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I take my baking seriously. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1710649070743-KQH0OV88PA0JVGKNHHE3/GuinnessRecipe6.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Cupcake For A Rascally Leprechaun And Other St. Patrick’s Day Partygoers - The Dry Ingredients Cocoa, sugar, all-purpose flour, baking soda, and fine salt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1710649087776-I50BCQZ66ZIVLLOL8LM4/GuinnessRecipe7.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Cupcake For A Rascally Leprechaun And Other St. Patrick’s Day Partygoers - Pouring The Guinness The first of the wet ingredients. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1710649105387-B40DPW8FP8ARY2JS9P6C/GuinnessRecipe8.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Cupcake For A Rascally Leprechaun And Other St. Patrick’s Day Partygoers - Another Photo Of The Pour Bartender/Baker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/47409b06-2cc0-4b73-93c9-767ddf8487d4/GuinnessRecipe9.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Cupcake For A Rascally Leprechaun And Other St. Patrick’s Day Partygoers - Make it stand out This is Carlo. He was our supervisor - keeping an eye on us the whole time we were baking. I felt bad that we were baking something he absolutely cannot have, with the chocolate and the stout, so I gave him a dog treat later for being a good boy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1710649570021-CKKXC1OFY979HJ926YOP/GuinnessRecipe10.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Cupcake For A Rascally Leprechaun And Other St. Patrick’s Day Partygoers - Melted Butter That is what this is…butter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1710649584453-CRXRTIA0B8PR4N0HMND1/GuinnessRecipe11.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Cupcake For A Rascally Leprechaun And Other St. Patrick’s Day Partygoers - Stout And Butter This I did not drink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1710649599741-35E5SIJ95WM6DIQTIX98/GuinnessRecipe12.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Cupcake For A Rascally Leprechaun And Other St. Patrick’s Day Partygoers - Mixing The Dry And Wet Ingredients We’re beginning to get something that looks tasty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1710649619060-3JK169J1JUCMPF78DVIS/GuinnessRecipe13.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Cupcake For A Rascally Leprechaun And Other St. Patrick’s Day Partygoers - Looking Scrumptious Ready for the muffin tin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1710649753851-64FHAZ8LAPXQR1YP8NQK/GuinnessRecipe14.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Cupcake For A Rascally Leprechaun And Other St. Patrick’s Day Partygoers - Before Going In The Oven Exciting! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1710649768507-3SZX5OZH3XAT2OVT81RO/GuinnessRecipe15.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Cupcake For A Rascally Leprechaun And Other St. Patrick’s Day Partygoers - Fresh Out Of The Oven Exciting! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/b9c6f8bc-46f8-4a37-8d39-add119401bb4/GuinnessRecipe19.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Cupcake For A Rascally Leprechaun And Other St. Patrick’s Day Partygoers - Make it stand out The icing on the cupcake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1710650372304-ERO74OWARHLTUA18DPX2/GuinnessRecipe20.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Cupcake For A Rascally Leprechaun And Other St. Patrick’s Day Partygoers - Overhead Shot Iced and sprinkled with cocoa. some more so than others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1710650391864-GS565B4ZLLCPE6KFXDL1/GuinnessRecipe21.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Cupcake For A Rascally Leprechaun And Other St. Patrick’s Day Partygoers - Lots Of Confectioners' Sugar A whole one pound box went into the icing and it was worth it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1710651069397-Y1HQ78DXGBPFJG7LRRQD/GuinnessRecipe22.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Cupcake For A Rascally Leprechaun And Other St. Patrick’s Day Partygoers - Up-Close Cupcake Photo Tempting the leprechaun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1710650408073-WRP8QCNTJBAV66PZSGG9/GuinnessRecipe23.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Cupcake For A Rascally Leprechaun And Other St. Patrick’s Day Partygoers - Up-Close Cupcake Photo Tempting St. Patrick’s Day Partygoers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1710650421600-TNW85DN9PQ9GL9OL2NAC/GuinnessRecipe24.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Cupcake For A Rascally Leprechaun And Other St. Patrick’s Day Partygoers - One More Photo... Before I eat them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1710650435735-DA23O07346BZ6E91ZZE8/GuinnessRecipe26.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Cupcake For A Rascally Leprechaun And Other St. Patrick’s Day Partygoers - Inside The Cupcake Decadent. Rich. Flavorful. https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/a-girl-from-ukraine-comes-to-ireland monthly 0.5 2024-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1705014212427-UICVA0QCVGDS6R0J1YUV/UkraineIrelandBook1.jpg Irish Wishing Well - From Ukraine To Ireland: The Journey Of A 12-Year-Old Survivor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1705014227854-2CUIAASHMGUSKMRXMWV4/UkraineIrelandBook3.jpg Irish Wishing Well - From Ukraine To Ireland: The Journey Of A 12-Year-Old Survivor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/58692756-d028-4f44-ba45-254fd8967bb7/Ireland+-+Ukraine.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - From Ukraine To Ireland: The Journey Of A 12-Year-Old Survivor - Make it stand out Flags of Ukraine and Republic of Ireland https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/confessions-of-a-barmbrack-beginner monthly 0.5 2023-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1698631954613-A7EWKI16RPHWGAJF5LC3/Barmbrack3.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Confessions Of A Barmbrack Beginner - The Ingredients Flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, dried yeast, butter, castor sugar, milk, raisins, currants, and chopped dried fruit peel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1698631930415-VXIKPXZCFS43TV40MDMK/Barmbrack2.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Confessions Of A Barmbrack Beginner - Don't Forget The Egg The recipe also calls for an egg. (I had another egg on call just in case. You never know with eggs.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1698633033737-UKJU25VIN255WPUDML4D/Brambrack31.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Confessions Of A Barmbrack Beginner - Castor Sugar They didn’t have this sugar for sale in our Meijer U.S. supermarket, so I had to buy it on Amazon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1698633048714-NQT9WHMBN3JIG5G7C50W/Brambrack32.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Confessions Of A Barmbrack Beginner - Sugar With A Rich Heritage “Made in the UK since 1878. “ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1698632421135-2M6790EQFI6O6I8WY54L/Barmbrack6.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Confessions Of A Barmbrack Beginner - Hello Yellow Milk and butter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1698632438700-74MFUYHQ4F7MN80RUZH7/Barmbrack7.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Confessions Of A Barmbrack Beginner - Yeast & Sugar A Hopeful Beginning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1698632476602-LOOO4PIBDB0MO95VAL39/Barmbrack10.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Confessions Of A Barmbrack Beginner - Sifting Flour & Cinnamon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1698632500238-IGLYOQVSO03ZSISP8DG6/Barmbrack11.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Confessions Of A Barmbrack Beginner - Yeast & Liquid Mixture Yeast, please be my friend. You are the magic of good food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1698632521321-IWR0BKKHRKNW6DOGLMXO/Barmbrack12.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Confessions Of A Barmbrack Beginner - Well, How Are You? Yeast mixture in the well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1698632544057-0JHW37DXQDRILBSMO9PM/Barmbrack13.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Confessions Of A Barmbrack Beginner - Waiting On Yeast What does frothing look like? It’s supposed to froth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1698632566683-06DKJIHE945R2JQQCUUT/Barmbrack14.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Confessions Of A Barmbrack Beginner - Ground Nutmeg I ground it myself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1698632590138-085P4OBUT20WHI1RS83M/Barmbrack16.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Confessions Of A Barmbrack Beginner - Mixing The Dough Bringing the dough together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1698632611050-U186M99MYWPT7P847BKC/Barmbrack17.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Confessions Of A Barmbrack Beginner - A Ghoulish Mask Or... Dough, you decide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1698633619644-6OI14GMF54IA07PB5H6H/Barmbrack18.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Confessions Of A Barmbrack Beginner - Dried Fruit Peel The recipe only called for one cup of it and I have a whole jug. It looks like I will also be attempting to make fruitcake in the near future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1698633641270-QOSE1IHGUMF8EP51C48D/Barmbrack19.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Confessions Of A Barmbrack Beginner - I think it looks like... A salmon meatloaf, (Is that possible?) even though I’m a vegetarian. The loaf was placed into a greased bowl and covered so that it would rise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1698633658429-RX0VFHT16EOWMSAK9X07/Barmbrack20.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Confessions Of A Barmbrack Beginner - Side View Because I worked hard on this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1698633677211-WVEURWPLIXJJAGB1TNPL/Barmbrack21.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Confessions Of A Barmbrack Beginner - Overhead You need to see the barmbrack from all angles because it took over an hour to tuck all the fruit into and on it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1698633692458-2VH2CWZACWCNVSFF0LFW/Barmbrack23.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Confessions Of A Barmbrack Beginner - Kneading It Again And putting it in the loaf pan so it will rise again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1698633732222-QINGKKXE86RQYJZRFH2K/Barmbrack25.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Confessions Of A Barmbrack Beginner - Another photo Of the loaf in the pan. You need (knead) to know I want this to be good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1698633750251-UK6QJJKHP184SD2YCESA/Barmbrack26.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Confessions Of A Barmbrack Beginner - Out Of The Oven Does it look burned? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1698633766642-VVRYVY7G3YB1Z7LN9XUG/Barmbrack27.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Confessions Of A Barmbrack Beginner - I am worried... That it looks burned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1698633796132-QO7B7SVW6EITTCFK89M8/Barmbrack28.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Confessions Of A Barmbrack Beginner - I am hoping... For the best. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1698633815977-ZDETJ3TM9LNDL1MM5ZCY/Barmbrack29.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Confessions Of A Barmbrack Beginner - I have Plated The barmbrack, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1698633831200-UOTH4GDJDU8QWC8ZABN1/Barmbrack30.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Confessions Of A Barmbrack Beginner - I cut the first piece... And raisins came pouring out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/6f1ded2a-45eb-45a8-b40d-04b6557878fe/Pot+Holder.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Confessions Of A Barmbrack Beginner - Make it stand out This potholder wasn’t in the cake but I wonder if there’s any special meaning behind accidentally burning it. I forgot that the stove was hot because I had been boiling water for the glaze. I wondered where the smoke was coming from. It gave me what I will call a Halloween fright. https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/a-quandary-over-the-crowning monthly 0.5 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/2b043056-6fb9-4ea4-afac-9bb26e091eb7/KingCharlesCoronation.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Crowning Diplomacy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/fb0d11a2-93b3-402e-978a-a057be609f1d/Irish+oak.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Crowning Diplomacy - Make it stand out Huge oak tree in Muckross House gardens, Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/president-bidens-visit monthly 0.5 2023-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/09147bf2-2e02-46d3-b78c-eb6de163619d/BidenPlane.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Homecoming For An Irish American President - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/4a107a5c-5372-412d-8bd3-9bf7eae62bf0/IrishBrigadeCelticCross.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Homecoming For An Irish American President - Make it stand out The Celtic Cross memorializing the New York Infantry Irish Brigade Monument at Gettysburg National Historic Park in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/3dd3f560-49e9-4cfc-873b-7ffdff2fd1cc/Seamus.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Homecoming For An Irish American President - Make it stand out Seamus Heaney https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/a-poem-for-st-patricks-day monthly 0.5 2023-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/fc39a77a-2191-4669-8a4e-8047754301ad/St.+Paddy%27s+Day.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - A Poem For St. Patrick's Day - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/bf22e1fe-3efb-403f-970a-daf4a9bca50e/WilliamButlerYeatsStamp.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - A Poem For St. Patrick's Day - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/the-banshees-of-inisherin-when-death-and-the-oscars-come-calling monthly 0.5 2023-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/4b3cb797-7536-4e06-9da3-5e996a8f56f3/DonkeyJ.jpg Irish Wishing Well - "The Banshees Of Inisherin,” When Death And The Oscars Come Calling - Make it stand out Not Jenny, but a miniature donkey of similar adorableness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/429ae9a7-8940-4d7b-b6f6-4d58a33a9193/Banshee.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - "The Banshees Of Inisherin,” When Death And The Oscars Come Calling - Make it stand out A banshee! https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/obp6u9yd6m0ded83rmgdkx0irzg2ra monthly 0.5 2022-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1666753439430-HKK26PRDXHGG3NBP040N/IMG_6067.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - HERE’S TO HOPING EVIL SPIRITS DON’T TURNIP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1666753442398-P09TWGUAU383G1W6DWW4/IMG_6082.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - HERE’S TO HOPING EVIL SPIRITS DON’T TURNIP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1666753444737-PC78VSBK0K6LYF3SOYMR/IMG_6083.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - HERE’S TO HOPING EVIL SPIRITS DON’T TURNIP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1666753791773-72WJJDJQ1382FN3QW2CQ/IMG_6058.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - HERE’S TO HOPING EVIL SPIRITS DON’T TURNIP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1666762318437-Z0Q9DQ2ZHKUFFJOXELHO/IMG_6079.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - HERE’S TO HOPING EVIL SPIRITS DON’T TURNIP - Turnip Tools I followed the instructions on the YouTube channel, English Heritage. I gathered a sharp knife, a (colored) pencil, and a spoon. Instead of a craft knife I used tools from my pumpkin carving kit. I also did as the video suggested and used a cutting board or as they say in Britain, chopping board. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1666762320831-RQTO65RB4VRRE4FL1NXK/IMG_6080.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - HERE’S TO HOPING EVIL SPIRITS DON’T TURNIP - Ghoulish Gloves My mom left these gloves out for me in case I wanted to use them. I didn't, though. I like the feel of the slimy, cool insides of the turnips and pumpkins. Does that sound creepy? Well, it is Halloween after all. Still, it is therapeutic, like working with clay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1666762515347-LZ82CZIWX3JZR6JCURE6/IMG_6084.jpg Irish Wishing Well - HERE’S TO HOPING EVIL SPIRITS DON’T TURNIP - All Set My station is ready. The operation must commence. I am Victor Frankenstein. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1666762312867-1NDXV7VHVBKHB8N4E6OV/IMG_6085.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - HERE’S TO HOPING EVIL SPIRITS DON’T TURNIP - My First Turnip Lantern Attempt I cut off the base of the turnip to create a flat surface, like the video suggested and that was very helpful. Next I cut off the top to create a lid. Scoring around the inside edge of the turnip to create a boundary was helpful advice also.. I chopped up the inner part of the turnip too, which made it much easier to scoop out the inner portion with a knife and spoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1666762328915-W0LQ8NVEUB0UZ6JYFV50/IMG_6086.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - HERE’S TO HOPING EVIL SPIRITS DON’T TURNIP - Carving Out The Turnip Halfway to a lantern. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1666769238599-B6ZPG5MJH7QSW4GPGQ1A/IMG_6087.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - HERE’S TO HOPING EVIL SPIRITS DON’T TURNIP - The Three Amigos Introducing Liam, Conor and Fiona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1666769240806-TCZQAPQIQGUFLPSTEDHF/IMG_6088.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - HERE’S TO HOPING EVIL SPIRITS DON’T TURNIP - Liam Liam was created first. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1666769231836-5298IZT9UVKKV944M5WN/IMG_6089.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - HERE’S TO HOPING EVIL SPIRITS DON’T TURNIP - Conor A brave little turnip lantern. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1666769234055-JB0I0AJV46VUKI5M8EO1/IMG_6090.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - HERE’S TO HOPING EVIL SPIRITS DON’T TURNIP - Fiona She’s the girl of the group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1666769236210-A28SCK58KE8SQZMKVZOV/IMG_6091.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - HERE’S TO HOPING EVIL SPIRITS DON’T TURNIP - WHAT THE VIDEOS DON'T TELL YOU I was not prepared for this, although I did find it endearing. Like newborn babies, newly carved turnip lanterns like to suck on your finger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1666769245000-FTDOKE3V76MIZ8VD28HX/IMG_6093.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - HERE’S TO HOPING EVIL SPIRITS DON’T TURNIP - Sweet Fiona She would not let go of my finger! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1666769247046-658Z2FS918WPPW0MRBSB/IMG_6094.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - HERE’S TO HOPING EVIL SPIRITS DON’T TURNIP - Fiona's Hair Fiona has quite the hairdo. It’s just naturally this way. She doesn’t even style it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1666773915814-SLH02COTCFPZM57WPFRV/IMG_6114.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - HERE’S TO HOPING EVIL SPIRITS DON’T TURNIP - "This little light of mine/I'm gonna let it shine." Liam all aglow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1666773919458-1XG3NOINMVEZHS0M3Z9Z/IMG_6112.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - HERE’S TO HOPING EVIL SPIRITS DON’T TURNIP - "Shine Bright Like A Diamond." Or Like Conor, the turnip lantern. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1666773917512-QVWATNWLBA0FQ94PIC14/IMG_6113.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - HERE’S TO HOPING EVIL SPIRITS DON’T TURNIP - Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Turnip Fiona is bright like a star. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1666773911648-R2E9ZZ7F5Y8BVSCM0QVE/IMG_6116.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - HERE’S TO HOPING EVIL SPIRITS DON’T TURNIP - Three Bright Lights Lighting up the night. No darkness here. Nothing to fear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1666773907091-C9Y3W786HMBZULBJV8A4/IMG_6110.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - HERE’S TO HOPING EVIL SPIRITS DON’T TURNIP - The Whole Family - Jacks and Turnips The turnip lanterns pose with the jack-o’-lanterns - “Bad Intent,” and “Lunar Purr.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/954607f9-54aa-4962-be3f-0839bce65b2b/2BD87FA9-20E8-4431-A79C-56699FDE5BF5.jpg Irish Wishing Well - HERE’S TO HOPING EVIL SPIRITS DON’T TURNIP - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1e0dc71f-11d0-454f-ab3f-c3a26c8f8cd8/Evil+Turnip+Lantern.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - HERE’S TO HOPING EVIL SPIRITS DON’T TURNIP - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/as-you-like-it monthly 0.5 2022-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1660790164257-4CKD18UZDBGEYKBYBN4A/1374523A-35F5-4B01-8351-DFB5AF019900.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - As You Like Ireland, Shakespeare’s Take - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/syq3aqhj281pmpbnfu5qg5zjd6wv8r monthly 0.5 2022-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/be5bf781-711d-42a6-9952-a32e5689b2bb/RickSteves.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Rick Steves' Irish Tales And Sales - Make it stand out Rick Steves wants people to travel and explore again. https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/happy-st-patricks-day monthly 0.5 2022-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1e3502bd-e6a1-48c4-b2c4-d414743e1a2b/St.+Patrick%27s+Day.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Happy St. Patrick's Day - Make it stand out According to legend, St. Patrick used the three-leaf clover or shamrock to teach the Holy Trinity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/bd91735c-14fb-4c1b-b71d-f2109b88abda/Ireland.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Happy St. Patrick's Day - Make it stand out Rolling farmland on Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/irish-scones monthly 0.5 2022-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/5740fde6-c928-4bdc-ac15-f99d15829aad/Irish+Scones.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Irish Scones: A Tasty Tradition - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1646750148717-XXN2NO8HFHOGWGTGWL65/Free%2BRange%2BEggs.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Irish Scones: A Tasty Tradition - Free-Range Eggs Aren’t they gorgeous? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1646749314303-C2HYS60F9A7EV4Y2NVYM/Ingredients3.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Irish Scones: A Tasty Tradition - The Ingredients The list includes: self-raising flour, butter, baking powder, milk, a free-range egg, currants. sugar and jam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1646749344406-MQISFBFW6EFXLA19U4BN/Flour.