Day 20,21 & 22 - Dublin

Caught the bus into Dublin on Friday to walk the town. Must admit we weren't particularly impressed with Dublin. Walked up to the Peace Memorial at Parnell Square, then wondered around until we found the Confession Box, a very small pub located near a church. In the 1920's troubles, Michael Collins and his compatriots would go there to receive communion from a sympathetic priest. That's how it got the name as it was so small. Great pub with lots of history. Went from there over to the south of the river Liffey and went through the Trninity College. Was going to see the Book of Kells however it was €14 Each and the line was about 20 deep so gave it a miss and went on to Dublin Castle. What a great place, very interesting. Headed off home after this as tired from walking around.
Saturday headed off to Bray to do the Bray to Greystones cliff walk. Started off well, climbed the large hill to the cross as I read on Trip Advisor and then headed off, weather not too bad. Walk was to be about 1.5 hrs. Strolling along when Gary looked over the cliff (not me!, can't go closer than about 10 ft!) and noticed this other path lower down. A local was walking past us so we asked him if we were on the right track. No, he said, that's it down there. Can we get to Greystones on this path? No, he said. Go up the track to the rocks and then climb down and you will be able to meet the right track. So up we go to the rocks, I look down where he said to climb and said, no way! It then started to piss down rain, gale force winds and Gary goes let's just go back. Then a local woman came along the track and we asked her if the track we were on would take us to Greystones and she said, yes it would and gave us the route. Things were slightly frosty at this stage as I wanted to go on and Gary didn't! Anyway we went on and 2 hours, very silent hours! Later we got to Greystones! Remember this was only supposed to be a 1.5 hr walk and this part already took us 3 hours! Arrived at the harbour in Greystones to decide if we would walk back along the right path or catch the train. Stopped in a pub to discuss over a glass of Guinness! We decided to walk back. Took 2 hours but we were really glad we did it! So our 1.5 hr walk took us 5 hours! Sat on the beach at Bray and had fish and chips before heading home. Beautiful scenery. Forgot to say that when we got to Bray we looked for the Tourism info centre to check on the walk and where it started etc. Took us about 40 mins to find the blasted thing, walking up and down the town centre and when we finally found it, it was closed, only opens Monday to Friday. Apparently tourists mustn't venture out on weekends! Where else but Ireland!
Today we headed off to Wicklow. What a lovely little town, spent about 2 hours at the Wicklow gaol, what a fascinating place! Even saw a John O'Toole had been incarcerated there during the uprising! They have a great system , a guide starts you off with some information and then lets you just wander, however they have the route marked you need to go. Starts off with the 1700's when it was built to the 1920's when it closed. Wandered from there down to the Harbour and climbed over Black Castle. It is the site of an earlier Viking fort, 1170! During the next five centuries it was under attack by the local chieftains the O'Byrnes and wait for it - the O'Tooles! In the 1640's it was destroyed by fire and this is all that stands today! Loved Wicklow, sorry it took us so long to get there. Went from there back to Glendalough to have another Beamish and a Beef and Guinness stew. First place we stopped in Ireland for a beer and stew and loved it so much went back to say goodbye! Still can't upload photos for some reason.