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Day 6 in Dublin

9-5-17 After a quick ride back to Dublin from Limerick we hopped on the HOHO to see a few more sites. Starting with the Oscar Wilde House, Sculpture and a super good lunch at Oscar's Bar and Kitchen. Then a short walk to the National Museum of Ireland - Natural History Museum AKA The Dead Zoo..... Super creepy cool! And a ride out to Kilmainham Gaol for another creepyish visit, a cruise through Phoenix Park by the Dublin Zoo, dinner and drinks at Nancy Hands Bar & Restaurant just in time to catch the last HOHO back to town!
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The Oscar Wilde Sculpture- It’s laid back, almost anti-monumental, comes up suddenly is comic and exactly right.
The Oscar Wilde Sculpture- It’s laid back, almost anti-monumental, comes up suddenly is comic and exactly right.		 Oscar Wilde ,author, playwright and poet was born in 1854 at no. 1 Merrion Square- just across the road from his sculpture
Oscar Wilde ,author, playwright and poet was born in 1854 at no. 1 Merrion Square- just across the road from his sculpture		 The Oscar Wilde Sculpture- a pillar with a bronze male torso representing Dionysus, the God of wine, youth and theatre
The Oscar Wilde Sculpture- a pillar with a bronze male torso representing Dionysus, the God of wine, youth and theatre		 The Oscar Wilde Sculpture- a pillar with a bronze of his pregnant wife, Constance, staring accusingly across the path at him
The Oscar Wilde Sculpture- a pillar with a bronze of his pregnant wife, Constance, staring accusingly across the path at him
The pillars are covered in quotations from Wilde’s writing, setting out his thoughts, opinions and witticisms on art and life.
The pillars are covered in quotations from Wilde’s writing, setting out his thoughts, opinions and witticisms on art and life.		 The Oscar Wilde Sculpture
The Oscar Wilde Sculpture		 Mounted reclining on a large quartz boulder Wilde was formed from different coloured stones from three continents
Mounted reclining on a large quartz boulder Wilde was formed from different coloured stones from three continents		 The sculpture captures Oscar Wilde’s flamboyant & colourful personality, depicted at the age of 40-a pivotal time in his life
The sculpture captures Oscar Wilde’s flamboyant & colourful personality, depicted at the age of 40-a pivotal time in his life
The Oscar Wilde Sculpture
The Oscar Wilde Sculpture		 Oscar's Bar and Kitchen whimsical decor
Oscar's Bar and Kitchen whimsical decor		 Oscar's Bar and Kitchen with more quotes and musings by Oscar Wilde everywhere
Oscar's Bar and Kitchen with more quotes and musings by Oscar Wilde everywhere		 Oscar's Bar and Kitchen- Super good food but alas it's gone now
Oscar's Bar and Kitchen- Super good food but alas it's gone now
National Museum of Ireland - Natural History Museum also known as The Dead Zoo
National Museum of Ireland - Natural History Museum also known as The Dead Zoo		 The Dead Zoo is a ‘cabinet-style’ museum designed to showcase a wide-ranging and comprehensive zoological collection
The Dead Zoo is a ‘cabinet-style’ museum designed to showcase a wide-ranging and comprehensive zoological collection		 The Irish Room(ground floor) is dedicated to animals native to Ireland, featuring a variety of mammals, birds, fish, & insects
The Irish Room(ground floor) is dedicated to animals native to Ireland, featuring a variety of mammals, birds, fish, & insects		 The giant Irish deer skeletons found at the entrance of the Museum are some of the most famous & distinctive animals on display
The giant Irish deer skeletons found at the entrance of the Museum are some of the most famous & distinctive animals on display
Dead Zoo- One of the skeletons has an antler span of 3.5 metres
Dead Zoo- One of the skeletons has an antler span of 3.5 metres		 The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo		 The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo		 This grouping of Irish fauna in one room dates from 1910, when the collections were arranged by geography rather than taxonomy
This grouping of Irish fauna in one room dates from 1910, when the collections were arranged by geography rather than taxonomy
The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo		 Stuffed & mounted mammals, birds, fish, insects & other animals native to or found in Ireland- comprise the rest of the floor
Stuffed & mounted mammals, birds, fish, insects & other animals native to or found in Ireland- comprise the rest of the floor		 The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo		 The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo
The Museum's collection & building have changed little since Victorian times, & is sometimes described as a museum of a museum
The Museum's collection & building have changed little since Victorian times, & is sometimes described as a museum of a museum		 The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo		 It's 10,000 exhibits provide a glimpse of the natural world that has delighted visitors since the doors opened in 1857
It's 10,000 exhibits provide a glimpse of the natural world that has delighted visitors since the doors opened in 1857 		The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo		 Many of the specimens of currently extant animals, such as badgers, hares, and foxes, are over a century old
Many of the specimens of currently extant animals, such as badgers, hares, and foxes, are over a century old		 The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo		 The Dead Zoo- Honey Badger don't care
The Dead Zoo- Honey Badger don't care
The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo		 The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo		 The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo		 The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo		 The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo		 The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo		 The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo		 The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo		 The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo		 The Dead Zoo- Squirrel!