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Irish Scones: A Tasty Tradition - Independent Flour Measuring the self-raising flour in a measuring cup or if you’re in Ireland a measuring jug. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1646749374254-BXMQIVWLLG3Z2OMFHG5E/Sugar.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Irish Scones: A Tasty Tradition - Adding Sugar Remember only two tablespoons go into the scones, the rest is for sprinkling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1646749394000-3MZZ87FEB34WW6JLUMKY/BakingPowder.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Irish Scones: A Tasty Tradition - One Teaspoon of Baking Powder It may not look like much but it’s an important leavening agent. I wanted a puffy scone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1646749417508-CVD5JUQJHISHWZYWNLEM/IrishButter.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Irish Scones: A Tasty Tradition - Kerrygold Irish Butter This butter really made the scones delicious, both baked into it and smeared on top of it. Also, it’s the most lovely shade of yellow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1646749462693-VPIFRGF8AN4UTC2IHJN0/ButterinFlour2.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Irish Scones: A Tasty Tradition - Butter In Cubes My mom cut the butter into cubes like Mr. Skehan does in his YouTube video. She also used her fingertips and not her palms to rub the butter into the mixture, as he suggests. She said it was quite therapeutic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1646749500962-N9K9VVC0RKCRJKGZ4CLR/Currants2.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Irish Scones: A Tasty Tradition - Currants - The Fancy Raisin We created this well and added the currants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1646749517502-VH85OUOWGY5MN8UA2IH8/RuggedMix.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Irish Scones: A Tasty Tradition - Mixing With Two Forks We’re looking for a rough dough here. We’re talking Monday morning, haven’t slept kind of dough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1646749535247-HL2C5WD3C1LMLRTETBZI/Doughball.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Irish Scones: A Tasty Tradition - Shaping The Dough My mom and I both worked to get it into this nice round shape. We gave it lots of compliments and positive feedback. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1646749560608-TBFZBQQXT8CJEVADUFEJ/Cutterdough.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Irish Scones: A Tasty Tradition - Using Our Pastry Cutter Mr. Skehan’s tip about dipping the cutter into flour so the dough wouldn’t stick made the process much easier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1646749597016-4MMQ0H6OUXTWUS2PB7TN/Brushondough.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Irish Scones: A Tasty Tradition - Brushing The Dough This was my first time using a pastry brush. I’m brushing the dough with fresh milk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1646749620224-VVYUL8QEQICKF57UIGLW/Doughonsheet2.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Irish Scones: A Tasty Tradition - On The Sheet, Ready For The Heat Our scones are ready to go in the oven!!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1646749637022-D9RNVG60AA57AEHJK6FP/RawScone+.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Irish Scones: A Tasty Tradition - Up-Close Photo Of A Scone This photo of a scone was taken mere moments before it went into the oven to reach its full potential. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1646749705289-98DFPRISJET0H0ZCO99W/Sconesoncoolingrack.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Irish Scones: A Tasty Tradition - Fresh Out Of The Oven Scones cooling on a wire rack. Perhaps because they were smaller than the recipe called for it took a little longer to bake them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1646749720666-YUSDEDX3O1343N20HJHD/upclose+scone.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Irish Scones: A Tasty Tradition - The Baking Powder Worked! The scones puffed up beautifully. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1646749753703-XA3ATA3V3LPHFMYHE36L/BonneMaman2.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Irish Scones: A Tasty Tradition - Preserves Instead of Jam I used delicious Bonne Maman strawberry preserves. There is a difference between jam and preserves, but both are wonderful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1646749782070-7MJ2382J8D3U56OYQ16S/Dressedscones1.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Irish Scones: A Tasty Tradition - Time To Enjoy My mom and I really enjoyed these tasty scones on a cold, wintry day. https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/p7bgol7vbc8fy9mg1qgtdkgv7hed71 monthly 0.5 2022-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1735fefc-2522-4e48-9c77-8d37dd439bda/Ukraine+Flag.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Ireland's Response To The War In Ukraine - Make it stand out Ukrainian Flag https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/a73579f0-6216-47b7-bfa5-9536a2cf3240/Ireland+.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Ireland's Response To The War In Ukraine - Make it stand out Ireland’s Flag https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/philomena-the-film monthly 0.5 2022-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1926bf3c-3d91-4a25-a447-075abb9ddf66/Golden+Apple+.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Philomena: An Irish Mother Keeps The Faith - Make it stand out So shiny. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/5b83bfd4-d7b5-4af2-b796-85c9c6376a18/Adobe+Nun+.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Philomena: An Irish Mother Keeps The Faith - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/886acfb7-d67f-4f70-acf5-251ef0e5aab9/Prayers+church.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Philomena: An Irish Mother Keeps The Faith - Make it stand out Prayers for a son. https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/merry-christmas monthly 0.5 2021-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1640482620227-WYHZB6SVHMZAVJ309QA7/AdobeStock_236671945.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Merry Christmas! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/happy-birthday-bram-stoker monthly 0.5 2022-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/cd9032b7-614e-4a93-9ac8-86cdeaaa7098/unsplash-image-79bdGHMW_O0.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Happy Birthday, Bram Stoker! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/have-i-been-bitten monthly 0.5 2021-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1635562429078-IRIS27HSLA4MSMWMDKN4/31EDD659-914C-42CA-B863-3644EAE346AF.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Sinking My Teeth Into A Bloody Good Read - My Copy of Dracula This humble paperback copy is special to me because I purchased it as a struggling writer myself, when I was an intern at the Muskegon Chronicle in Michigan. Bram Stoker’s perseverance in his writing is inspiring to me. What book of Gothic fiction could be more famous than this one? https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/ctsc4lei0zxt0uxn2z1vy2ukknuaar monthly 0.5 2021-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627855103408-2L0KH280SG1AB62F0I3W/C2710F63-E15E-4728-8938-FB6FB917D77D.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - The Ha'penny Bridge World Briefing | Europe: Ireland: Hardier, Ha'penny Bridge Reopens “The Ha'penny Bridge, so named because pedestrians were charged a half-penny to cross in early 19th century Dublin, reopened [in 2001] after nine months of repairs costing $2.3 million. At peak hours, more than 30,000 people walk the footbridge spanning the River Liffey every day. The 185-year-old wrought-iron railings and structural supports were originally designed to handle just 450 people daily. The reopening coincides with efforts to spruce up the riverside, adding boardwalks with cafes and stalls for booksellers. “ Brian Lavery of The New York Times, Dec. 22, 2001 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627855725084-8U3MI7CD9WPJU80KMJS8/60C1A609-A5D7-48B7-A5B9-7949079487B8.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - Liffey Bridge (plaque) LIFFEY BRIDGE (HA'PENNY BRIDGE) Built in 1816 The original name of this bridge was Wellington Bridge. The official name since 1838 is Liffey Bridge. It is commonly called the Ha'penny Bridge as a toll was charged on the Bridge up to March 1919. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1628654818327-TE4CNB77ICPTPEKDBNB0/BDE18F21-7548-44AE-AB93-32DFC269C4ED.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - On The Other Side It’s the same message on the other side of the bridge. Whichever way you cross, you will be informed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1628026291878-4TT2YBM14WPMV3H9TIHI/CF2498B4-E79D-4227-9B4B-2D17274292EA.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - An Evolving Purpose This important explanation greeted us once we crossed over the bridge. I’d like to think that kind people helped to pay the toll for those who could not afford it. A bridge should connect us all. "Early 19th century Dubliners were proud of this aesthetically beautiful bridge which segregated them from the poorer classes of Dublin who could not afford the toll. With the coming of the railways, the wealthy moved to the suburbs and with the emancipation of the Catholics in 1829, the Ha'penny Bridge became a bridge for all the people of Dublin and so the role of the Ha'penny Bridge evolved from one of privilege and aesthetic beauty to one of utilitarian purpose." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627855107824-GC1DU6AP0414NJOCZBUD/4678AF8D-0A54-4E1B-8D9C-F2FDACA530C4.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - From A Distance We took a photo from further away, so you would have the experience of approaching the bridge from a distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627855375782-3XRZP6PY6YSED5IWSGFW/97AAC1C4-ACE0-477E-A0DD-A0A0813A3C38.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - Sidewalk's Point Of View Does a sidewalk near a footbridge feel upstaged as the less celebrated pedestrian pathway or is it honored to work beside such a famous compatriot? This is a view of the sidewalk in front of the bridge. That is a very bright shirt and a very dark sky. I’m just noticing the contrast now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627855405029-NRHIFRQLW5GCLB8U2Y8N/96B9E89A-218D-4655-8A1D-B9D3669BA85C.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - Having A Nice Swim Notice the duck venturing across the River Liffey, getting some morning exercise. Must be invigorating! I will never know. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627855405690-9J4N2ARYKUPUGM8LAVLH/CDAB8317-24C1-4547-A137-821743298854.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - A View From The Bridge No, this is not Arthur Miller’s Brooklyn Bridge. This is a view from the Ha’penny Bridge toward the O’Connell Bridge. They can see each other, but they’ll never cross paths. It really is kind of sad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627855685057-9BAKO80OQ0J0P68AE5CQ/50E729E7-DA3B-4533-81D1-A134AB3C80D3.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - A Journey Back And Forth One of the many times that I crossed the Ha’penny Bridge. According to the book, The Ha'penny Bridge, Dublin: Spanning the Liffey for 200 Years by Michael English, the now-defunct bridge toll replaced a Liffey ferry toll, which charged passengers a half-penny. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627855687876-D3O6UIVAR9MG30SM0P1V/2AC21748-9261-427E-A398-C26E0C4EE638.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - What??? Put down those phones, people or I’ll throw them in the River Liffey. How much do we miss because we’re staring at our phones all the time? (P.S. I wouldn’t throw anything in the river because that’s where ducks get their morning exercise.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627855752010-XQQYSK6DROO4N4KR5ALE/4BB27349-5E6A-48C6-B0A2-D8838B8CF8EF.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - A Historic Footbridge Enthusiast Now here is someone who is taking full advantage of their time on the bridge. Hello, Stephanie! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627855432994-303TI4B2OZPLB28GFA7S/7A265FB9-8F57-439F-919A-1F34F2E4ACF2.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - What Would It Be Like To Kayak On The River Liffey? Actually, I wonder how Steph would feel about kayaking the River Liffey. She is a good swimmer and she just liked my tweet about the article, “Kayaking the 'River of Life' in Ireland: Sure, you could drive alongside it. But what's the rush?” By Alex Schechter from Condé Nast Traveller. I’d say that’s as good as a green light. She can join my duck friend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627855440875-2WJ4PDRDFUT5ED44WREY/45B69768-24C1-4749-BDDD-A31A9E5B5AE6.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - Flowing From The River To The Sea “It then flows eastward through the city of Dublin, in which it is extensively canalized and bordered with quays. It empties into Dublin Bay, an arm of the Irish Sea, after a course of 50 miles (80 km).” Encyclopaedia Britannica on “River Liffey” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627855456300-IULWNTJFTCJD5S1C5M04/F4BC1466-72B9-487F-BF0E-F6C2544EE357.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - A Graceful Dancer Just look at that pretty arch. I see a dancer stretching. Wouldn’t it be lovely to see ballet dancers perform grands jetés across the bridge? I don’t know about the practicality of that dream, but Riverdance performed across the Ha’penny in 2005. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627860154370-4LHFJFHHQENOCEZK65VR/F4F3FA30-CEB2-492B-9530-F7D9060A7FC9.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - Lovely Lantern One of the lovely lanterns on the Ha’penny Bridge. I’d like to see the bridge lit up at night. The world just feels more magical then sometimes. I wonder if anyone has proposed marriage here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627861116085-W8VKYHQBBWI6LLVX3U5P/AB67B751-B4F1-49CC-86C5-88FB4F378119.JPG Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - J.J Scollan Couldn't Have Been The Only One There was bragging about not paying the toll. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627861151935-D4WJ8BSLT0BW3OIGZSYR/76647D94-5CFD-4AB5-AAD5-FAAE7D5E4297.JPG Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - No Surprise Visit By A Dolphin This Time Stephanie and I did not see a dolphin during our visit, but there was one spotted swimming in the river in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1628654330863-GOMC1FV87GZMC7VMFKHB/48017595-9C05-4F8C-BC24-062295C29D55.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - Directions You just cross the road to get to the bridge to get to the other side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1628654324761-6Y1X43V97ZEVEK61MVQJ/76647D94-5CFD-4AB5-AAD5-FAAE7D5E4297.JPG Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - Rippling, Entrancing Energy The water was black and shiny and mysterious and mesmerizing. The River Liffey is the vein of life in Dublin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627861275359-BFHOFYLBNGE12ZM2S9XM/3549DC68-5275-4B59-926D-4657156EDE4D.JPG Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - First Selfie This is like one of those photos that celebrities can’t stand (see Cole Sprouse) where you pretend you’re taking a photo of yourself, but you’re really trying to get a picture of the famous person in the background, i.e. the Ha’penny Bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627861275620-UGFSJCBO4U0WMGNNL9OW/91734780-90BA-40F9-9C88-4C6D92084231.JPG Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - Second Selfie This is not much different from Selfie Number One, to be honest. It’s an insurance selfie, in case the first one is a dud - eyes closed, gummy smile, hair sticking up, double chin. There’s no end to what could go wrong. But congratulations to Steph (the brunette) and her selfie stick for getting us both in the frame, even if her whole face is showing and mine is well…mostly there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627861277168-35EEXEUGQBX88H26K6P2/C68FBB54-A2B9-4EF3-8F29-5142FB169A60.JPG Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - Third Selfie I feel like I’m giving a wider smile here, even if one of my eyes is almost closed. Also, notice the bridge. Behind our giant heads is an iconic landmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627861277971-3EBEWOC8C1OQTNCP3VRR/225008BB-6B31-4E14-9C27-BC785BF989D2.JPG Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - Fourth Selfie This is our final, “Yay! We’re in Ireland!” selfie in front of Ha’penny Bridge. I really feel like we nailed it with this one. Besides, I was getting hungry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627938616245-VW5UHDF5TM2O93EJLAGY/0E011530-BD49-4048-863A-85A77246924B.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - Helpful Signs I really appreciate all the signage in Dublin and I think it’s a big part of why we didn’t get lost but I never tired of the thrill of seeing the location names in Irish too. The city is steeped in Irish history. You can feel the pride. Someday I hope to attend a performance at the famous Abbey Theatre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627938648762-RIESP7CSYKJZ9O035ZUD/067150DA-F504-4585-A14C-93984B22384A.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - Statues That Celebrate Everyday Life This is Jackie McKenna's 1988 bronze sculpture Meeting Place. It is known locally as The Hags with the Bags. I have to admit, the nickname is easier to remember. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627938649606-8NYTOVJGXNEIMAG0G7J1/69D4FA1E-A241-4838-808F-2B90B21F3237.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - Joining In On The Conversation Steph mingling with the locals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627938677531-ERPVCSQ5ZX9YF766GBIG/2FFFAE47-79C5-4947-80FC-C8DC8A6863EE.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - The Sign Of A Successful Shopping Trip The bag of one of the lovely ladies/statues of Jackie McKenna's 1988 sculpture Meeting Place. The name on the bag is Arnotts, a well-known department store in Ireland. I want to know what’s inside the bronze bag. Is it: a Jakks ReDo Pink Palm Shorty Cruiser Skateboard; a Whistles Jemma Wild Leopard Jumpsuit; or a Whirlpool 9kg 6th Sense Heat Pump Tumble Dryer? Well…it’s probably not that last one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627941824544-ENPT7NJ6MUK8WOI8BYI8/9A18FB30-241B-4A1A-A868-37435CA2C5FD.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - Butlers Chocolate Café “All cafés offer a wide range of hot and cold beverages, morning goods and sweet treats that are part of Butlers Chocolate Café signature offer and of course the house speciality, Butlers award winning Hot Chocolate.” We mostly picked out gifts for loved ones. Next time, I would also like to have a hot chocolate, after all it is award winning, or a white hot chocolate or both. The “100% Irish family owned” company is named after its original founder, Marion Butler. I think they should have chosen to name it after her first name, since it’s also my mother’s name, except she spells Marian with an a. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627938967604-HI384JFGV89AH4MXYFQE/59AFD3A6-185E-473B-A42E-C36D09AB6462.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - Lovely Display I like the pretty colors of the boxes and the ribbons. Whenever my mom gets candy as a gift, I always take a photo of the box (and her) because the extra touch of the ribbons and cards helps to make it a happy occasion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627938964249-CY2VKPDJP956UZ49NSNP/0FE362FC-ABAD-444B-8A8C-313FA05AF9CF.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - Stepping Up To The Counter How about we start with one of each? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627938972610-1NVFY1G03PLZ2PGIJG7R/0DFFEE15-1099-4D47-906E-E176E8A911CC.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - The Vanilla (Vanille in French) Is Radiant It’s bridal gown white. The many flavors, including Vanille, intrigued me, such as Marzipan, Double Chocolate, and Orange Crunch. Also, those chocolate hearts have my heart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627938976833-2C4OOFVVFE6SQ0BOC6HK/49DC1A6F-F6FA-4F6C-8CEF-BD5E091A1D3A.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - Please Pass The Caramels The Salt Caramel chocolates looked scrumptious and the Almond Café looked enticing as well, especially since it was a new flavor to me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627938985223-84FHXN0TMEFTQD8V419R/ABCEE2E9-FEEA-4CD7-8D8D-1B1E3E1B6F66.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - For The Dark Chocolate Lovers I noticed the Dark Salt Caramel for the dark chocolate lovers, such as my dad. The White Butter Praline and White Chocolate Flake would be great choices for someone such as myself, who appreciates white chocolate. I also love Coconut, as do my mom and sister, who requested a homemade coconut cake, which my mom and I baked for her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627938988699-Z0S15DV8HF50ARH1LIL8/B26A58FB-CD0C-4B4C-9D69-3FD81812DCFF.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - A Taste of Ireland Baileys Crème is a unique flavor I haven’t seen in candy before, which is infused with Baileys, an Irish cream liqueur. (Also look at that mountain of White Chocolate Flake in the background.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627938992669-D7YF58LLXZWQ7FAO6YFT/BE4BECA4-4908-48EB-948E-C4E6148FB47A.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - Another Way To Get Your Coffee This Latte flavor seems right for my mom and sister, who are both coffee drinkers. My late grandmother also might have enjoyed it, as she liked coffee ice cream. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627939384285-HS2IUE4GSLIR0FNN8BNB/20BA5242-D80D-4056-A572-59EEC1E6FC20.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - Instruments For The Music Of Ireland Dublin is a city that prides itself on live music, so it was not surprising to see a store such as Music Minds. It is an,“Irish musical instrument retailer on Dublin's Lower Liffey St.,” according to the store’s Instagram account. Gorta is Irish for famine, obviously referring to the Great Famine that occurred here in Ireland between 1845–1849. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627941807559-L173WO65SOJQX8R2KHDY/1211FC9F-33D9-4EDC-99B3-EFDC425BDC3F.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - Do Angels Get Their Harps In Ireland? I don’t have wings but I contemplated buying a small harp in Music Minds. I saw one in the storefront (see photo). I checked their website and they don’t seem to have any currently in stock. Maybe there was an angels convention and they all sold out. Even the harp magnet was unavailable. I really fell in love with harp music while I was in Ireland. I’m going to go on a harp hunt the next time we visit the Emerald Isle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627941818631-1T3V8W44V3MMVG1107J7/756F0336-B2B8-492A-A4E8-F706DF84622E.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - You're All Set You get your sugar fix at Butlers and then you slay with your “fantastical miniature soldiers” at Games Workshop. Steph and I just went to lunch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627941832662-M3590R6OZ94DLSIQMECZ/2569AC9E-2CAA-4237-A7C5-7CC07B4BC4D6.