| Start: |
Dublin Writer's Museum, Parnell Square. |
| Finish: |
Trinity College |
| Time: |
Allow 2 hours. |
Dublin's famous literary tradition can be trailed around the city.
- Dublin Writer's Museum: The museum occupies a tasteful 18th-century
town house. There are displays relating to Irish literature in all its forms
from around the 10th century to the present day. The exhibits include paintings,
manuscripts, letters, rare editions and mementos of many of Ireland's famous
authors. There are a number of temporary exhibits and a sumptuously decorated
Gallery of Writers upstairs. The museum also hosts frequent poetry readings
and lectures. An excellent restaurant, and a specialist bookstore, providing
an out-of-print search service, add to the relaxed ambiance. Also on the square
is:
- James Joyce Cultural Centre
Located near Parnell Square and the Dublin Writers Museum, this Joycean
centre gives literary enthusiasts one more reason to visit Dublin's north
side. The newly restored 1784 Georgian town house contains various exhibits,
an archive, and a reference library.
Location: 35 Parnell Square North. Opening Hours: Monday-Saturday,
10am-5pm; Sunday, 12:30-5pm.
Admission: Inexpensive.
- Make your way over to Mountjoy Sqaure to number 35. Seán O'Casey lived here
once. Brendan Behan grew up in nearby 14 Russell St. Continue down Gardiner
Street along the route taken by Leopold Bloom in Jame's Joyce's “Ulysses”.
Up Railway St stood Bella Cohen's Brothel, also featured in this book. Stroll
down towards the River Liffey to Abbey St where the famous Abbey Theatre Stands,
many important works were first staged here since its opening in 1904 including
the “Playboy of the western World” by John Millington Synge and Seán O'Casey's
“The Plough and the Stars”. The present building is a replacement for the
original theatre burned down in 1951.
The
General Post Office
not only was this building the site of the 1916 Rebellion but also inspiration
for poetry and literature of that setting, and in nearby Prince's Street where
Joyce's Leopold Bloom worked for the freeman's journal. Move south of the
River Liffey to
- Trinity College, the educator of many of Ireland's great writers
from Swift to Wilde. An ancient Irish masterpiece the Book of Kells can be
seen here, at the Old Library.
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