Wordless Wednesday - Dublin Ireland.

 More from our cruise in 2012. This week it is Dublin.

Trinity College Dublin.

Trinity College.
Dublin City Hall.

A typical Dublin pub.

Statue of 2 shoppers taking a rest, locally known as "The Hags with the Bags."

Statue of Molly Malone.

2025 update:

The Molly Malone statue on Dublin’s Suffolk Street is to be put under protective watch to deter tourists from rubbing the figure’s bronze breasts, Dublin City Council has confirmed.

The statue, which depicts a fishmonger immortalised in a mid-19th century music hall song, has over the last decade become subject to a dubious “tradition” where tourists rub its breasts for luck.

The practice has resulted in discolouration and wearing of the bronze surface and has also caused concerns about disrespect for the artwork, which was completed in the late 1980s by the sculptor Jeanne Rynhart, who died in 2020.

The council has decided to use stewards from next month to patrol the area in front of the statue to deter people from rubbing the surface and to ask tour guides not to encourage their groups to indulge in the practice.

This was first announced on April 1st but specifically stated it was not an April Fool. They haven't convinced me but we will find out in May!

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Wordless Wednesday, Orkney Islands.

More from Orkney, Skara Brae. 

The houses were built sunken into the ground.

It felt strange to be walking where people were known to have lived thousands of years ago.

This is one of the passageways into the houses that has been reconstructed using the original stonework.

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Wordless Wednesday - Orkney Islands.

As I have been unable to go on holiday for some time I decided to go back to some of my early posts on this blog and post them. This was a British Isles cruise in 2012.

Our first stop on Orkney was Maes Howe which is an ancient chamber tomb dating back to 2700BC. It was very low to get in and unfortunately as I get claustrophobic, after the first two or three feet, I had to reverse back out and let Ivor go in on his own.

He said once you had gone through the low and narrow passage it opened into a large chamber with some natural light. I took his word for that and waited outside.

Next were the four Standing Stones of Stenness thought to date from 3100BC and the oldest standing stones in Britain. You can read more about them here.

Now I have decided to post parts of old posts there will be more of them until we resume travelling  later this year.

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7. Image-in-ing	8. Keith's Ramblings	9. Senior Salon
10. Gattina	11. Ana Linden	12. A ShutterBug Explores
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