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - Another Form Of Transportation I think it would be fun to bike around Dublin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627975769590-P7K2NU96FSHVMKWT6OUC/A75B9F02-63C8-47DC-BAF9-2EFA8E9B4EF9.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - The Woollen Mills Stephanie and I had lunch at this restaurant. They call themselves an “Eating House.” It is across the street from the Ha’penny Bridge. James Joyce, the celebrated Irish writer, once worked for the haberdashery that was there before the eating house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1628021535011-61LEM591R7LNKQ1UINZI/571CFBD7-3398-4BB3-AA10-CBA92EE617A6.JPG Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - A Word And A World Away Sambo in Irish slang means sandwich. It is obviously not the offensive term for a black person. One use feeds the body, the other degrades the soul. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627969630106-8E70MD388LO6839ARP7O/A3625A89-930B-4777-BA0A-735C8D6EBE6C.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - So Many Choices! What will you be having? Their menu has changed since Steph and I were there pre-Covid-19, but there continue to be tasty items. I’m so glad to see that they have reopened. There is an updated menu on their website. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627969638712-XLQUFB00WYX5ZZZKRUO4/6F9A416B-A6E1-442D-B602-201144F8374B.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - Atmosphere Steph and I were there a bit earlier than the lunch crowd. I remember talking to her and hearing someone from another table identify me as an American to their companion, which was equally thrilling and disappointing. I’m proud to be American, but if I want to pass myself off as Irish I’m going to have to work on my accent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1629673521702-4Z06FD3P07J5OX1AJZMI/0003BCAA-A856-474E-BD05-8E1274D616A7.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - My Lunch I had the "Ploughman's sambo: Coolattin Irish Cheddar, butterhead lettuce + piccalilli." I also had butternut squash soup. Coolattin is in Co. Wicklow. Piccalilli is a mixed vegetable relish. Oxford Languages defines it as, “a relish of chopped vegetables, mustard, and hot spices.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1629673705389-LHRE92SVYUKRFRW1O55J/D9E766E0-1A37-4E49-90A2-193F607C54C5.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - Steph's Lunch Steph had the butternut squash soup too and the “Tuna Reuben’ (Shines’ tuna, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese + Thousand Island).” Shines Wild Irish Tuna is a family-owned business based out of Killybegs, Donegal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1628021538090-XTJF6DMDI6TUWQAYIQRY/3C41C8B2-7F9D-4E5B-A314-24CEAC7E4ADC.JPG Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - Check, Please! Aoife was our server. Isn’t that the most lovely Irish name? It means "beautiful, radiant," in Irish Gaelic. On another note, I think the “meat” on the receipt was actually our soup. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627969678351-ZNIY9H0PEBB01F10VUCZ/9976AA74-1066-4005-9612-227BBF1266FC.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - Beautiful Flowers How lovely is this? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627969971593-HC2P54AAMGFTRRNCSHSN/36D05134-DBFF-4E12-8E2A-7FFC962A1FDC.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - A Wonderful Window Box I had to take a second photo because I love window boxes. This one is especially lovely with the cascading flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627969679896-3RYND0HNR5IX9W8IC2RO/62C5F41D-4D51-4474-B621-E00AB4AB5E9C.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - More Cascading & Hanging Flowers Dublin does this so well! I feel so much happier when I see pretty flowers like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627969967351-LP29CYXAV8N292U1Y3IS/4BFC5A38-6B7D-42D5-9AAE-F02918E06636.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - Irish Alley Even the alleys in Dublin are colorful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627970016666-VK5DDWTCCOPDG8DOB4SA/84E44A9C-44E8-4CF9-8B8F-D038502FC1E8.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - More Colorful Dublin Dublin is a city that expresses itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627970398649-PTE7I4P2PN3PH4I3BXMV/CA9DE191-0CC0-454B-AC4B-5CF0D4DF2D86.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - Trinity College, Dublin This is a view of Trinity College, Dublin from College Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627970392310-ZZMBNNV6VEWB2DSW4J1P/6EF628CF-8C69-4F44-A2A8-786742F15EE4.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - Thomas Moore This dignified statue is of Thomas Moore. It is on College Street. Thomas Moore was an Irish author and composer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627970071203-XO9RYWA0PEU1BZ0V7FHW/A8558EF2-A659-4DCF-A763-B811E68B0986.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - More Wonderful Window Boxes! I love them! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627970083624-9TN1PK9ZUT7RONYEG8LS/47BB5CD6-5560-413A-98E8-77316AFDE16E.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - The Vegan Movement Represents “VEGAN MEANS NO KILLING: nice isn't it” “R.I.P“- The R is crossed out and replaced with an L for Live In Peace. I have a lot of respect for the vegan movement and those who care about animal rights. It’s nice to see that view represented, especially when traditional Irish cuisine so often includes meat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1627970095525-32VFGR6GC7JTH0APS4JB/3C7B4B3A-FE0C-4C94-B34D-6E47D90891A1.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Leaving Our Luggage Behind And Crossing Over The Bridge - Another View Of Stately Dublin Dublin has such elegance. As can be seen in this photo, the Garda is often a familiar sight. That made me feel safe. https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/a-wilde-read monthly 0.5 2021-07-31 https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/3yimf6ygopdsel375o0dp2444bg0fs monthly 0.5 2021-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1617301881118-QGMKM2YOXKCGEWLENQE0/0B23D96D-2B14-498C-BCC0-6FC2B929490B.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Temple Bar Times: Discovering A Colorful Neighborhood That Thrives On Entertaining - Lovely Dublin One of my favorite activities to do as a tourist in a new city is to just walk around. Dublin has such charm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1617300506694-6YJPESLGDHIN82VB6CN9/A1D1D05F-D418-475D-8F00-ED517F9E8256.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Temple Bar Times: Discovering A Colorful Neighborhood That Thrives On Entertaining - Dubarry of Ireland We passed by Dubarry of Ireland, an exclusive Irish-owned company that sells clothing and footwear. https://www.dubarry.us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1617300504304-TSWSRW1QJL89DSNXL1G6/42E80C6C-CF86-4EC1-9E0F-807F0232DCD4.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Temple Bar Times: Discovering A Colorful Neighborhood That Thrives On Entertaining - Flowers Everywhere I loved the buildings dressed in flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1617300524693-XFWI0XXFQJ3TBJR7FGO8/07ADD117-79CB-43B5-8838-D3E4A37B28E5.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Temple Bar Times: Discovering A Colorful Neighborhood That Thrives On Entertaining - Not Lost In Translation "Car Park" is parking lot. St. Stephen's Green is the public park and garden. Brown Thomas is an exclusive department store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1617300531454-XWVJTOPXDC0W9GWO36A1/E618081B-E9B0-49AF-BC95-2952A0BB0CBD.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Temple Bar Times: Discovering A Colorful Neighborhood That Thrives On Entertaining - Making Our Way Through The City Coming up to Blooms Hotel Dublin, which will be closed until May 31, 2021 because of the pandemic. https://www.blooms.ie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1617300550213-RW1EBE6IZWWX4Q4GY06S/C9318D02-C34F-4108-83A6-1DB148EE3B40.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Temple Bar Times: Discovering A Colorful Neighborhood That Thrives On Entertaining - Steph & I We were a little bit stiff after a whole day of sightseeing. I actually saw this decoration on a window frame. There’s so many beautiful details on the buildings in Dublin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1617315706882-BS93IDJ0U5KGYULX44G9/57FD8993-704B-4B43-BC71-DEF4927F97AD.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Temple Bar Times: Discovering A Colorful Neighborhood That Thrives On Entertaining - The Cobblestone Streets of Dublin Steph and I followed Ireland’s stone roads to a nice Irish dinner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1617300554296-5N7AB11T2PQQUCG4QLWK/411916FB-B5DF-46D1-AE9D-5A56822FDAF3.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Temple Bar Times: Discovering A Colorful Neighborhood That Thrives On Entertaining - A Restaurant, Bar, Apartments & Hostel The Oliver St. John Gogarty is a fascinating, multiuse establishment Steph and I passed by on our way to dinner. The fiddle will play you to sleep at night or keep you dancing. https://www.gogartys.ie Who is Oliver St. John Gogarty? https://irishamerica.com/2018/11/oliver-st-john-gogarty/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1617300705849-1F9MVJQFJJRAOZJNADWN/88D2B521-ED9D-4CC4-B9EF-391AC83FEC03.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Temple Bar Times: Discovering A Colorful Neighborhood That Thrives On Entertaining - More Oliver St. John Gogarty “Traditional Irish Restaurant” “Traditional Irish Music.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1628027186229-FRZ8ZS48UJFMJZX24DFM/8342CC4F-E855-4114-973D-86E2EA7FEF67.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Temple Bar Times: Discovering A Colorful Neighborhood That Thrives On Entertaining - Steph's Smile Steph smiling in front of Gogarty’s . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1617300862041-IYSIBXJIPB9IJEZ2GG4F/D9311329-5069-4A05-BF6D-5DE147D3A383.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Temple Bar Times: Discovering A Colorful Neighborhood That Thrives On Entertaining - How many flags do you see? Have you seen a more colorful neighborhood than Temple Bar? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1617301876040-55RG76TNRQTYIVC8ERUQ/F6C81808-0BB1-42C0-A6C1-8BC458BB1DC8.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Temple Bar Times: Discovering A Colorful Neighborhood That Thrives On Entertaining - Gallagher's Boxty House Steph and I had dinner at Gallagher’s Boxty House in the then bustling Temple Bar area. https://foodandwine.ie/gallaghers-boxty-house-30th-birthday https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1617301851997-36D28YFTRXNJ1H60J7RF/879A5D1D-646F-4CE2-98EE-5F68F61A1BEE.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Temple Bar Times: Discovering A Colorful Neighborhood That Thrives On Entertaining - Closed Indefinitely It was so hard to read that the Boxty House restaurant in Temple Bar has been closed indefinitely. I hope it re-opens after this pandemic nightmare is over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1617301847415-2NTRWIKV39F8NMTNRC5K/3578B2ED-91A2-420B-B965-BC41EB77B3B1.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Temple Bar Times: Discovering A Colorful Neighborhood That Thrives On Entertaining - Stain Glass Window This is a lovely stained glass window that I sat next to at Gallagher’s Boxty House while Steph and I waited to be seated at our table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1617300712891-FMNJCXWBAJ01FZSVAGIG/15D5108D-016C-4959-B7CE-46AF0728FD8B.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Temple Bar Times: Discovering A Colorful Neighborhood That Thrives On Entertaining - Seafood Selection Starter The dish consisted of Treacle Bread (a traditional Irish bread), Dublin Bay prawns, oysters, smoked salmon, sea trout pate with trout caviar, lemons and Tabasco Pepper Sauce. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1617300713677-YQBQ8WZK596GSYO8UMYY/961757C2-02A8-4D85-9E4C-A2C4E1B8B5EC.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Temple Bar Times: Discovering A Colorful Neighborhood That Thrives On Entertaining - Our First And Last Oysters Steph and I wanted to try oysters in Ireland. I had oysters for the first time at the Chicago restaurant McCormick & Schmick’s. Unfortunately, these wound up being the only ones we enjoyed on the trip, which consisted mostly of early mornings and Irish breakfasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1618017119844-7KU2A1YMJL0DA6E0O1O3/IMG_5037.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Temple Bar Times: Discovering A Colorful Neighborhood That Thrives On Entertaining - She drank all the Tabasco sauce. Not really, but Steph did take this photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1618018980195-ZFJENULPNZ0RYSPGXVPO/IMG_5042.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Temple Bar Times: Discovering A Colorful Neighborhood That Thrives On Entertaining - Irish Stew Stephanie had the “Traditional Irish Stew, “ with “Tender Irish Lamb, slow-cooked with Pearl Barley, Carrots and Potatoes (Gluten (Barley), Celery).” She also had a stout pint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1618018185872-GYKL44H352B5TH7AZPCJ/IMG_5039.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Temple Bar Times: Discovering A Colorful Neighborhood That Thrives On Entertaining - Steph's Photo Of My Dinner I don’t eat meat, so I had a salad, side dish and the starter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1617300868726-6M9ND4NIR22D08GY8402/41548A95-20F0-41E3-ACED-03E4D8968D01.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Temple Bar Times: Discovering A Colorful Neighborhood That Thrives On Entertaining - My Introduction To Colcannon This was one of my favorite dishes from Ireland. According to Merriam-Webster, colcannon is “potatoes and cabbage boiled and mashed together with butter and seasoning.” The history and etymology is,”Irish cál ceannan, literally, white-speckled cabbage.” The first known use of the word was “circa 1785.” https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colcannon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1617300872668-92LH5W4GDDZQHM537LAR/AAF47EF1-A8B8-4779-8E30-C432ADAA364A.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Temple Bar Times: Discovering A Colorful Neighborhood That Thrives On Entertaining - Another photo of Colcannon I absolutely loved it! I dream about this dish. It was such a delightful surprise! I thought it might be plain, but it wasn’t. It was so tasty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1617300869949-4FB9KN1QDFJP8BWVGLQV/9629473A-704F-4DF9-8C47-7A75C996EB03.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Temple Bar Times: Discovering A Colorful Neighborhood That Thrives On Entertaining - House Salad This is a delicious salad with pine nuts. I love a good salad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1618019117196-1L0QZ4750AO8NHS8TDLT/IMG_5043.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Temple Bar Times: Discovering A Colorful Neighborhood That Thrives On Entertaining https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1617301594162-3IQJAT8TFM2HFPV0V26L/4CE2EBCA-C3CA-4E84-A358-9273C34CAEBA.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Temple Bar Times: Discovering A Colorful Neighborhood That Thrives On Entertaining - Rory's Fishing Tackle A mural for a fishing store. https://www.rorys.ie I like the name Rory. I named a bird Rory. Also, there’s Rory Gilmore from “Gilmore Girls,” but I don’t know who this Rory is…According to Nameberry, “The name Rory is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning ‘red king.” https://nameberry.com/babyname/Rory/boy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1617302243269-UMMZD2B2D5N9VXAX1OUK/63109B02-3CD8-47E4-8D42-BB435494F8B6.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Temple Bar Times: Discovering A Colorful Neighborhood That Thrives On Entertaining - A Dubliner And His Dog This is a mural on the side of The Auld Dubliner pub. https://aulddubliner.ie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1617301585943-FQUZWM8XZ4NW1MBVBB58/397F4A1C-1DD6-4964-8F13-7256F7BD76E2.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Temple Bar Times: Discovering A Colorful Neighborhood That Thrives On Entertaining - Famous Temple Bar Steph and I didn’t go into The Temple Bar, but we walked past it and were greeted by two revelers who wanted to help us take a photo. They were certainly in high spirits - very friendly and funny. “THE TEMPLE BAR WAS FOUNDED IN 1840 AS A WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT SHOP AND IS STEEPED IN THE TRADITION OF HOSPITALITY. TOM CLEARY, OWNER OF THE TEMPLE BAR IS PASSIONATE ABOUT WHISKEY AND HIS FAMILY HAVE BEEN BLENDING AND BOTTLING WHISKEY IN THE CELLARS OF THEIR BAR FOR GENERATIONS.” - http://thetemplebarwhiskeycompany.com/#pub https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1617301594986-SL42DXT8SVIYGJFSOJ30/89497701-80DF-4221-9008-425DA8BAD489.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Temple Bar Times: Discovering A Colorful Neighborhood That Thrives On Entertaining - Currently close The Temple Bar Pub is currently temporarily closed because of the pandemic, but their site does offer international shipping. https://thetemplebarpub.com https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/673acij5zs9jlslop2k3m68t2ghey8 monthly 0.5 2021-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1616632743228-LZCPKZ3QQWH5S5MXWL12/AdobeStock_94998006.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - An Unexpected Ireland Visit, Via Iceberg “This is the wrong stop! Wait! I’ll be lost forever!” - a visualization of a recurrent worry from the high-strung imagination of my 8-year-old self. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1616631283499-R4KAWS8DCCPSVVAD4J05/AdobeStock_11321052.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - An Unexpected Ireland Visit, Via Iceberg World Traveler. https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/oscar-wilde monthly 0.5 2021-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1615690690923-RWOYV39DD02VC9IV98TR/Oscar+2+.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Wilde St. Patrick's Day And An Earnest Dog Who Needs A Rescue - My mom and I were many, “persons of the play.” My mom and I were many, “persons of the play.” This is a photo of the Barnes & Noble edition. The opening scene involves a sharp-witted discussion of the piano, cucumber sandwiches and champagne. I knew from the beginning that I would like this play. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1615754084845-YRQS8GUMZVH3OP9JO6CD/Earnest+.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Wilde St. Patrick's Day And An Earnest Dog Who Needs A Rescue Photo courtesy of Chicago Animal Care and Control Transfer Team. https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/library monthly 0.5 2021-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1614454581166-AIUA0WOL9JN5MU5O8BF7/961A8E31-6126-41B2-86BB-92029C242888.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Brilliant Books & A Heavenly Harp: My Tour Of The Long Room - The Long Room “The room is the longest single-room library in Europe at 65 meters in length and contains over 200.000 of some of the oldest books in the library’s possession.” - A Pictorial Guide to Trinity College Dublin, The University Of Dublin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1604723152075-ZRIA0E9AEI7SNUMXUHEM/462E439B-B5D4-488B-89FB-DCEE336464FD.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Brilliant Books & A Heavenly Harp: My Tour Of The Long Room - Fagel Library "In 1802 around 20,000 books and manuscripts formerly belonging to the bibliophile Hendrik Fagel, chief minister of Holland, were purchased for the College by the Erasmus Smith Charity. The Fagel collection was housed here at the east end of the Long Room in the former Manuscripts Room, which was fitted out in the same manner as the Long Room, with oak pilasters and ornaments. When the east end of the Old Library was remodeled in the 1960s, half of this collection had to be displaced; part of the original structure can still be seen in the caged area opposite this panel." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1604723151596-5T0O983NWFLAVOLCVMMU/19D70CD9-2B33-468B-9A3D-DE16917D288C.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Brilliant Books & A Heavenly Harp: My Tour Of The Long Room - The Long Room "Under the 1801 Copyright Act Trinity College was designated as an Irish legal deposit library entitled to a copy of every book published on the two islands. The storage problem this caused, coupled with the dilapidated state of the roof of the Old Library, led to a decision taken in the late 1850s to raise and repair the roof. The inspired design by architects Thomas Deane and Benjamin Woodward was accepted by the Board. A new roof with a barrel-vaulted ceiling sheeted in oak (which replaced the original flat plaster ceiling), and transverse bookcases on the remodelled gallery, were completed by May 1861. Today the Long Room measures 63.7 metres long, 12.2 metres wide, and 14.2 metres high." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1604723163581-QXMLX9619M38S28TJLOO/8F11A7AA-BE70-40F4-A4E2-1B41C080A745.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Brilliant Books & A Heavenly Harp: My Tour Of The Long Room - Library Busts "A collection of 38 marble busts ranges down both sides of the Long Room. The subjects include classical and early-modern figures, as well as prominent individuals with Trinity College associations. In 1743 Claudius Gilbert left a bequest for the purchase of 14 busts of men 'eminent for learning to adorn the library': eight of these, including Homer, Shapespeare, and James Ussher, were signed by the Flemish sculptor Peter Scheemakers. The French sculptor Louis François Roubiliac may have executed the other six, including Aristotle, Isaac Newton and Robert Boyle. These busts, along with Roubiliac's bust of Jonathan Swift, were in place by March 1749." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1604723162825-IVYBPODQE3MXNYLXB23K/24B119CC-87C9-49B9-8230-7D8553BF5059.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Brilliant Books & A Heavenly Harp: My Tour Of The Long Room - Long Room Pilot Project "To enhance your visit to the Long Room, we are now trialling information panels that unveil the hidden stories of the Library and its fascinating history. You will find the trial panels at the far end of the Long Room. This trial is temporary and is in English only. When the permanent installation is in place, information will be available in multiple languages, including Irish. We invite you to let us know what you think of the new information panels on trial." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1615505579708-FSUV1314ACIDY7QAYHHI/3B394DAC-81E6-495D-8DC0-938239E3C1F2.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Brilliant Books & A Heavenly Harp: My Tour Of The Long Room - Plato “Plato, (born 428/427 BCE, Athens, Greece—died 348/347, Athens), ancient Greek philosopher, student of Socrates (c. 470–399 BCE), teacher of Aristotle(384–322 BCE), and founder of the Academy, best known as the author of philosophical works of unparalleled influence.” https://www.britannica.com/biography/Plato https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1604723173842-IVDLYF867F9TTY1L7RJN/30C14145-90C2-4F61-9E89-74675A2AFC57.