The Dead Zoo- Squirrel!
The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo		 The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo		 The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo		 The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo- The Tasmanian Devil has not been run over, it's a reflection!
The Dead Zoo- The Tasmanian Devil has not been run over, it's a reflection!		 Thylacine(Tasmanian wolf), now extinct, is one of the largest known carnivorous marsupials, evolving about 4 million years ago
Thylacine(Tasmanian wolf), now extinct, is one of the largest known carnivorous marsupials, evolving about 4 million years ago		 The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo		 The Dead Zoo- It's getting Batty up in here!
The Dead Zoo- It's getting Batty up in here!
The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo		 The museum has been used as a filming location, particularly for Victorian period dramas
The museum has been used as a filming location, particularly for Victorian period dramas		 These include an episode of Ripper Street season 2 in 2013
These include an episode of Ripper Street season 2 in 2013		 In 2015 Penny Dreadful filmed in the museum for season 3, seeing the museum standing in for the Natural History Museum, London
In 2015 Penny Dreadful filmed in the museum for season 3, seeing the museum standing in for the Natural History Museum, London
The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo		 The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo		 The Dead Zoo
The Dead Zoo		 The Dead Zoo- 20 metre long humpback whale skeleton suspended from the roof
The Dead Zoo- 20 metre long humpback whale skeleton suspended from the roof
The Dead Zoo- I found Bullwinkle!
The Dead Zoo- I found Bullwinkle!		 The Dead Zoo- Spoticus the giraffe
The Dead Zoo- Spoticus the giraffe		 The upper floor has an elephant, polar bear, lions, an array of monkeys, apes & lemurs - the Mammals of the World collection
The upper floor has an elephant, polar bear, lions, an array of monkeys, apes & lemurs - the Mammals of the World collection 		Kilmainham Gaol(1796) was called the New Gaol to distinguish it from the old prison it was intended to replace
Kilmainham Gaol(1796) was called the "New Gaol" to distinguish it from the old prison it was intended to replace
Kilmainham Gaol replaced a noisome dungeon, just a few hundred metres from the present site
Kilmainham Gaol replaced a noisome dungeon, just a few hundred metres from the present site		 Kilmainham Gaol-Originally, public hangings took place at the front of the prison
Kilmainham Gaol-Originally, public hangings took place at the front of the prison		 Kilmainham Gaol- However, from the 1820s onward very few hangings, public or private, took place at Kilmainham
Kilmainham Gaol- However, from the 1820s onward very few hangings, public or private, took place at Kilmainham		 Kilmainham Gaol- A small hanging cell was built in the prison in 1891
Kilmainham Gaol- A small hanging cell was built in the prison in 1891
Kilmainham Gaol- There was no segregation of prisoners; men, women and children were incarcerated up to 5 in each cell
Kilmainham Gaol- There was no segregation of prisoners; men, women and children were incarcerated up to 5 in each cell		 Kilmainham Gaol- With only a single candle for light and heat
Kilmainham Gaol- With only a single candle for light and heat		 Kilmainham Gaol- Most of their time was spent in the cold and the dark, and each candle had to last for two weeks
Kilmainham Gaol- Most of their time was spent in the cold and the dark, and each candle had to last for two weeks		 Kilmainham Gaol- Redesigned roof that allows ample sunlight in now after restoration
Kilmainham Gaol- Redesigned roof that allows ample sunlight in now after restoration
Kilmainham Gaol- At Kilmainham, the poor conditions in which women prisoners were kept provided the spur for the next stage of d
Kilmainham Gaol- At Kilmainham, the poor conditions in which women prisoners were kept provided the spur for the next stage of d		 The Inspectors 1809 report had observed that male prisoners were supplied with iron bedsteads
