park in Phoenix Park and walk into the city centre down the river -about 3.8km. The river is sectioned into ‘Quays’ –as you can see on the map (ok, the map didn't come out large enough, but you can see how the river is divided up).




There are many bridges that cross the river – there were about 15 on the walk we did (20 in total), some pedestrian and some road bridges.

These are 3 that we have used – all have some sort of interesting history about them:

Ha’Penny Bridge. This is one of the oldest bridges and is a pedestrian footbridge. It was built in 1816 and was so called because people were charged a half penny to use it.



O’Connell Bridge. This is a large road bridge (50m wide) - apparently it is unique in Europe for being as long as it is wide. On the North there is O’Connell Street which is one of the main shopping streets. On the South is Grafton Street, another main shopping street and Temple Bar, the main drinking area in the city.



Sean O’Casey bridge. This one is on the far east side. It is a modern pedestrian drawbridge built in 2005 and named after a playwright who lived around the area 1880-1964.



Well, I will leave you with that for now - the river and the bridges - more in later posts.

By the way, the pictures are courtesy of various dublin tourist sites, I haven't been out there looking like a tourist with my camera yet!