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Brilliant Books & A Heavenly Harp: My Tour Of The Long Room - The Long Room “In 1860 the roof was raised to allow construction of the present barrel-vaulted ceiling and upper gallery bookcases.” https://www.tcd.ie/library/old-library/long-room/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1604723364189-B8J8F6S282IR77K3TAJ1/10EE8990-0ED1-475B-8803-0D6C926AA89D.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Brilliant Books & A Heavenly Harp: My Tour Of The Long Room - Aristotle “Aristotle, Greek Aristoteles, (born 384 BCE, Stagira, Chalcidice, Greece—died 322, Chalcis, Euboea), ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, one of the greatest intellectual figures of Western history. He was the author of a philosophical and scientific system that became the framework and vehicle for both Christian Scholasticism and medieval Islamic philosophy. Even after the intellectual revolutions of the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Enlightenment, Aristotelian concepts remained embedded in Western thinking.” https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aristotle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1604723204247-VNQ2OU3H2H0UHZWPA7A1/0690ED08-034D-4B30-BA68-EF0B570408F3.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Brilliant Books & A Heavenly Harp: My Tour Of The Long Room - A Working Library “It is a working library with reading rooms at both ends of the gallery. Given the rarity of the books in this room, special care is taken with use and preservation. Requests from readers for particular volumes are processed by trained staff with the book being brought to the specified area and care taken so that the bindings are not stressed while the book is in use.” - A Pictorial Guide to Trinity College Dublin, The University Of Dublin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1604723393370-3Z2A8Q67V5Q2IJSD0YSH/77547641-51B1-49B8-9D9A-1B7909FBE3B8.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Brilliant Books & A Heavenly Harp: My Tour Of The Long Room - Looking Up The “barrel-vaulted ceiling and upper gallery bookcases,” of the library. https://www.tcd.ie/library/old-library/long-room/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1604723195033-4AGS5THLSMQMQT3PCHLW/22330EE3-7DDD-4C1A-8C5C-023EE6CE34BE.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Brilliant Books & A Heavenly Harp: My Tour Of The Long Room - John Milton “John Milton, (born December 9, 1608, London, England—died November 8?, 1674, London?), English poet, pamphleteer, and historian, considered the most significant English author after William Shakespeare.” https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Milton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1604723395489-6L6M5WRSED4WBBPM9BOS/D5DD1864-C02C-4350-A3F7-CE8E0DA40C52.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Brilliant Books & A Heavenly Harp: My Tour Of The Long Room - Gazing Upwards You can’t help but continually look up at the ceiling. It’s so amazing! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1604723450510-T9N5A6TGZ8YHRWDDBICT/3B34CC45-12EC-48C3-B1FE-79D6E7578841.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Brilliant Books & A Heavenly Harp: My Tour Of The Long Room - Rob Clayton An Irish Protestant Bishop. https://www.jstor.org/stable/20495066?seq=1 https://www.libraryireland.com/biography/RobertClayton.php https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1604723443152-BL4XCR52NUIC6SIF788F/FBE8FEAB-C702-4B69-8B6A-310F06A5A5BB.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Brilliant Books & A Heavenly Harp: My Tour Of The Long Room - Display Cases “A long tradition of displaying some of the Long Room’s shelved material in display cases, along the centre of the floor, under specific themes, has continued until recent times. The intent was to give a flavour of the material in the collection. These were arranged under specific themes and some of the titles of the most recent, popular ones, give a sense of this” ‘All this, this here’ Samuel Beckett centenary exhibition (2006), The Body in the Library; Great Detectives 1841-1941 (2009), Napoleon: emperor of the French (2009), Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Grey (2010), Nabobs, soldiers and imperial service: the Irish in India (2010) and Ernest T.S. Walton, 1903-95, physicist and Nobel laureate (2011).” - A Pictorial Guide to Trinity College Dublin, The University Of Dublin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1604723488648-UVAZU0YH04T5M5RDDPEA/FA8CD4FC-6812-4D91-A8E7-07D19B55D7C5.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Brilliant Books & A Heavenly Harp: My Tour Of The Long Room - Gold Lettering “The gold lettering at the gallery level commemorates patrons who supported restoration work on the books and manuscripts dating back to the 17th century.” - A Pictorial Guide to Trinity College Dublin, The University Of Dublin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1604723525468-7T32ML5N1OM5C4NCJIUP/90095FF3-F57A-4E95-AFC8-CCC371F36352.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Brilliant Books & A Heavenly Harp: My Tour Of The Long Room - Beautiful Bookcases The bookcases are made of oak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1604723578430-SOE0FNUMI28Z267R0DUB/6C950A56-15F4-420B-BC32-7CD79333D1CA.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Brilliant Books & A Heavenly Harp: My Tour Of The Long Room - Double R I had to post the double r. My aunt is Rosemary and I am named after her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1604723613946-G1VY8I2UB0WBRZQAJNP5/B91B545F-070A-4B57-885C-9E07B8D98106.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Brilliant Books & A Heavenly Harp: My Tour Of The Long Room - Where Learning Is Revered Such a majestic setting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1604724884576-8YW5IFZLQSFPTT7XX248/47BF3C85-6BFA-46BC-A8E8-7F8A5053440B.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Brilliant Books & A Heavenly Harp: My Tour Of The Long Room “Another item often associated with the Emperor of the Irish, Brian Boru, in this case erroneously, is the Trinity College Harp. This is the oldest known musical instrument of its type in Ireland, probably dating from the 14th century. Its representation has been part of the coat of arms of the O’Neill clan for centuries and subsequently became the same for the newly formed free state of Ireland in 1922. It can be seen on all Irish Government stationery and on Euro coins and Irish currency since the foundation of the state. On permanent display in the Long Room of Trinity’s Old Library, it is one of the many popular items of interest to the 740,000 guests who visit each year.” - A Pictorial Guide to Trinity College Dublin, The University Of Dublin As the 739,999th guest, I can attest that it was indeed of interest. I discovered the magic of the harp that day. “[The harp] is made of oak and willow with 29 brass strings. It is the model for the emblem of Ireland.” - https://www.tcd.ie/library/old-library/long-room/ It creates sounds that I assume accompany angels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1604724434283-H9PFQETCYEVUTOPG2UDS/05B7F79A-960A-4331-8423-58BB7FA503E5.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Brilliant Books & A Heavenly Harp: My Tour Of The Long Room - Patrons Who Became Famous “We can see from this that Trinity has on occasion championed its own alumni. it is interesting to note that it is in this very library that luminaries such as Oscar Wilde, Samuel Beckett, Bram Stoker and Ernest Walton would have studied.” - A Pictorial Guide to Trinity College Dublin, The University Of Dublin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1604724402451-OAKUN2O4DU26A1MQ7XHF/9EEDA555-BBA3-4443-A114-B1E2EB2C4FD6.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Brilliant Books & A Heavenly Harp: My Tour Of The Long Room - You Look Like You've Seen A Ghost Perhaps this woman just saw one of those dearly departed distinguished alumni. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1604724416096-DIGU4H63VTVFD6RFGW8A/5CA17E95-0773-42C3-B6E8-3BD59F3424DA.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Brilliant Books & A Heavenly Harp: My Tour Of The Long Room - So Much Important History “Other treasures in the Long Room include one of the few remaining copies of the 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic which was read outside the General Post Office on 24 April 1916 by Patrick Pearse at the start of the Easter Rising.” - https://www.tcd.ie/library/old-library/long-room/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1604724424702-XOU0GV6AHB1EDV8YY8C9/41C5FC07-B623-4C3E-A81A-9C9769707580.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Brilliant Books & A Heavenly Harp: My Tour Of The Long Room - White Ribbons “The Library’s own Conservation Department work tirelessly on these and other volumes with much time given to the mundane task of vacuuming the dust from each book. The volumes on the shelves which can be seen with white ribbon binding are those currently under conservation. “ “You can help in the excellent work now being done by Trinity College Library’s Preservation and Conservation Department by contacting them at https://www.tcd.ie/Library/preservation/supporting.php “ - A Pictorial Guide to Trinity College Dublin, The University Of Dublin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1604724443666-DYGD53O68ZNVCTP99ETF/5E9B3834-B857-4B42-A756-E59B5DC3562C.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Brilliant Books & A Heavenly Harp: My Tour Of The Long Room - Online Experience Although nothing compares to an in person visit to this beautiful library, “A programme of scanning some of the volumes is in progress at the moment so that online access may be available in the near future, thus enabling wider access to these rare volumes and preserving the original item from inevitable wear and tear.”- A Pictorial Guide to Trinity College Dublin, The University Of Dublin https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/book-of-kells monthly 0.5 2020-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600307873481-JJ25ZLUF71WOZ7XEJ8H1/ACB3168C-5884-4EEB-AE64-A32C4274E2DB.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - The Adventure Begins Steph and I entered a room where we read all about the Book of Kells, before laying eyes on the illuminated manuscript itself. —- The Book of Kells “The most richly decorated of Ireland’s medieval illuminated manuscripts, the ‘Book of Kells’ may have been the work of monks from Iona, who fled Kells… in AD 806 after a Viking raid. The book, which was moved to Trinity College… in the 17th century, contains the four gospels in Latin. The scribes who copied the texts also embellished their calligraphy with intricate interlacing spirals as well as human figures and animals. Some of the dyes used were imported from as far as the Middle East.” - DK Eyewitness Travel 2018 Ireland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600308124600-HYK5I31Y6QFLJYBOJU4D/B59365FA-AEFC-4396-9EA5-EC29B929C66E.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Introduction to the Book of Kells "Over 1000 years ago Ireland had a population of less than half a million people living in fortified homesteads along its coasts and inland waterways. Much of present-day arable land was covered with forest. Wet weather, poor drainage and inadequate agricultural equipment resulted in many famines. The social hierarchy in Ireland placed slaves and hostages at the bottom, peasants and soldiers in the middle, and kings at the top. Wealth resided in the land and Ireland's numerous petty kings or chiefs engaged in constant battles to maintain control over their small kingdoms. Between 700 and 900 AD this constant warring abated which, with an improvement in the climate and the absence of great plagues, meant that Irish society became increasingly stable. It is not known when or how the Irish first came into contact with Christianity. There were sufficient Christians In Ireland in 431 AD for Pope Celestine to send them their first bishop, Palladius. Among the new practices which Christianity introduced to Ireland, the most profound change was the introduction of writing." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600307872060-XJ3QJ9758NK8KG23KBFD/B0360749-62E6-4A87-B6E2-AF74BABDAC77.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Ireland The Forest It is amazing to think that the Ireland of 1,000 years ago was covered with forests. I wonder what it would have been like to stand in those mysterious woods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600307883546-18RJ3NEQAEMDQ7YEV9Y3/34B7121F-8F62-408A-9D1F-C076971C1F7D.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Wealth In The Land It seems that Ireland’s land has always been highly prized. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600307884884-JJ0RPURWEVFZGPALL159/DBA47755-053C-44D9-BEB6-484D4DBBEE5D.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - A Connection I had no idea that Christianity and the introduction of writing were so closely connected to each other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600307895616-LBA3ASI7Q8OMGZBXN2MX/65561B96-A41B-4475-9AAE-D5AAB7379174.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Ogham "Ogham is an ancient system of writing, designed for the Irish language. We know with certainty that it existed in the fifth century as a monument script and it may be earlier. In its earliest form, Ogham script is made up of twenty characters, divided into four groups of five, formed by combinations of one to five short lines and notches relative to a stem line. Ogham's origins are uncertain but it was probably a derivative of the Latin alphabetic system. Although scholars have in the past regarded it as a pagan system of writing and gesture alphabet, more recent studies have dated the majority of the Ogham stones to the fifth and sixth centuries AD, well within the Christian era. Ogham inscriptions are mainly commemorative, recording the name of an individual with or without tribal filiation. It has also been suggested that these stones may have marked territorial boundaries. By the eighth century Ogham monument script was largely replaced by conventional script but there are instances of its continued use up to the nineteenth century." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600308124601-5PMAVJURQKSOAEQL2QOQ/C032A819-A71D-4EC6-A8FC-9201A4A3E20E.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Writing From Another Time It’s astonishing that we know about an ancient system of writing from the fifth century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600307893338-GAMS9QPTT5PC5F6N5XQR/87A7CA79-4440-4D55-8482-D14C224D92DE.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Finding Meaning In The Markings Looking at the “R” and the “S,” I can make out what my initials would look like. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600308137723-84F7E93QE1BXOJUGZXCS/96DEDA68-1B1E-4D54-BEA0-286755C421C7.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Ogham Stone It’s interesting to note the markings for “grandson.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600308132408-HXDB8I6WZE4H98QJPAOK/E509AB57-B83A-495B-83DE-D009D128AD6D.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - The Book of Mulling 'Pocket' Gospel Books "By the 6th century Irish monks were playing a dynamic evangelical role in Britain and on the continent. The 'pocket' gospel book, which could be slipped easily into the pocket or satchel of the traveller, was an essential tool for missionaries. The lightweight design was achieved by a using a small script and many abbreviations. A trail of books belonging to Irish missionaries can still be traced today across Europe. The Book of Mulling is an 8th-century example of the pocket gospel book, in Latin, written on vellum (calfskin). It comes from Tech-Moling (St Mullins), the monastery founded by St. Moling on the banks of the river Barrow, county Carlow. A colophon (scribal note) at the end of St. John's gospel names the scribe as Moling but is unlikely to have been the saint who died c. 697. The colophon was probably copied from an older manuscript, perhaps one written by the saint himself. Three evangelist portraits survive: Matthew, Mark and John." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600308139826-GSTV7QL1J7QLC0A0L1MB/5E3586E8-CCAC-41C4-A59A-F10C8039682B.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - The Monks I was as curious about the monks who created the Book of Kells as I was about the manuscript itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600308149197-G17MXHS3AN0AAQDYB6QP/6AC651B8-B8C5-405D-AF0F-73E2EF0ED1EE.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - A Monk's Life "The young monk entered the monastery aged about fifteen or sixteen years. He received a tonsure, or shaved head, which in the secular world was the mark of a slave. He also received a new name. He then undertook a life devoted to the study of God's word, fasts and manual work. Monastic discipline demanded unquestioning obedience to the Rule. Food was frugal and plain; fasts were frequent and severe. Monks had to answer the call to prayer several times both night and day. The working brethren were entrusted with responsibilities for the fields, the mills and the kitchen. Others were employed as smiths, leatherworkers, masons and carpenters. Scribes held an honoured place in the community. Monastic buildings, usually wooden, included a church, a refectory with a kitchen, a school, a scriptorium for book production and cells which could house two or three monks each. Many monasteries had a separate guesthouse; the community at certain times could grow to include pilgrims, travellers and visiting royalty." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600307899225-V6Y9TN8GTFGI2U1L7CXD/67D987B4-24EF-44C1-B2EC-2AF888384E23.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Scribes A and B. Who made the Book? The Scribes "The Book of Kells was written by four main scribes in a formal style of script known as 'insular majuscule'. Scribe A, who copied St. John's gospel, was conservative and sober, generally leaving the decoration of his pages to others. Scribe B, who enjoyed using coloured inks and calligraphic flourishes, was responsible for finishing certain sections and pages." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600308150563-AY3SZI7YDOEDYQMZQRZG/E7138A86-D697-4881-8BDC-8E2937832866.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Martyrology of Tallaght If he be a cleric, let him not be wrathful. Let not his voice be raised. Let him not swear falsely. Let him not be greedy. Let him not be treasure loving. Let him not be niggardly, lying. Let him not be fault-finding at meals. Do not slander thy fellow. Thy side half-bare, thy bed half-cold From Christ, God's son, mayest thou have thy reward, Absence from thy bodily family until the day of thy death. Grassless earth over thee at the end of thy journeying. Knowledge, steadfastness, patience, Silence without muteness. Humility, purity, patience. Take not the world, O cleric. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600308286994-RGXSS6A09WSVX53T4KS6/A8552E2C-BA25-457F-919A-334F68CFB4E0.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Book Satchels I wonder who carried these. If objects could talk… https://www.bbc.com/news/10407225?fbclid=IwAR3bb3Lr-qoUSE0LaP5W1x2DdwBLT84RmGPe4ie5Pg7ahITmQERx7GUdLik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600308283858-9T8SB4WZI25RFWRVYEZT/B7DB6231-1D72-4468-8E18-9DFA545D6390.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Evangelist John "The Evangelist John portrayed as a scribe: he holds a pen in his right hand, and his inkwell, made from a cow horn, is placed below his throne, above his right foot." -The Book Of Kells Official Guide By Bernard Meehan, Thames & Hudson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600308300726-S81TLVG4TJFUZEOAAUW5/7A044659-BA16-4441-84A8-36EF985DE42A.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - The Book of Dimma The Book of Dimma "The Book of Dimma (late 8th century) is one of the best-known 'pocket' gospel books. Each of its gospels ends with a note which mentions the scribe Dimma. At the end of St John's gospel, he is identified as 'Dimma mac Nathi', a contemporary of St. Cronan, the founder of the monastery of Roscrea, who died in 619. In each inscription, the name Dimma has been written over an erasure. The Book of Dimma was enclosed in a shrine in the 12th century. The portrait of St. Mark shows the evangelist, possibly tonsured, without beard or halo, seated on a chair decorated with bird heads, holding a closed book in his hands. His name is inscribed Marcus. A different artist produced the symbol of St. John. This shows the eagle with a decorated halo and double set of spread wings. Its head and leg are seen in profile, with the rest of the body frontal. The frame is decorated with panels of interlace and fret ornament." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600308300327-I5VYEMK2WG6BO4LWHTCP/3A9E6850-B9CB-4CB2-B50C-C358DE976CDC.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Gilt Cross England late 8th century "This gilt bronze mount, in the form of a cross, may once have been attached to a book-cover or shrine as suggested by the rivet holes on the arms and at the centre. It is decorated with chip-carved interlacing scrollwork reminiscent of panels of ornament in its contemporary the Book of Kells. This type of ornamental object reflects the close cultural links between early Christian Ireland and Britain and the transmission of artistic influences in the production of manuscripts, metalwork and sculpture." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600308312001-CC6W9OKNDKGVK359E319/731C1372-23EE-4C61-B610-1D3128CBA6B6.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Ancient History Learning about the Book of Kells is a journey into another time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600308313006-GPPPYYOAJUWOYQ4WDKE0/700BFA98-1026-4A6F-AA77-04F1C27A79ED.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Evangelist Symbols "Evangelist symbols prefacing Matthew's Gospel: the man of Matthew, the lion of Mark, the eagle of John, and the calf of Luke. All have haloes and wings." -The Book Of Kells Official Guide, Thames & Hudson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600308316437-N9MW70XYUXE6LHOL5VL3/16A29325-B880-4A7F-9013-545C6F56D2D7.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Viking Raiders Did the Viking raiders really have to kill the monks in 806? That just speaks to the brutality of the time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600308483406-MRMDHZNE22SBSOEKBQGL/97A4ECE5-B2AD-4973-8D5F-3B16D894A086.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - When The Book Of Kells Was Stolen I wonder who the thief was and how this person was found. We’re lucky the Book of Kells was recovered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600308492535-VFARNZUD4IP67KNXP1BW/183661DA-B6AD-4AEA-8089-D7394B360C1D.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Wow! Fires, rebellion, wars...It's amazing this book survived at all! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600308494649-IR182JI18PTLI0A2CW0S/78300F18-5A81-4826-BA4F-3D592EEDE794.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - What is the Book of Kells? "A double-armed cross with eight circles, referring to the eight days of Christ's Passion… It contains minutely executed interlacings of stylized lions (mostly in red), snakes (yellow) and peacocks (purple)…" - The Book of Kells Official Guide by Bernard Meehan, Thames & Hudson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600311589800-76OFBUG2OON4F5NNF4RF/C58849FE-FEB3-4F3A-AB75-FBDC341D4490.