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of Moher. Watch your step: the surface is uneven, with large cracks to traverse. It would be easy to roll your ankle. When our time in Limerick was up, we hopped on a train to Dublin where we spent four days before taking another train to Belfast. In Ireland, trains run with near Japanese efficiency, departing within a minute of the prescribed times. They’re cheap, too: Limerick to Dublin was €32. Not each; total. Dublin to Belfast was the same price, even at a higher fare class. So civilized. Dublin is home to numerous sights, too many for only four days. We took in Dublin Castle, which is a holdover from British rule but remains a ceremonial location today for the swearing-in of the new president. It serves as a museum otherwise. Across the street from our excellent lodgings, O’Neill’s Victorian Pub and Guest House, is Trinity College, where a tour provides a glimpse at what’s been called the world’s most beautiful library and the historic Book of Kells, a biblical manuscript and Celtic gospel treasure. It is believed to have been created around the year 800 A.D. in either Ireland or Scotland. Not far from Dublin Castle is the Guinness Storehouse, which you can tour for €26 per person, or more if you choose the Stoutie — a pint of Guinness that features your face on the head. You learn the process of making the famed
Image above: Guinness Storehouse
Image to the right: Dublin Castle Court
Bottom left image: Guinness Fish
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