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - What is the Book of Kells? "The Book of Kells is a lavishly decorated copy, in Latin, of the four gospels of the life of Christ. The Book of Kells has long been associated with St Colum Cille, who was born in 521 or 522 in Donegal into the ruling dynasty of the Uí Néill. He founded his principal monastery on the island of Iona, off the western coast of Scotland, in about 561. The Book of Kells probably dates from the early 9th century, and may have been begun on Iona. The community there endured Viking attacks in the late 8th century..." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600311589557-ERA7FMGRBFFNG103LGB2/A3A60047-3C38-4E0C-A1E8-4A2F0EFF8DBF.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - What is the Book of Kells? “…and subsequently established a monastery in Kells, county Meath. The Book is first mentioned in the Annals of Ulster, which recorded that in 1007 'the great gospel book of Colum Cille' was stolen from the stone church at Kells but later recovered. The Book of Kells was sent to Dublin around 1653 for reasons of security as the church fell to ruin during the Cromwellian period. It came to Trinity College through the agency of Henry Jones, after he became bishop of Meath in 1661." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600311604163-XB9O4EO5ENVIWZLB13OB/3B6AEF9D-2266-40FF-A77B-1FDE73B75CB4.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - What is the Book of Kells? "The Book of Kells may have been commissioned to celebrate the bicentenary of Colum Cille's death, but whether such anniversaries were marked at the time is not clear. Textual errors and the ornate nature of some of the decorated pages indicate that the Book of Kells was not intended as a daily reading text but rather as altar furniture for special occasions." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600311838785-I47NCDLC8UG7N6SMXNSO/C4E99047-B4EB-45C2-A145-D94C6DB7DE6F.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Preparing the Vellum "The Book of Kells is written on vellum (calfskin). To prepare vellum, most of the hair was removed by immersing the skin in lime or excrement and then scraping it with a knife. The skin was tensioned on a frame, and a semi-circular luna knife was used to remove remaining hair and debris. The presence of hair follicles can still be detected on some leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600311838625-1U60BNL2UN2GKVCXHDRI/B1D43183-885A-4FDB-B3A3-9A31E630A31D.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - 185 Lives Calves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600311846891-0AR8NW7PETLXQ372M5MS/909E52FA-1E54-4F2F-862A-4B2DFC579C67.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - The Original Binding Did Not Survive "...assistance of magnifying instruments. Crystals may have been used, but they would probably have introduced an element of distortion. The original binding of the Book of Kells has not survived. The boards would probably have been of thin quartered oak with slightly rounded edges. The leaves would have been sewn on cords laced to the boards. A cover of red leather - which may be surmised from over thirty such depictions in the Book of Kells - was pasted to the boards and impressed with decorative lines and stamps." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600311598432-M3XUS0P6RDMK6OPG2L3D/E9876828-F517-4F78-8325-D4A7A755E9AE.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Inspiration What learning does… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600311848312-UJ2AI9ASK9LYTX9F08GY/03CAE5C5-9157-4F71-8A19-B30DAB6291F6.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Materials & Methods Ink ”Most of the text pages in the Book of Kells were written in a brownish gallo-tannic ink known as iron gall ink. This was made from oak galls (or oak apples), mixed with iron sulphate and wine or vinegar. A carbon black ink was also used, but less commonly. Some lines of writing were in yellow, purple or red.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600311608050-HEWL36ENDPSAQCFLC6FO/5C547C65-A269-434E-8F1B-3F6EBE5D2575.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Makers, Materials & Methods “The following section introduces the Book of Durrow and the Book of Armagh as well as the symbolism, physical make-up and scribal techniques employed in the production of the Book of Kells. The evangelist Matthew dips his quill into the inkpot beside him. He holds his gospel book with a fold of his cloak, emphasising its sanctity. The rectangular frame filled with interlace seems scarcely able to contain this vibrant figure." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600311855286-0L1EQLENUBLDDKVT6MDJ/9837A2CE-2920-43B4-BF22-F77BDB6C5FC1.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Pigments "Pigments were made from a variety of mineral and organic sources in early medieval Ireland. Research at Trinity College Library has revealed new information about the pigments used on the Book of Kells. The blue pigment, previously believed to be lapis lazuli, is an indigo dye extracted from the woad plant (Isatis tinctoria species). When mixed with white, light blue tones were created. The white pigment was derived from gypsum. The predominant yellow came from the mineral orpiment (yellow arsenic sulphide), known as auripigmentum, or gold pigment, in recognition of its lustrous golden quality. Purple was created from a dye from an orchil lichen (Roccella tinctoria). This was mixed with white to create pink." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600311616731-G4VJX7TZDI3UW7GOOUIG/55F9CD08-1B9E-4D7D-9849-65D01255866F.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - More about the Book of Kells "The skins were normally cut to form bifolia (pairs of conjoint leaves), then folded into gatherings. Most of the decorated pages were executed on single leaves, so that the copying of the text could proceed without interruption. The pages were ruled for text with a wooden or bone instrument, following the guidance of prickings made on either side of the page with a stylus or the point of a knife." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600311864826-WRPEJL1J7J8FATWCLSA0/AF757A5F-BD6F-4C42-B922-F5B8BD190E27.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Color With Creativity "Two of the greens included vergaut, made by mixing orpiment and indigo; and a copper green, known as verdigris. Verdigris was unstable when damp, darkening and perforating the parchment in some places. The scribes applied their pigments with great creativity, as pure colour, in simple mixtures, and sometime in opaque or translucent layers. Areas of design were often accentuated with red dots made from red lead." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600311621135-QW5J3X6MXFCTGMB4JPD3/D38F7D10-00F4-406B-9492-57904911C93C.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Writing & Binding Materials "The scribes used quill pens, made from the tail feathers of the swan or goose. The artists also made use of a range of other instruments: stiff pens, perhaps made from reeds; rulers; set-squares; templates and compasses. The painting was done with brushes, the finest perhaps made from marten fur, which was greatly prized in the middle ages for its softness and texture. The intricacy of some of the decoration raises the question of whether the scribes could call on the..." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600311627030-0449IINY781IXKZUH9BU/9C94E603-95BD-44D9-A817-9CD665215467.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Writing Utensils Quill pens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600311630690-4IG7ADCSH342X6JD7QEM/8E255497-3468-41C1-8FF7-9BC71516C6C6.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - 10th Century Riddle (Translated) "One of my enemies ended my life Sapped my world strength afterward soaked me Wetted in water, …Set me in sun where soon I lost the hairs which I had. And then the hard knife edge cut me… Fingers folded me and feather of bird traced all over my tawny surface With drops of delight,… Then, for trappings, a man Bound me with boards, bent hide over me Glossed me with gold and so I glistened Wondrous in smith work. wire encircled …Say what I am called Useful to man Mighty my name is A help to heroes and holy am I." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600311855260-703A2XXDVPXYF0XL6WF5/4BCCDF4D-6B2E-4D3F-AB49-C5AF2EED7BB5.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - The Scribe “The scribe,” as it would appear on the page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600312032277-88POEK6IZX3KB1JH4ELY/794B75DF-F1AD-4E42-9B22-35CECFF6F746.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - The Scribe A hedge of trees surrounds me a blackbird sings sweetly Above my well-ruled book The birds sing far and wide In a green cloak of leafy branches The cuckoo sings her lovely chant Protect me, Lord, on Judgement Day! Happily I write beneath the trees (written in Priscian's Latin Grammar by an Irish monk at St. Gallen, Switzerland, mid 9th century) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600312794992-KRSACGHQG9ORBPICDKMI/5426BCE6-636A-49CD-9C92-067E32F99AE7.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story I think this is one of my favorite Irish poems. It was, “written by an Irish monk at St. Gallen, Switzerland in the 9th century.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600313463193-QR54Z7EQEH8HERPG0VHT/DA84F624-101D-45EE-A307-1E04D4CD0ECA.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Another Version Of Pangur Bán You see the stylized text here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600313468872-6E406YPK52KBLR29H5DO/A35F1DC9-00DA-4FAA-9E32-654513761CC8.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - St. Colum Cille The Scribe Poetic words as they would appear on the page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600313470209-TLGUOUFKFTGPDZR4O79V/146936C0-C36D-4BA8-AF6C-2B777423278C.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - St. Colum Cille the Scribe “11th-century poem in honour of St. Colum Cille (c521-597): the Book of Kells and Book of Durrow were written by his followers.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600313610493-HW2O6ME9YFOO9BY6AQJL/4DD9E7C2-5233-42D4-8AFC-9C5168BC80BE.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Medieval Inks And Pigments ”Extracted from a wide range of sources, these include powdered particles from clays and minerals; dyes extracted from lichens, barks, berries, and insects; and pigments produced through chemical reactions. Black 1: Iron gall ink: This is created by the reaction of iron salts with the gallo-tannic acid extracted from plant galls. This is the principal ink on the Book of Kells. 2: Lamp black: A fine particle carbon deposit created from burning oils, rosin, or pitch. Carbon black ink was found in script and design on the Book of Kells. 3: Bistre: A carbon black produced from wood soot and char. Char-blacks were also commonly made from fruit stones and vines. 4: Acacia gum: Inks and pigments are bound to their support by sticky substances such as gums and glues. Gum Arabic is the hardened sap of the acacia tree. White 1: Gypsum: A calcium sulphate mineral common in Ireland. This is the white on the Book of Kells. 2: Lead white: This is a basic lead carbonate, produced by exposing lead to acidic vapours, heat, moisture and fermenting matter. It is a toxic pigment with a tendency to darken. Blue 1: Indigoindigotin dye: Extracted from the woad plant - Isatis tinctoria. This is the blue on the Book of Kells. It was mixed with gypsum to create lighter tones. 2: Azurite: A hydrated copper carbonate mineral. This is common in manuscripts from the later medieval period. 3: Lazurite: This aluminosilicate sulphate comes from the mineral lapis lazuli. Exceptional quality is required for a bright blue, which makes it a costly pigment.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600313476987-9SNWYFV2JFVZ82GM5Y5A/6D57001D-D7E5-4A18-8A48-461193B96EA4.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - The Colors And How They Were Made Green 1: Verdigris: A copper acetate compound, formed from the corrosion of copper when exposed to acid. The bright copper green on the Book of Kells is most likely verdigris. 2: Malachite: A green basic copper carbonate mineral pigment, with similar properties to verdigris. 3: Green earth: From green clay. The main colouring components are the minerals glauconite and celadonite. Vergaut, a green made from orpiment mixed with indigo, is also present on the Book of Kells. Yellow 1: Buckthorn: From the Rhamnus and Frangula species. The unripe berries produce yellow and the ripe berries a green dyestuff. 2: Yellow Ochre: Naturally occurring earth pigment, the principal colouring matter is the iron oxide hydroxide goethite, although many other minerals may be present. Possibly on the Book of Kells. 3: Orpiment: A poisonous arsenic sulphide pigment. Known as auripigmentum (gold pigment) this is commonly found in manuscripts from the early medieval period. This is the yellow on the Book of Kells. Red 1: Red lead: A toxic lead oxide pigment. It is also known as minium, from which the word miniature is derived. This is the bright red/orange on the Book of Kells. 2: Orcein lichen dye: Produced from fruticose and crustose lichen, such as cudbear or orchil. This is the purple-pink on the Book of Kells. 3: Madder: The dye is from the roots of various members of the Rubiaceae family, was used as a glaze and fixed onto a white base to make an opaque paint." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600313476690-1YQSSBUF56NWEHTZ9MQ2/CA787C6D-B100-463B-812B-B1E3175AC1FA.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - The Many Colors Medieval inks and pigments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600313778156-2TM7DP73WZS3NQ17A7ZS/205AB67A-12AC-41DF-820F-833807ACDC56.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - The Elements Of Air And Earth "The element of air is represented by two angels, messengers of God, holding gospel books. The element of earth is represented by two mice or rats holding a eucharist under the close scrutiny of two cats with two mice on their backs. This little vignette may also portray the medieval dilemma of a mouse eating a communion host, thus consuming the body of Christ." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600313784534-09WIPU2MVGJNWFOSBRWC/6FB0AD7B-91E0-4FA8-8E4C-36DEA3014D33.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - The Element Of Water "The third element of water is represented by the otter with a fish in its mouth. This fish is an ancient symbol of Christ and of new converts swimming in the waters of baptism." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600313780259-OL6PGIMLXGM39EOY0IQ0/48038BBB-AA14-429D-9C51-A159E55152CB.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - The Symbolism Of Peacocks and Butterflies “An intricate filigree of men and peacocks surround a lozenge representing the Logos or Word of God. The peacock symbolised the incorruptibility of Christ because of the ancient belief that its flesh did not putrefy. Two butterflies hold a chrysalis, symbolising rebirth and the resurrection of Christ. An angel holds two flowering rods. The blond head turned sideways at the centre of the Rho may be that of Christ himself. In the panel to the right of Christ’s head two pairs of confronting men pull each other’s beards.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600313617735-BAF2IOLYK4H073JMVYBR/CBB823B3-BCE6-4A7A-AC93-72AFB570DB98.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Three Major Artists "The Book of Kells appears to have been the work of three major artists, though there is disagreement on this subject among scholars. The most detailed work, using yellow and silvery blue suggestive of metalwork, was done by the 'goldsmith'. He was responsible for the eight-circle cross page (33r), for the Chi Rho page (34r), for the top section of the page of canon tables on 5r, and for the opening words of the gospels on 29r (Liber), 130r (Initium), 292r (In principio)." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600313608249-P8MRU85JX25VFI5YVIG3/8A33E5CA-AF0F-4077-9142-EA53116C1368.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Scribe And Artist "Scribes C and D copied the bulk of the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke. In many cases the relationship between scribe and artist was so close as to indicate that they were one and the same. While the decorated initials seldom illustrate the text directly, they tend to draw attention to significant passages. Decorative display script - some of it difficult to read - was used on the opening pages of the gospels." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600313617629-9ZY6KZ8A33M8HXS6WIGF/EC5EE346-69E2-4EBD-A4ED-B42DFBAB59E6.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Scribal Techniques “The 'illustrator' painted the temptation page (202v), the arrest of Christ (114r), the Virgin and Child (7v) and perhaps the page of evangelist symbols preceding St. John's gospel (290v). He may also have painted part of the Natiuitas page (8r). The 'portrait painter' produced the images of Christ (32v), of St. Matthew (28v) and of St. John (291v), and perhaps painted the symbols page for St. Matthew's gospel (27v)." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600313630689-SJ2DZEUQ56JGECZQ3002/5D7C5DD5-90C0-450F-8852-C8FE33EE87BC.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Managing Errors "The scribes made many errors. The normal method of correction was to insert neat dots within the letters to be deleted. One page, folio 218v, was repeated by the scribe in error, and was cancelled through the addition of red crosses. For decorative effect, and to make use of space, the scribes frequently ended a line of text on the line above. Later Irish scribes termed this device 'turn-in-the-path' (cor fa casam) or 'head-under-wing' (ceann fa eite). Animals and other devices are used to decorate the space between lines." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600313627194-93THX41VV6G2YKU5LJIZ/86994E62-F842-4C7B-8227-7F1F76E81D6E.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Dicebat "In several places, the artist emphasised the meaning of the word dicebat ('he said'). For example, on folio 252v, two lions - which form the first letters of the word Dicebat - hold their paws to their mouths. The decoration of the book was never completed. This can be seen on folios 29v-31r." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600313793359-LJLJ7P9HQBC0RLIUVPRV/48BD88BE-2F55-4692-87CA-F6443EB450C9.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Portrait Of St. John “The Evangelist John portrayed as a scribe: he holds a pen in his right hand, and his inkwell, made from a cow horn, is placed below his throne, above his right foot.” - The Book Of Kells Official Guide By Bernard Meehan, Thames & Hudson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1600313632723-0Y3D3QGKXHUN3LXOOMGD/0ADB52B2-B4A5-4938-9834-D6FDEBFE6905.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - The Book Of Kells - The Neverending Story - Chi Rho “The Book of Kells folio 34r, Chi Rho page The Chi Rho page is the most celebrated image in the Book of Kells. The words Christi autem generatio open the narrative of Matthew's gospel with the name of Christ in its abbreviated Greek form (Chi Rho) occupying the whole height of the page. The Chi forms a cross shape. The page is filled with visual reminders of the eucharistic sacrifice and resurrection of Christ." https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/trinity-college-dublin monthly 0.5 2020-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1596960026720-7DPWYDIREO00TG3KXUAV/82B0ADA6-8A2A-4C4F-9F9B-81A0237385D4.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - Arriving at Trinity College Dublin A glimpse of one of the side streets in Dublin, before Stephanie and I enter Trinity College Dublin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594928167035-HV565SH97V93DZWYCK13/FEB71CDB-494C-49F5-8961-9A888A310D65.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - The Statue of a Statesman & Philosopher Edmund Burke in front of Trinity College. Soon, he will be surrounded by a wildflower meadow. https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/parks-gardens/trinity-college-dublin-wildflower-meadow-biodiversity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594928183907-WS0H6M9R1VPA13P8HQM8/53BB85F3-EEDC-4CF7-A684-E38DEB40C404.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - The entrance to Trinity College Dublin It’s magical that you walk through a gorgeous oak gate or door to be transported into this revered world of academia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594928180486-ZE0UOJXA05YJTLHRG52U/40328EF3-9E05-4A79-872A-6B2994EE1DFB.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - Welcome/Fáilte A welcoming sign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594928219096-UO303YSSUPT8E8ORP16K/1D35D8C7-E9F6-4293-A502-3C5E6EDF05E0.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - The Way To Higher Learning The gates at the entrance of the famous college. The campus is right in the heart of Dublin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594928225225-22B82PQU3YEEYSO8WTVO/9615FFB2-6DDF-41CC-A89C-4BC5C9203677.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - The view from Trinity College Dublin A look across the front lawn of Trinity College toward the city of Dublin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1597209822638-G8UD4KW8G7JM2JW6UISX/burke.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - Why is Edmund Burke immortalized in a statue? "Edmund Burke, born in Dublin in 1729, enrolled in Trinity College in 1744…Once again, this student who would go on to become a renowned man of letters, seemed to have preferred other activities during his time on campus to those of his studies.Unlike some of his contemporaries however Burke was a popular student and was involved in the founding of the Historical Society, one of the oldest debating societies of any university. Graduating from Trinity College Dublin in 1748 with a B.A. he went on to take an M.A. in 1751 before moving to London to a life in politics. He is best remembered as an early supporter of the American Revolution however he found reason to oppose the French Revolution. Other notable causes he supported included Catholic emancipation, free trade with Ireland and uncovering the injustices perpetrated by the East India Company. Burke's support for unpopular causes led him to lose his place in parliament in 1780. He died in July 1797 and was buried in Buckinghamshire however his writings have remained relevant to many generations and continue to do so today." - A Pictorial Guide to Trinity College Dublin By The University of Dublin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1597208357470-I8UYT2X0GZLINKSEOCAL/stephrosetrinity.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - A historic moment in a historic place Stephanie’s first photo of us with a selfie stick. I am the redheaded student…err…tourist in the photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594929176961-V4IBPPU823YOQ612ME6A/E5462FB2-FEEB-46FE-B99E-ED34106E9A44.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - Campus One section of Parliament Square, Trinity College. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594929437108-WDH8X515Q4A31MV5TFUR/75A24379-6950-4B4E-9AC9-830432BD0320.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - Directions Sign in Irish and English at Trinity College. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594929214204-R4UMOU4XME8J0NOJQ6TU/4FE99574-5F80-4A86-AE58-0CDCFC02A447.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - Bicycles How great to ride your bike to Parliament Square at Trinity College! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594929417506-SRRXUVZZA1QASNMKAJN7/60CD676C-440B-4127-ABD9-F33E7E23D2A8.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - The Campanile “Campanile - The 30-m. (98-ft) bell tower, erected in 1853, was designed by Sir Charles Lanyon, architect of Queen's University, Belfast." - DK Eyewitness Travel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594929437713-8FOQTOF0K2TW6602IKR4/6768BB6A-FDA7-43F2-8C98-493ACD49DD87.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - Parliament Square at Trinity College Amazing! We were so lucky to visit the campus on a beautiful, blue sky day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594929229720-YS1GJ1ATY2WLREH029I1/E5743AFB-9C8B-4D6D-9676-8F4D1335FC6D.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - What A View! Stephanie and I couldn’t believe we were there. Also, for some reason, I wish I had worn a striped shirt that day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594929450233-DPE6BRLXTBUZZHT4PN2J/94CBF9C6-B5A5-4F2B-8D84-D814B014CD5F.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - The College Chapel There is a Chapel Choir and weddings are performed here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594929487641-J46BCAMD6I89VVZXCWJ5/95B57291-BDDD-4AD7-A24A-1BD34238B1BD.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - Child Genius That toddler in the photo is either a child genius and a student here or a tourist such as myself who is among the "1.2 million visitors welcomed by the college each year." - A Pictorial Guide to Trinity College Dublin, By The University of Dublin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594929920161-BYYGXOLTJ71TNUAIC8TH/9F6CCCD0-53BF-4171-B83C-EB55ED260EFC.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - A Spiritual Statue This statue is on the Campanile. It represents "Divinity with A Cross." - https://statues.vanderkrogt.net/object.php?webpage=ST&record=ie048 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594929924163-P743RBITFJ9KI0OC76MY/FA185412-29C6-4917-96E2-0976FDA95F0B.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World A statue on the Campanile or Italian Bell Tower. It represents "law with a fasces." A fasces is ": a bundle of rods and among them an ax with projecting blade borne before ancient Roman magistrates as a badge of authority.” - from https://vanderkrogt.net/statues/object.php?record=ie048&fbclid=IwAR3kYYGlJgyAYHu0BDR5q4czOVS5ylW54blOHgTrNHLKjWL7jsWcIZuqdiY and Merriam-Webster Online https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594930158910-JLCYQP16C5JFAGEFUOC9/3541510C-1D85-455D-A92B-989B149433F6.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - Welded Steel And Grace The sculpture is "Cactus Provisoire" by Alexander Calder. It is made of welded steel. - https://www.tcd.ie/artcollections/art-campus/calder.php https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594930151138-I7BFK2BE9DKFNOLSKV4A/4602318D-5F84-436F-81E8-1E74128DA379.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - Fellows Square It was nice to see so many people enjoying the day amidst the beautiful surroundings. Exams seemed a world away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594929969981-S60SMRWQHFR03Z66M4B7/1B6DD668-E7EF-491F-8A5F-39DE43E0CF92.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - A Cross In The Sky The cross on the top of the Campanile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594930186376-KXTITLRIEZTE7FF5QZOJ/594034D4-8841-4FBE-88C2-351F5797B636.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - Arts and Social Sciences Building "This Arts and Social Sciences Building was opened by His Excellency Patrick Hillery, President of Ireland, on the eleventh day of December 1978." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594929930773-NTCZ4VC27AJBWYE2Z9DA/83379745-4053-4191-A4FF-B98E0B5BDF5A.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - Me, Myself and I Squinting tourist trying to take a selfie. I’ll give this photo to the college in case they ever want to turn my likeness into a statue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594930198997-OB16L24ZJ91GGQSRRUZF/969798FE-347D-4660-84DC-FC62CAB3959A.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World William Edward Hartpole Lecky, Irish historian, and minder of the bicycles. Okay, I made that last part up. https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Edward-Hartpole-Lecky https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594930226533-N3ZGKDR98QDZCUNZHYO1/DDD73585-1FEE-457D-B927-30DC6F945605.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - The Reader Up-close photo of the William Edward Hartpole Lecky statue. I wanted to ask him what he is reading. Perhaps it is a volume of his own work, “History of England in the Eighteenth Century, which appeared in 8 volumes (12 in the 1892 edition) from 1878 to 1890 to considerable praise.” - https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Edward-Hartpole-Lecky https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594929941453-VNSGLNANLCQXMNQACESU/FA0E21E1-4F72-4665-B281-EED4C303CA50.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - Looking Back At The Front Gate Looking back at Front Gate, which we entered through, to experience this majestic campus. "Visitors enter this area through the impressive wooden doors of Front Gate and through a domed lobby under Regent House, built in 1750." - A Pictorial Guide to Trinity College Dublin by The University of Dublin So basically you enter a tunnel through a building to reach the campus. It feels like a secret passageway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594929981010-D20AAM9MZTSMAAHX95C9/6ACD2C4F-737D-4297-9831-6D91AB0DDF4F.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - A View Of The Campus What would I study if I went to school here? Maybe the Irish language, English literature or history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594930231983-B3MSLZM5PTWE7PAMCESN/93AB5FC0-0256-4857-AC67-0647BEE3A226.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - Front Square Stephanie and I would have liked to have taken a guided tour of the campus, but we ran out of time. Still, it was fun to roam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594930264930-I01081LG8GPJL0ZOOAJX/74444673-16F5-4331-8B2E-ACE1CE011FBF.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - Demosthenes Demosthenes carved on the Campanile. He is one of four heads depicted there. The others are Homer, Socrates and Plato. Demosthenes was a Greek statesman and orator. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Demosthenes-Greek-statesman-and-orator https://statues.vanderkrogt.net/object.php?webpage=ST&record=ie048 A Pictorial Guide to Trinity College Dublin By The University of Dublin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594930539571-BO42R478FPZBKSQ9OK7O/E66FA1C9-A98D-4AF4-9010-F4032D499453.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - George Salmon George Salmon, Front Square "Mathematician, theologian and avid chess player, George Salmon entered Trinity College Dublin in 1833 as the 14-year old son of a shopkeeper, rising to become its Provost in 1888." He is one of the Talking Statues of Dublin. Steph scanned a code and we listened to his life story on her phone. We were impressed by his intellect, but a bit disappointed when we learned he did not think admitting women to the university was a good idea. “Over my dead body will women enter this college,” he said, apparently. Tell us how you really feel, George. https://www.discoverireland.ie/dublin/george-salmon http://www.universitytimes.ie/2014/03/over-my-dead-body/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594930544806-KMAY0BH514PAGDNQHTPW/505F1584-0DE1-43D0-81F3-BD79CDF83627.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - A Talking Statue George Salmon I wonder what he would think of the many accomplished women who have graduated from this college, including Mary McAleese, the eighth President of Ireland. I know I can’t be the first one who talked back to “A Talking Statue.” - A Pictorial Guide to Trinity College Dublin by The University of Dublin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594930259030-IVFEY6RHDV5O9ZLESUSH/A091DD23-9BDF-44E8-8D31-095240AA2F61.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - Bell Tower In Blue. The splendor of the soaring Campanile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594930570608-N3KSAGI0FKX2UL0CAA8Y/F20863E5-B509-478F-81D1-FEE215D084AC.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - Details Of Building Every single building on campus is a marvel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594930613874-4Q0INT2Y7GQBW2GCD4JR/FC3F83F6-C77A-451B-807D-A5E3F3DF2E22.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - Encouraged To Grow Wild flowers, grasses, students and tourists are encouraged to grow here. There are small meadows throughout the campus. The lawns at the front entrance will be converted into meadows as well. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/trinity-college-lawns-dug-up-to-make-room-for-wild-flowers-1.4318693 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594930611936-NO42WWQZ6U95VBKN0BXR/27C8FA16-C292-4311-A9A5-D75C8EA1557E.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - Botany Bay I love ivy-covered buildings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594930630447-UO3Z10AIJHMASYR6WUL7/852E4579-4CE3-4204-A797-D1BC966B6213.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Trinity College Dublin: A Journey Through Wooden Doors Into Another World - Cobble Stones - I walked here! The cobble stones of Trinity College Dublin. “The limestone cobbles are river washed stones formed over thousands of years and are extremely durable.” https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/articles/cobble-stone-project-complete-in-front-square/ The very ground you walk on here is magic. https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/teatime monthly 0.5 2020-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590458152758-IVVNCRVXPT9XZ5XBJFEH/ShelbourneHotelGate.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Regrettably, No Time For Afternoon Tea - The Shelbourne Hotel The lovely gate of The Shelbourne Hotel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590458368659-0NXNRPV9QGS0Q87I6GOD/ShelbourneHotelNubian.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Regrettably, No Time For Afternoon Tea - The Shelbourne Hotel “…Its entrance is adorned by statues of Nubian princesses and attendant slaves. It is well worth popping in for a look at the chandeliered foyer and for afternoon tea in the Lord Mayor’s Lounge.” -DK Eyewitness Travel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590461061043-R4CMM3K1KDXBGZTM8KC6/ShelbournePlac1.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Regrettably, No Time For Afternoon Tea - The Shelbourne Hotel “The Shelbourne, established in 1824, overlooks the north side of St. Stephen’s Green. It is a popular spot with tourists and locals for afternoon tea.” – DK Eyewitness Travel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590461067159-AESSPG2NDPUH7PLWO0ED/ShelbourneWindowB.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Regrettably, No Time For Afternoon Tea - The Shelbourne Hotel Lovely window boxes at The Shelbourne Hotel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590461072394-91NWMX8L3SUUV82UOVMH/ShelbourneEntr1.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Regrettably, No Time For Afternoon Tea - The Shelbourne Hotel The entrance of The Shelbourne Hotel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590466633135-Z9ROSF2RGCR4DBJPLOSV/ShelbourneNo27.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Regrettably, No Time For Afternoon Tea - The Shelbourne Hotel “The menu is a swirl of finger sandwiches, buttermilk scones, clotted cream, strawberry jam, ginger loaf, and fine coffee…as well as 22 varieties of tea.” – Rick Steves: Best Of Ireland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590466930048-UBDYYEKWVGTL1C3WVGEH/ShelbourneGlimpse.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Regrettably, No Time For Afternoon Tea - The Shelbourne Hotel Another glimpse of the lovely Shelbourne Hotel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590466937852-DPSGB30GX73F9FLD6BD3/ShelbourneStatue.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Regrettably, No Time For Afternoon Tea - The Shelbourne Hotel A statue in front of The Shelbourne Hotel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590466945221-EKVX3WZC9BL7Z1X9X4TC/ShelbournePlac2.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Regrettably, No Time For Afternoon Tea - The Shelbourne Hotel Another placard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590466955371-83LK9L9A3PGWSLZK7MKE/ShelbourneEntr2.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Regrettably, No Time For Afternoon Tea - The Shelbourne Hotel The entrance to The Shelbourne Hotel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590467255512-I1Q0PG37N79201HG9EBV/ShelbourneIvy.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Regrettably, No Time For Afternoon Tea - The Shelbourne Hotel Lovely ivy and flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590467262540-LQUKGAY3Z2OLRTTB3L85/ShelbourneIvy2.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Regrettably, No Time For Afternoon Tea - The Shelbourne Hotel So pretty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590467267507-93TI2OH2S5LKTXSHTSZL/ShelbourneHorse.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Regrettably, No Time For Afternoon Tea - The Shelbourne Hotel Beautiful horse. I wish this pole wasn’t in the way. I love horses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590469304753-PODBB3Z38GNSALM5U4ZD/HatchOut.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Regrettably, No Time For Afternoon Tea - Hatch & Sons Outside of Hatch & Sons. The restaurant is in the basement of a Georgian townhouse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594411747620-0JRSDH1RE2JVDKM1FNEF/5798DE45-367F-4CF4-9E45-AC37BAB5F592.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Regrettably, No Time For Afternoon Tea - Hatch & Sons The outdoor patio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590469313227-LD00GGTYOQAGC6H35BB4/HatchMenu.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Regrettably, No Time For Afternoon Tea - Hatch & Sons Some of the Menu. Items included salmon & mackerel, brown soda bread, beetroot relish, etc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594411745009-JMQPT9VFV9IYQ2AJGA25/E6AFCA3D-C7F1-413C-BC5D-2D4D3B6DA89F.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Regrettably, No Time For Afternoon Tea - Hatch & Sons The Kitchen Table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594411722925-FITYRR9GKOQ0YYJPIKBX/0EE3C2A9-B2DA-4926-9227-030EB723FE1B.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Regrettably, No Time For Afternoon Tea - Hatch & Sons My order. Brown bread, smoked salmon, salad, cream cheese, sweet pickles and a lemon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594411004089-TMIQJ5QGTO5OTP888K1B/ECEE5903-298C-4564-A443-9366F4FA0FB2.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Regrettably, No Time For Afternoon Tea - Hatch & Sons My sister noted how fresh and light the blaa bread tasted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594411054969-TLL322M3UNH73Q9UMA1X/4EBD01C4-EAA1-464D-873F-8A31F2CE985A.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Regrettably, No Time For Afternoon Tea - Hatch & Sons Delicious and hot mocha cappuccino, served with love in an adorable red mug. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590469319520-TYSIVHIQEIUGKGX9Y9VY/HatchInside.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Regrettably, No Time For Afternoon Tea - Hatch & Sons The view from where Steph and I sat at Hatch & Sons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590469290880-UKYX4VUANK0OEL0ZUR7S/HatchEntr1.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Regrettably, No Time For Afternoon Tea - Hatch & Sons The entrance to Hatch & Sons, an Irish restaurant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590509923902-MGUJO19FDPIHAHKV1L3I/IrishSign.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Regrettably, No Time For Afternoon Tea - Signs in Irish and English Sign in Irish and English. We were heading to Trinity College. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590509930166-66YNRBNZSSFOS0VUUOEQ/MansionHouse.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Regrettably, No Time For Afternoon Tea - The Mansion House “The Mansion House is the official residence of Dublin’s first citizen, the Lord Mayor, and one of our cities finest and most loved buildings.” – from their website, http://www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-your-council-lord-mayor/mansion-house https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590509935680-QM587ED9MIZG7UWFFY33/MansionHouse2.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Regrettably, No Time For Afternoon Tea - The Mansion House “The Mansion House is the official residence of Dublin’s first citizen, the Lord Mayor, and one of our cities finest and most loved buildings.” – from their website, http://www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-your-council-lord-mayor/mansion-house https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590559234093-13WSNP462ZFHODI6ASGN/EntranceTop.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Regrettably, No Time For Afternoon Tea - Royal Irish Academy Georgian entrance with topiaries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590795787612-H6LJ32JA21YJJU1LWSR7/hodgesfigges.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Regrettably, No Time For Afternoon Tea - Hodges Figgis Hodges Figgis is the oldest bookstore in Ireland. It opened in 1768. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590796350751-WR1OTIJXAI6V8UCA8O0D/bluecorner.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Regrettably, No Time For Afternoon Tea - Flowers Everywhere I love the flowers in Dublin https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/2020/01/15/a-lovely-stroll-through-st-stephens-green monthly 0.5 2020-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590730844067-4HQGZ0LFUGJT8BTGS2AU/FusiliersArch.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green - St. Stephen's Green Fusiliers’ Arch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590799288243-G9U8WG6CC7E6Z7UWXX1T/lookways.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green - Look Both Ways “Look Both Ways” in Irish and English https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590799678481-5V1GM4PAM9FW5BGLDGL6/parkentrance.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green - St. Stephen's Green Entrance to the park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590799691137-204RFWJVGD4CDDT8IU1D/archnames.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green - St. Stephen's Green Names carved in Fusilier’s Arch, commemorating the Boer War https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590799703009-WXJSPU1ANF5SUGG62QD7/parklawn.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green - St. Stephen's Green Lovely view of the park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590810323948-GCSQLL8KZ9NFUIJBG3OB/fusarch.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590810335806-B13TTQLEHL546P62CT9O/archinscrp.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590806852802-XC5BJG56W7A62SZ6XO87/easterrise.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590810387072-PBZCF16UNEPMKPMX7EJH/Rossa.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green - O'Donovan Rossa Memorial and Seagull According to Discover Ireland, O’Donovan Rossa “established the Phoenix National and Literary Society, the aim of which was ‘the liberation of Ireland by force of arms.’ This organization would later merge with the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB), founded two years later in Dublin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590812265595-0H3SQ1XZC25AQ57USPBK/proudseagull.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green Proud Irish Seagull striking a pose https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590812272314-4UM4RRDI9H5EEV6DW3RO/Tranquil.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green Tranquil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590812276118-SV9LL0XWECOP2HTIGKI9/lovely.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green So lovely https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590814279953-HM9LHHDAVZF86BI3K1RN/mallin.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590852493327-DPYKLNG5VVAA1YAJKQUX/feeding.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green Feeding the ducks and seagulls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590852502753-XSA6PEF2Z9LMTICCR4RV/poetry.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green Scenery to inspire poetry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590852509420-BVLM8T3T6J80HF6XF0KO/browngrey.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green I overheard a woman at the park say that the birds are more brown/gray when they’re younger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590852525198-M2AKZHZAQ1DX75URTP2R/painter.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green If only I was a painter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590852532715-X095J8U8SSWYT36J7YF8/nature.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green Enjoying nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590852571611-CCLTDV8YJUQ6JIIASOWS/enchanting.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green Enchanting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590876469631-OKIBLOVCTWO5YDDBAU27/oasis.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green A peaceful oasis in a busy city https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590876585209-SREB0K2A0GWOLIXY6GXF/chinesewindmill.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590876782009-Q8800O4YTLKRB67JZ1TM/lordardilaunfront.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green - Lord Ardilaun Front view of Lord Ardilaun, who gave a grant for this park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590876794279-A1AIEUZKEDQNSAAD5HTB/lordardilaun.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green - Lord Ardilaun A side view of Lord Ardilaun, who provided a grant for the park and was a member of the Guinness family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590883384949-JR39WXQXWIIUQDHML3SF/withdrawal.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591035884636-C1UK24IB5USG6FVXTUO9/robertemmet.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green - Robert Emmet Robert Emmet 1778-1803 “Robert Emmet, (born 1778, Dublin - died, Sept. 20 1803, Dublin) Irish Nationalist leader who inspired the abortive rising of 1803…” - Britannica.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591035885100-MW7P2ICDPLPVSJPLBZJF/remmetpedestal.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green - Robert Emmet Pedestal for the statue of Robert Emmet 1778-1803 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591037887103-445490N1A8UWAWF0C9LK/happybirds.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green - St. Stephen's Green Such a happy place for birds, I would imagine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591037881619-TQG4IPXBJVC1EE5CIHWJ/winner.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green - St. Stephen's Green Winners of the International Large Urban Parks Gold Award 2018 Phoenix Park Dublin & Centennial Park Sydney https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591037890438-GTIDK3CXFNFXXFHFFPI5/moressg.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green - St. Stephen's Green More St. Stephen’s Green in Dublin, Ireland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591038791314-64IH7MBAP092X0UM1TQ4/heaven.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green - St. Stephen's Green Heaven https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591038800355-PB9UMZ5SVM0KL73P8NC2/lovelywalk.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green - St. Stephen's Green A lovely walk in the park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591038825553-IM7DAXRG64Y1MA4OKMFX/beautgreen.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green - St. Stephen's Green Beautiful green of Ireland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591038851320-Q2KFS3QXEFNALIAFB7DL/lovelygreen.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green - St. Stephen's Green So much lovely greenery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591038893130-4EJ0R55T24K4MV1HPOK3/faiche.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green - Faiche Staibhna Faiche Staibhna in Irish = St. Stephen’s in English https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591038905341-BIIFA0PFNTEOHVT56Z5X/serenity.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green - St. Stephen's Green Serenity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591039108570-DOZTBLDNAXJWOS5GZVP4/benches.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green - St. Stephen's Green I wish I had time to sit on a bench and spend the whole day here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591039129149-4BBZ6SKC0JNBBBDFA01L/viewpark.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green - St. Stephen's Green A view of the park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591039181297-YGHI15NUOBDM5D4F3JMZ/landscaping.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green - St. Stephen's Green More lovely landscaping https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591039155559-KYH92Y8Y928EW5A75AHW/beautlandsc.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green - St. Stephen's Green Beautiful landscaping https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591039228289-LLIX7S95REF7RPGT67GH/keepgrass.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green - St. Stephen's Green “Please keep off the grass.” It’s tempting, but okay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591039246121-M53FDYHS35COHQB4CMSB/floral.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green - St. Stephen's Green Beautiful floral arrangement https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591039255466-DLB7RV62D0U84EF574Z4/fountain.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green - St. Stephen's Green Fountain! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591039284507-FJUAYRCTD8WQCLQWF8IR/duck.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green - St. Stephen's Green A beautiful resident of the park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591039301984-K8MYB1ST4U628L34QWXR/pigeon.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Lovely Stroll Through St. Stephen's Green - St. Stephen's Green Camera shy https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/2020/01/13/a-dublin-dream monthly 0.5 2020-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590703980784-P46C5PRU3DUZTCVROG9P/butterflies.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Dublin Dream - Dublin A whimsical Dublin storefront. You can see the reflections of my sister, Stephanie, and I in the glass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590703997274-CSWD5C40WMCHGTQWP9HW/dublinstreet.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Dublin Dream - Dublin A Dublin street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590703999605-91NLD1G8EUJE8ZQZ86N7/brownthomas.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Dublin Dream - Dublin Brown Thomas, the exclusive department store. I learned about its existence on my visit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590704001522-MZCDTW357O2S853UXA3W/hilfiger.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Dublin Dream - Dublin There are some brands that Steph and I recognized like Tommy Hilfiger and Starbucks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590704007326-KK42XHRHYI26687QW2CW/streetovercast.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Dublin Dream - Dublin A Dublin street on an overcast day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590704011630-W08L1WYEML32VWYH2P43/brownthomasfront.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Dublin Dream - Dublin Another photo of the regal department store, Brown Thomas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590705199204-6WT1QSPGUSMRHI7FBNMR/bewleys.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Dublin Dream - Dublin Flowers at a coffee shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590705209470-5YUC3WW6P1FCWXKKVRX2/redchurch.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Dublin Dream - Dublin A Dublin street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590705881285-BHHVSJKAKTPTV2WAGC5R/doorflowers.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Dublin Dream - Dublin I love the different colored doors and the flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590705888120-T4366XMLZV2HS4Y83O7I/brendan.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Dublin Dream - Dublin Flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590705909858-CGJWACEEPTA3CRCM9XIG/Kehoe.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Dublin Dream - Dublin Window boxes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590705916746-R7D2TQPJ87HE9V8CPRBU/garda.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Dublin Dream - Dublin A police van. Stephanie and I learned that only a third of the police in Dublin are armed. Most of the police officers you see on the streets do not have guns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590705921198-TRK5412XANEA6DBQCFDL/umbrellas.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Dublin Dream - Dublin The famous umbrella installation outside of the bar, Zozimus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590707485310-95C00EAB3TPCC9T695NW/cheese.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Dublin Dream - Dublin Cheesemongers! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590707500531-TB88CITWGXXAJOYYM98U/cityscape.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Dublin Dream - Dublin A cityscape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590707530075-QHK70OU677SUIFMV0DLH/stannsplac.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Dublin Dream - Dublin The placard on the side of St. Ann’s Church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590707503333-23Z6ME3NHZ1RN3AJGDIO/stanns.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Dublin Dream - Dublin St. Ann’s Church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590707806032-9PYF0IVUHQCAGW56MUVC/Dubray.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Dublin Dream - Dublin This is one of the many fine bookstores in Dublin. Dubray is a nice chain there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591049696794-S0NBDWCVS1SZS5SY226T/aprotest.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Dublin Dream - Dublin A protest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591049700700-11AKH8Z6OUFE0MDVSY5X/windowboxes.jpg Irish Wishing Well - A Dublin Dream - Dublin A Dublin building with window boxes https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/2019/06/21/my-left-foot monthly 0.5 2020-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590713485472-VTNGENIA0CCF9Q2UNCMW/mlfoot.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Appreciation For "My Left Foot" - My Left Foot An Appreciation https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/2019/02/14/725 monthly 0.5 2020-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287823795-NLQ0USSNGNWOQH5SMWJT/dsc00051.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Saint Teresa's Church on Clarendon Street I like this mosaic on the floor of the church because it reminds me of Ireland’s close relationship with the sea. You see the Holy Spirit descending on the 12 Apostles to inspire them to be “fishers of men.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590771408856-WM6GYK34ZY2SKSQN0EVD/holywater.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Saint Teresa's Church on Clarendon Street - Saint Teresa's Church “Silence is the worship due to God’s holiness.” A reminder to behave as we head into church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590776520111-POZ54D5L5N7TO1W6TTTQ/chgateopen.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Saint Teresa's Church on Clarendon Street - Saint Teresa's Church The side entrance to the church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590776930277-RO6AMVIKL5H7CFOM9MOC/chgate.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Saint Teresa's Church on Clarendon Street - St. Teresa's Church Another look at the gated entrance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591051078083-QSD71MPO7O4GFE8U8OBP/Carmelites.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Saint Teresa's Church on Clarendon Street - St. Teresa's Church “The Discalced Carmelites in Clarendon Street have been serving the people of Dublin for over two centuries,” according to the church’s website at https://clarendonstreet.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591063454281-W4N1HI5ND1E7RDUO3LSZ/thegoodgod.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Saint Teresa's Church on Clarendon Street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591067816502-D50S2YS6BDMTM9A73E08/walkin.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Saint Teresa's Church on Clarendon Street - St. Teresa's Church Walking into the church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591067836454-XCBSMX3XWCVFFDNP8OJV/sidechapel.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Saint Teresa's Church on Clarendon Street - St. Teresa's Church A side chapel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591067848787-DCNWN6X2JZYCA70JNGLE/JesusCross.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Saint Teresa's Church on Clarendon Street - St. Teresa's Church Jesus on the cross https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591067875928-CR2Q14FZOKJL87P5ORYH/sidechapelMary.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Saint Teresa's Church on Clarendon Street - St. Teresa's Church A side chapel devoted to Mary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591067892922-8ANEU7L9K1568KQ9J6ZB/sideChapelJoseph.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Saint Teresa's Church on Clarendon Street - St. Teresa's Church Side chapel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591067922968-W8M9C8CDDQJRIKS6FY2J/viewfrompew.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Saint Teresa's Church on Clarendon Street - St. Teresa's Church A view from the pew. There is a statue of Jesus under the table, as if he is buried in his tomb, before he has risen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591067939705-P90JPGTIFYECLRH7G2ZO/Marystglass.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Saint Teresa's Church on Clarendon Street - St. Teresa's Church Stained glass window https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591067949518-Z6BLZVCIZF2OZY9E9GWQ/sistersofmercy.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Saint Teresa's Church on Clarendon Street “The first thirteen Sisters of Mercy are buried in the crypt of this church.” Sr. Caroline Murphy, Sr. M. Elizabeth Harley, Sr. M. Mechtildis Gaffney, Sr. Veronica Corrigan, Sr. M. Aloysius Thorpe, Sr. M de Chantal McCann, Sr. Anne O’Grady, Sr. M. teresa McAuley, Sr. M. Agnes Marmion, Sr. Mary Rose Lube, Ar. Ann Agnes McAuley, Sr. M. Gertrude jones, Sr. M. Francis Marmion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591067955729-RGM59U98766OUYKON5OT/sidechapelred.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Saint Teresa's Church on Clarendon Street - St. Teresa's Church Side chapel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591067973398-AWBA2PKV8JDC1J4SFBGT/twosidechapels.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Saint Teresa's Church on Clarendon Street - St. Teresa's Church Side chapel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591067982416-QOVUS8FGL7ZP2TSMDDNY/sidechapcandle.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Saint Teresa's Church on Clarendon Street - St. Teresa's Church Side chapel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591070651499-PU3HOT4G07SRE25NWQAG/chapelprague.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Saint Teresa's Church on Clarendon Street - Child Jesus of Prague Side Chapel of the Child Jesus of Prague https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591070668690-A7M5JRXA1IX5B083W2WD/infantprague.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Saint Teresa's Church on Clarendon Street - Child Jesus of Prague Infant Jesus of Prague https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591070682125-98B649OLHGZU558SDBFV/prayerprague.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Saint Teresa's Church on Clarendon Street - Child Jesus of Prague Prayer To the Child Jesus of Prague https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591127381453-9BIIE05RF6WUT7MW8EU2/angel.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Saint Teresa's Church on Clarendon Street Angel in the church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591126859982-TMEOUURS3ZOU6CHY9ZY2/holyfamily.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Saint Teresa's Church on Clarendon Street The Holy Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591126865827-EVFRMDON1IIJNILM68X2/statueoutside.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Saint Teresa's Church on Clarendon Street A statue outside of the church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591126872270-GBW9YS8KCPK2V7PO7C6N/busiestchurch.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Saint Teresa's Church on Clarendon Street An article in “The Irish Times” about Ireland’s busiest church - https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/religion-and-beliefs/it-s-probably-ireland-s-busiest-church-st-teresa-s-church-in-dublin-city-centre-1.2454677 https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/2019/01/17/upon-landing monthly 0.5 2020-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1594411696399-CSY2B8HGPH328I56W98K/59BAAA09-58B8-4068-A1EF-FF0E096EB9CF.jpeg Irish Wishing Well - Upon Landing - The Gasworks Bar The perfect meal after a long flight from Chicago, and conveniently located next to the Grand Canal Hotel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590723225223-5DGOXRZ1VIBLW4GDF4OI/mashedpeas.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Upon Landing - The Gasworks Bar Mashed peas! It was the first time I tried them. They’re delicious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590722649636-FL2KOICL6CH383PJG7AU/vegsoup.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Upon Landing - The Gasworks Bar Veg soup and brown bread and fish and chips. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590722656936-QDXU2KKOAAW1LGHLDIWS/GrandCanal.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Upon Landing - Grand Canal Hotel Entrance flowing with flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590722662692-GTFW9OL7OGZJ9MSMOY14/PrinceWillCot.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Upon Landing Prince William Cottage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590722667301-WK178RWUWMV3NJRTCCKP/garden.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Upon Landing Lovely garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590722690858-K7ZM3P88THHFA6T0KJHX/charmdoors.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Upon Landing Charming! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590722698241-VI56F61LVP9IKLNW1VKV/yellowrose.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Upon Landing A yellow rose https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590723278261-JY9SGVW69M25R196DWA5/greendoor.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Upon Landing A lovely green front door https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590723495757-IL5VMDRNNO9NE6ITJNIP/bluedoor.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Upon Landing A blue door https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590723658880-7H6R2G1VJEY9SMHU1SGM/whimgarden.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Upon Landing A whimsical garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590723673088-9BI4S8N1Z1RJIJCYEZVK/reddoor.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Upon Landing One of my favorites! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590723685493-SJ9HNG8HXXYXPNW7V7WW/bluedoor2.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Upon Landing A blue door. Stephanie noticed that someone left a bouquet of flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590726234255-H7V0U1YO9CGKHYZK3YRG/bike.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Upon Landing A sign in Irish and English https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591133778402-X1YRBIEQ4H2T4U7OOBEY/yellowdoorwalkway.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Upon Landing Elegant doors! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591133784014-BYC666VTBV3CDL3C0D42/reddoorflowers.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Upon Landing A lovely entrance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591133788220-0SCSWD4SDS0KE7HIDA9Q/grandcanalflowers.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Upon Landing Grand Canal Hotel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591133792879-2EG6Z1DCULY9VAX0IS72/hedgesyellow.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Upon Landing Hedges https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591133798013-VE4R4KUFT5547R04BZUY/morehedges.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Upon Landing More hedges! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591148084217-FPKBRYUNU0UNMO29AL4N/prettyflowers.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Upon Landing So pretty! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591148109600-D9AD03RSM1VZVL1ZFR59/ironfence.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Upon Landing Wrought iron fence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591148101603-3FQXI6DZOT62CSS4JL6T/tallhedges.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Upon Landing Hedges for beauty and privacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591148115633-VX2UXAQGYFH809G4YZRU/lobbyred.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Upon Landing Lobby at Grand Canal Hotel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591148073535-PBANJOPWTVZINPIH6UCS/lobbygrand.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Upon Landing Lobby at Grand Canal Hotel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591148223313-W55PVBTRGXSZO6ORCRL2/euchocolat.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Upon Landing Temptation! European chocolate! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591148092995-ISBFFMAXM5IZ34R96VKT/jetlagpizza.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Upon Landing Jet-lag pizza before sleep https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/2019/01/15/some-irish-luck monthly 0.5 2020-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590719875233-FRY7IKJ7YYV1F8OH4ZOV/greenfingers.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Some Irish Luck! Wearing my green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590721227322-N8EUB9QHPAZS08VY2LXH/greentoes.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Some Irish Luck! Toes too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590721243578-W66HRQ8QH7G2YXKJNQO2/airportwide.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Some Irish Luck! Gazing out the window at O’Hare International Airport at the Aer Lingus plane that’s going to take me to Ireland. Follow the shamrock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590721270379-CCRZO1LYCMZFMT27H8VW/airportplane.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Some Irish Luck! Another photo of our Aer Lingus plane. I had butterflies in my stomach. I couldn’t sleep the night before and now here I was, looking at the plane that would take me to Ireland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590721293554-51ETWHDR2W1IMX2QJC0K/unicef.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Some Irish Luck! The Unicef envelope at my plane seat. Having even one of your wishes come true, gives you hope for a better world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590721302377-UVTPJNQGHDYQXBPYVQIG/shamrock.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Some Irish Luck! This is the packet that the Aer Lingus earphones came in! Shamrocks everywhere! I am so lucky! https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/2018/09/13/book-review-of-skippy-dies-by-paul-murray monthly 0.5 2021-04-19 https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/2017/10/22/partaking-of-a-pumpkin-pastime monthly 0.5 2020-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590718447230-NXTU5N5FZAJDQ6V06YVM/pumpkin.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Partaking Of A Pumpkin Pastime https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590718933740-2OPVHM5K9EK3O0QZZ977/pumpnews.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Partaking Of A Pumpkin Pastime https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1590718490639-ONLMUOBWZ3TMXTZD6JZS/pumpwitch.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Partaking Of A Pumpkin Pastime https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/2017/08/03/569 monthly 0.5 2020-05-29 https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/2016/11/26/sharing-ancestry monthly 0.5 2020-05-29 https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/2015/10/11/spongecake monthly 0.5 2020-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287816543-Z0FDG6J7DME804PB5TGH/img_0036.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Sponge Cake with Raspberry Jam and Fresh Cream - A simply delicious cake A simple cake with an abundance of whipped cream! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287817051-QLBVO2HRKQO0Q3VTJ5UA/img_0045.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Sponge Cake with Raspberry Jam and Fresh Cream Raspberry jam and whipped cream goodness https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/2015/08/04/an-irish-exhibit-at-the-art-institute-of-chicago monthly 0.5 2020-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287792711-60ZK3B1ZWAID7TRK8TLB/ireland-exhibit-outdoors.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago - “Ireland: Crossroads of Art and Design, 1690-1840” ireland exhibit outdoors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287792857-J7GR45LM4YEGNNINGG9Q/ireland-exhibit.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago - The shirt I wore to the Ireland exhibit. The shirt I wore to the Ireland exhibit. It is a gift from my sister and co-writer of this blog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287792508-PFTU09OB6VN0UWZCXCZ7/ireland-crossroads.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago From 1690-1840, Ireland and “Dublin in particular, became a center for creative expression.” Their accomplishments were in “literature, fine and decorative arts, and architecture.” Their influence, “resonated throughout Europe.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287792343-UUKJVITK8271QPFGRWBW/ireland-crossroads-2.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287801682-75KM7GX4DN91ZMRSNYT1/two-handed-irish-cup.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago Samuel Walker. Irish, active 1731-69. Two-Handled Cup and Cover. About 1761-66… Silver. Dublin” This cup was “made from the Great Seal of Ireland from the reign of George II for Lord Chancellor John Bowes,” according to the museum label at the exhibit. ” The Merriam-Webster online dictionary writes that a “Great Seal,’ is a large seal that constitutes an emblem of sovereignty and is used especially for the authentication of important documents.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287798210-60UOMZSFQH26QWUFPCPL/ireland-mounted-elk.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago According to the exhibit, “Living approximately 400,000 to 7,700 years ago (11,000-8,000 B.C), the now-extinct Giant Deer or ‘Irish Elk’ (Megaloceros giganteus) once inhabited many parts of Europe, Asia, and North Africa, but some of the best-preserved remains have been found in peat bogs in Ireland. Symbols of welcome, antlers were displayed in the entrance halls of Irish country houses and symbolized a family’s long historical connection to the land (although such histories were sometimes embellished or fabricated). This skull and antlers was rediscovered in the 1870s in a bog in Ballybetagh, about nine miles south of Dublin. In 1921, the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin elected to send the antlers as a gift to a sister organization, the American College of Surgeons, based here in Chicago.” As a Chicagoan, all I can say is, “What a gift!” What did the fair inhabitants of my city send in return? It seems like there’s more to this story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287797152-8DGWE1FMV4ZTPOVXIMPC/ireland-harp.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago John Kelly. 1734,( Irish, active 1726-1734). Willow, brass. The harp is called cláirseach in Ireland and is a national symbol. It was the instrument of the ancient Celtic bards or traveling musicians. Later, it became a political symbol of the Irish rebels during the 1798 uprising. Today, the harp’s image is on the coins of the Republic of Ireland, according the exhibit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287796859-LE6OGHATSNYOMA9TF9S6/ireland-harp-painting.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago “Portrait of a Lady as Hibernia,” by Robert Fagan. About 1801. Oil on canvas. Fagan is Irish, born England, active in Italy, 1761-1816. According to the label, “Robert Fagan was born in London , but he spent most of his artistic career in Italy. This painting is Fagan’s response to the 1800 Act of Union, which abolished the Parliament in Dublin. It depicts a woman as Hibernia, the personification of Ireland. She wears emerald-green drapery with gold shamrocks, an Irish wolfhound at her side. One of Hibernia’s hands rests on a harp with broken strings, symbolizing the loss of Ireland’s independence, while the other holds a scroll inscribed with the phrase ‘Erin go bragh,’ (Ireland forever), probably the first use of Gaelic text in a work of ‘high art.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287793686-4VU9WLTH7E4B30PXA173/ireland-gullivers-travels.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago “1st ‘A’ edition,” 1726 of “Gulliver’s Travels” (London, printed for Benjamin Mott. Ink on paper. bound in brown calf with gold tooling on spine) by Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) on loan from the Newberry Library, another great Chicago institution. According to the exhibit,”Jonathan Swift, perhaps best known as the author of the satirical ‘Gulliver’s Travels,’ was born in Dublin in 1667. After a number of formative years spent in England, he became Dean of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in 1713. Deeply concerned with the strength of Ireland’s economy, he became a staunch promoter of Irish-made goods….” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287801307-3RXKG19GOHRVFOE8JAIZ/ireland-tights.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago Portrait of Sir Neil O’Neill, 2nd Baronet of Killyleagh,1680. Oil on canvas. by John Michael Wright , English, 1617-1694. According to the exhibit,”Sir Neil O’Neill, 2nd Baronet of Killyleagh, was a member of the ancient O’Neill family, Gaelic chieftains in the north of Ireland. In this portrait, designed to convey power and authority on the stage of war, O’Neill is surrounded by an attendant , a faithful Irish wolfhound, and curiously, 15th-century Japanese armor. It is possible that the armor refers to the persecution of Jesuits in Japan; both O’Neill and the artist, John Michael Wright (a religious exile from England), were staunchly Catholic. O’Neill would lose his life at the Battle of Boyne, ten years after this portrait was painted.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287787862-K3LZBC48IU4AW7LC9DQO/ireland-artist-family.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago “The Artist and His Family” 1813, Watercolor, ink, and graphite on card. by Adam Buck, Irish, Active in England, 1759-1833. I thought this was such a happy portrait. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287788251-IQBRR713ZG83VVQJAY8L/ireland-child.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago Portrait of John William Peters, the Artist’s Son, 1802, Oil on canvas. By Matthew William Peters. Born Isle of Wight, active in England and Ireland, 1742-1814. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287793112-LUW5E3U2Y8KBFHXVVZJZ/ireland-fancy-heads.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago Thomas Frye. Eighteen Life-Sized “Fancy Heads” 1760-62. Mezzotint on paper, gilt-pressed paper frames. The original “Fancy” heads were too delicate to travel so the frames are replicas. However, one has the original frame, and that is the “self-portrait of the artist”, featured in the middle row, third from the right, looking at the museum goer, holding one hand to his brow and a crayon in the other hand, as if contemplating how he is going to sketch you, a bizarre 21st century subject. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287793612-L7BRZDTAWBFXOOY4XHOI/ireland-frye.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago The self-portrait of Mr. Frye, wondering how to properly capture in art the strange creature that is the present-day museum-goer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287787928-W5YUBBO862OPRZ2N5FA6/ireland-blacksmith.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago “The Blacksmith,” Oil on canvas. 1800/50 by Robert Richard Scanlan, Irish, active 1826-76. The exhibit says, “He [Scanlan] had a particular fondness for all aspects of equine life, representing hunters, horse traders, carriages, and stables. Here he depicted the blacksmith believed to have shod the horse Copenhagen for Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, before the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287797512-F5ZPILA4CBSZOOEZB80H/ireland-la-touche.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago “David La Touche II” 1750/75. Marble. By Jan (John) van Nost the Younger, Flemish, active in England and Ireland. about 1727-87. “Of Flemish origin, the sculptor Jan van Nost the Younger was the principal marble sculptor in Dublin during the second half of the 18th century. This bust of David la Touche II, a prominent Irish banker of Huguenot (French Protestant) descent, demonstrates the cosmopolitan nature of Irish art patronage. The La Touche family established the first commercial banking venture in Dublin and were highly regarded for their civic-mindedness. The bank they founded later became the Bank of Ireland, which still exists today.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287787740-GJGZC7WOR7FEAEQRBSAJ/ireland-adelphi-club.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago “The Adelphi Club, Belfast,” 1783, Oil on canvas. by Joseph Wilson, Irish, active 1766-89, died 1793. “The Adelphi Club was a literary society active in Belfast in the 1780s, and its membership largely consisted of people associated with theater. The fourth figure from the left here is Amyas Griffith, a colorful writer and central figure of the association. The silver tankard Griffith holds is undoubtedly one presented to him by the brewers of Belfast in 1782. The painter has included himself on the far right of the composition, holding a palette and maulstick (a tool used to steady an artist’s hand while painting).” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287797782-PVWKKDOS64JF300WB0Z6/ireland-macbeth.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago “Macbeth Consulting the Vision of the Armed Head,” 1793. Oil on Canvas. by Henry Fuseli, Swiss, Active, 1741-1825. “After the success of John Boydell’s Shakespeare Gallery in London – an effort to encourage history painting through the exhibition of paintings and prints of scenes from Shakespeare’s plays – James Woodmason opened his own Shakespeare Gallery in Dublin in 1793. He commissioned paintings from Irish and foreign artists, including this scene from ‘Macbeth’ by the Swiss artist Henry Fuseli. Woodmason’s exhibition was short-lived due to lack of interest, though his gallery was later used by Irish rebels as a clandestine meeting space.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591190281775-MFB7CBW34ZASVIQ27OZ1/ireland-cooper-penrose.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago “Cooper Penrose” by Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748-1825), 1802. Oil on canvas. From the exhibit, “This portrait of an Irish lumber merchant and glass factory owner from Cork was painted by Jacques-Louis David, the leading painter of the French Neoclassical movement. The work is a testament to the sympathetic relationship between the Irish and the French. Painted during a brief window of peace during the long wars between Britain and France, this somber portrait reflects Penrose’s Quaker religion. As a collector of contemporary art, Penrose was sometimes at odds with his fellow Quakers; his deliberately modest appearance in this portrait served as a way to publicly affirm his faith.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287798612-5X3AMQD2BFOI9QSJ6Z25/ireland-saint-patricks-order.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago “Star of the Order of Saint Patrick,” About 1815.Rundell, Bridge and Rundell. (English, 1797-1843) Silver and enamel. “Badge of the Grand Master of the Order of Saint Patrick,” About 1850. Ireland. Gold and enamel. “The Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick is the Irish order of chivalry created by George III in 1783. Two examples of the order’s regalia, an eight-pointed star and the badge of the Grand Master of the Order, are on view here. Both incorporate shamrocks, the sky blue color of the knights’ robes, and the order’s Latin motto, ‘Quis separabit,’ derived from Romans 8:35 (‘who will separate us from the love of Christ’). The Grand Master’s badge also includes a harp surmounted by a crown.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591205661337-HKEZPSWC5KEKZNLOJA6G/ireland-ballroom.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago “The State Ballroom, Saint Patrick’s Hall, Dublin Castle” by F.J. Davis,(Irish, active about 1845) Mid-19th century. Oil on wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287801516-22OW9UVERQMN1EVXEA4K/ireland-trinity.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago “Print of the Long Room of the Old Library, Trinity College (reproduction), from ‘A Picturesque and Descriptive View of the City of Dublin,” 1791, by James Malton (English, active in Ireland, 1765-1803). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287793336-XD7BQP3H789AXPCNRQGW/ireland-four-courts.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago “The Four Courts, Dublin, from the Quay,” by James Hore.(Irish, active 1829-37) About 1837. Oil on canvas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591205914254-G253HMB9N58LS6J0N2G1/ireland-book-bindings.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago “The Holy Bible,” Bound by a Parliamentary Binder, Irish, 1763, John Baskerville. Goatskin and Gold Tooling. According to the placard about Bookbindings, “Perhaps the most elaborate and technically ambitious Dublin bindings were those commissioned by the Irish Parliament for the 149 manuscript journals of the Houses of Lords and Commons. The volumes were tragically destroyed in 1922, but by consulting rubbings taken in 1890, individual tools used on the parliamentary journals have been identified in surviving Irish bindings, including the binding of John Baskerville’s 1763 edition of the Bible included in this gallery. The border of this binding was made using an ‘insect roll,’ which impressed tiny image of crickets, bees, and other bugs into the goatskin.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287797952-AZWD5QUPI27J9XNUC9BJ/ireland-mace.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago “Mace of the Borough of Athy, County Kildare,” 1746-47 by John Wilme (a French Huguenot active in Ireland, active 1718-51) , Silver. Dublin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287797245-2LCZ8L3GAJZOYKKZX32C/ireland-henry-grattan.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago “Henry Grattan” by Peter Turnerelli, (Irish, 1774-1839).1820, Marble. “Henry Grattan (1746-1820) was a member of the Irish Parliament who devoted his career to the cause of Irish independence. In this bust by Turnerelli, an Irish-born sculptor of Italian descent, the combination of unpretentious naturalism and classical drapery is appropriate for Grattan, whose eloquence was likened to that of the great orators of ancient Greece.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591190505806-NYQ5TVKSE8CYYR5W1BDZ/ireland-worlds-end-pottery.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago An example of the beautiful craftsmanship from World’s End Pottery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287806524-52RIES0CTEKGP853HEN4/ireland-epergne.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago Epergne/Sweetmeat Dish, 1755/65. World’s End Pottery. Irish, about 1735-about 1773. Dublin. Tin-glazed earthenware. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287811615-XFWIN1JTA7TZ7KH6552R/ireland-view-of-silver.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago A view of one of the glass cases full of silver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591206194055-9WMTGD914ZTS1RLM1GN9/ireland-scroll-salt.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago Scroll Salt. George Gallant. active in Ireland from 1637-49. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287812159-R8LO61M6G93PDGLP62Q1/shirt-sleeves-toaster-ireland.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago Pair of sleeve cups. 1730. Dublin. Silver. Possibly by John Taylor, Irish, active 1726-32. Toaster. 1715-16. Dublin. Silver and wood. By Thomas Bolton, Irish, active 1686-1730. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287811447-XFHJJ8CTTF0M7KR4Y5UP/ireland-teapot.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago Teapot. 1720, John Hamilton. Irish. Active 1708-51. Dublin. Silver and wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591206279662-10NEVUFW5VQ43H5362M8/ireland-reading-lamp.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago Reading Lamp. 1720/21. Joseph Walker. Active 1690-1722. Dublin. Silver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287802909-UJU0OWOLOO73JC4ZJM1F/ireland-cistern-and-fountain.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago Wine Cistern. 1727. Thomas Sutton. Irish, active 1717-45. Commissioned by Robert FitzGerald, 19th Earl of Kildare, and Mary, daughter of William, 3rd Earl of Inquichin, Dublin, Silver. Wall Fountain. 1754. Robert Calderwood. Irish. active 1726-66. Possibly commissioned by James FitzGerald, 20th Earl of Kildare. Dublin. Silver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287807611-DFSUFDW2THN2HE22MR7Q/ireland-monteith.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago Thomas Bolton. Monteith. 1702-03, (Irish. Active 1686-1730). Dublin. Silver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591201640692-NES5INI3XEAVHYEL2ILE/ireland-silver-shoe-buckles.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago Joseph Jackson. (Irish, Active 1775-1807). Pair of Shoe Buckles. About 1790. Dublin. Silver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287802144-PHCOFLAZF7PU5BDRDIMT/ireland-cake-and-bread-basket.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago James Warren. (Irish. Active 1752). Bread or Cake Basket. About 1755. Dublin. Silver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287807156-UFSRH2K3JCIAS17QP5OE/ireland-hot-water-urn.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago Covered Hot Water Urn. 1770. John Laughlin, Jr. (Irish, active 1765-c.1784). Dublin. Silver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287807214-4WB6KUI3Z9F9J46206MY/ireland-linen.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago Linen tablecloth with damask weave. Made at Coulson’s Manufactory in Lisburn, which was “established in 1764 and operated through the 1950s”). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591201315751-876CH08YVM1ZTLLI9TSF/ireland-dress.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago Dress. About 1790. Design by William Kilburn. Irish. 1709-1818. London. Block-printed cotton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287803836-LO9C0YW9H2B453OXQFP7/ireland-collage.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago Artist Unknown. Irish. Study of a Grouse. Study of a Sparrow. 1797/1800. Watercolor, feathers, and paper collage elements on paper. “This pair of bird pictures are in their original gilt wood frames, which bear their maker’s label – Patrick Burke of 53 Grafton Street, Dublin. Burke worked at that address from 1797 to 1800, a fact that helps date these anonymous collages.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287806806-QVYF1ME2HUXDEEO9H6GW/ireland-green-harp.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago “John Egan. Irish, active about 1801-41. Portable Harp. About 1820. Maple, spruce, ivory, catgut, and green paint with gilt decoration.” “Advertising himself as ‘Portable Harp Maker to the King,’ John Egan introduced a modern version of the ancient Irish harp, often, as in this example, painted green and decorated with gold shamrocks. Lightweight and strung with catgut rather than wire, Egan’s portable harps combine the traditional Celtic form with the rounded sound boxes of the fashionable pedal harps of his own time. The harps’ smaller size – offering greater portability and ease of use – contributed to a reawakening of interest in harp music in Ireland in the 19th century.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287801745-8P1U4JHK04P5OHO3VUXI/cellarette.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago “Probably Mack, Williams and Gibton, Irish, 1811-1829, After a design attributed to Francis Johnston, Irish, 1760-1829. Cellarette. 1821/25. Dublin. Mahogany with metal liner. In the second half of the 18th century, open wine cisterns were replaced by covered wine coolers, or cellarettes, which were believed to keep wine cold for a longer period of time. This example is based on Roman sarcophagi and has been given expressive form by the Dublin architect Francis Johnston, inspired by a plate in Thomas Sheraton’s “Cabinet Dictionary” (1803). The cellarette has richly carved ornamentation – including a bunch of grapes and the heads of four lions, representing Bacchus. It most likely belonged to a member of the highly selective Order of Saint Patrick, founded in 1783 to keep titled Irish Protestants loyal to the king: that society’s emblem was a star-shaped badge of Saint Patrick flanking a crowned harp on its front, as seen here.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287802318-EB59NDVUENPKF3G0QOY2/ireland-card-table.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago Maker unknown. Mahogany. circa 1740.”One of a pair, this card table is an excellent summation of Irish furniture design,” according to the label. “Starting with the use of dark, densely grained Caribbean mahogany. The carver has provided a shaped apron with a central lion mask for Bacchus, carved tassels much favored by Irish carvers, and flanking legs that incorporate satyr-like masks, also in keeping with the Bacchic theme. Acanthus (flowering plant) carving continues down the cabriole legs [a curved furniture leg ending in an ornamental foot, according to Merriam Webster], which terminate in characteristically Irish squared hairy-paw feet, with a pronounced acanthus carving directly above inspired by a horse’s fetlock, the tuft of hair on the back of a horse’s leg above the hoof.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287802018-2K3HIFADKJVMB05Q75EE/ireland-bookcase.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago “John Kirkhoffer. Irish, born Germany, active 1730s. Desk and Bookcase. 1732. Dublin. Walnut, holly, mirror glass, and brass. When this walnut desk and bookcase was purchased by the Art Institute of Chicago in 1957, it was described by the dealer as “English about 1710.” Only recently have the name of the maker and date, ‘John Kirkhoffer Facit [sic] 1732’ been found inscribed in pencil on the bottom of the lower right drawer. As the oldest known piece of signed and dated Irish furniture, it has become a Rosetta stone for attributing other closely related examples of Dublin cabinetry, especially those notable for their use of similar marquetry inlay.” According to Merriam-Webster “marquetry” is “a decorative work in which elaborate patterns are formed by the insertion of pieces of material (as wood, shell, or ivory) into a wood veneer that is then applied to a surface (as of a piece of furniture.” Note: The bookcase is not crooked, It’s just my photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287806145-E5FQ0H2NFH39XZO1H5LX/ireland-crucifix.jpg Irish Wishing Well - An Irish Exhibit at The Art Institute Of Chicago “Crucifix. 1776. Lough Derg, County Donegal. Yew wood. This crucifix is one of thousands made as souvenirs for pilgrims to the site of Saint Patrick’s purgatory at Lough Derg in County Donegal. The crucifix is carved with symbols of the Passion and inscribed with the date ‘1776,’ the year of the owner’s pilgrimage. It has long been assumed that the arms of these crosses were made short so they could be easily hidden in a time when open Catholic worship was forbidden; in fact it is more likely they were short to avoid breakage.” https://irishwishingwell.com/blog/2014/12/30/apple-cake monthly 0.5 2020-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287781671-3L1EZZRNT342XML0ZR0X/bakedapplecake.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Apple Cake - Traditional irish apple cake The cake is cooling and will be cut for desert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1583287780939-96LTEW8L9W8BI2U36ZY2/applecakeingredients.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Apple Cake Fresh ingredients gathered to make the cake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1a79c4d343ec0c523e8728/1591157508671-ZLJOEF5LLQ3NSTAKNNCD/sprinklingsugarontop.jpg Irish Wishing Well - Apple Cake Sprinkle sugar generously on top just before baking. 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