The Inspectors 1809 report had observed that male prisoners were supplied with iron bedsteads		 while females lay on straw on the flags in the cells and common halls
while females lay on straw on the flags in the cells and common halls		 to relieve the overcrowding, 30 female cells were added to the Gaol in 1840
to relieve the overcrowding, 30 female cells were added to the Gaol in 1840
Not long before the Great Famine occurred, and Kilmainham was overwhelmed with the increase of prisoners
Not long before the Great Famine occurred, and Kilmainham was overwhelmed with the increase of prisoners		 Kilmainham Gaol cells were roughly 28 square metres in area
Kilmainham Gaol cells were roughly 28 square metres in area		 Kilmainham Gaol-The majority of the Irish leaders in the rebellions of 1798, 1803, 1848, 1867 and 1916 were imprisoned there
Kilmainham Gaol-The majority of the Irish leaders in the rebellions of 1798, 1803, 1848, 1867 and 1916 were imprisoned there		 Kilmainham Gaol-Leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising, were imprisoned and executed in the prison by the orders of the UK Government
Kilmainham Gaol-Leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising, were imprisoned and executed in the prison by the orders of the UK Government
Married her fiancé Joseph Plunkett in Kilmainham Gaol a few hours before he was executed for his part in the 1916 Easter Rising
Married her fiancé Joseph Plunkett in Kilmainham Gaol a few hours before he was executed for his part in the 1916 Easter Rising		 Rising leader arrested, sentenced to death but released for a variety of reasons, who later served as President of Ireland
Rising leader arrested, sentenced to death but released for a variety of reasons, who later served as President of Ireland		 Commandant of Dublin's 1st battalion in the Easter Rising of 1916, youngest man to hold that rank, & the youngest executed after
Commandant of Dublin's 1st battalion in the Easter Rising of 1916, youngest man to hold that rank, & the youngest executed after		 Kilmainham Gaol was decommissioned as a prison by the Irish Free State government in 1924
Kilmainham Gaol was decommissioned as a prison by the Irish Free State government in 1924
Seen principally as a site of oppression & suffering, there was no declared interest in its preservation as a Monument
Seen principally as a site of oppression & suffering, there was no declared interest in its preservation as a Monument		 Complicated by the fact that 4 Republican prisoners executed by the Free State government were shot in the prison yard
Complicated by the fact that 4 Republican prisoners executed by the Free State government were shot in the prison yard		 The Irish Prison Board contemplated reopening it as a prison during the 1920s but all such plans were finally abandoned in 1929
The Irish Prison Board contemplated reopening it as a prison during the 1920s but all such plans were finally abandoned in 1929		 In 1936 the government considered the demolition of the prison but the price of this undertaking was seen as prohibitive
In 1936 the government considered the demolition of the prison but the price of this undertaking was seen as prohibitive
An architectural survey by the Office of Public Works after World War II revealed that the prison was in a ruinous condition
An architectural survey by the Office of Public Works after World War II revealed that the prison was in a ruinous condition 		From the late 1950s, a grassroots movement for the preservation of Kilmainham Gaol began to develop
From the late 1950s, a grassroots movement for the preservation of Kilmainham Gaol began to develop		 Kilmainham Gaol Restoration Society formed in 1958 & agreed a narrative of the unified national struggle was to be articulated
Kilmainham Gaol Restoration Society formed in 1958 & agreed a narrative of the unified national struggle was to be articulated 		for the preservation of Kilmainham Gaol began to develop
for the preservation of Kilmainham Gaol began to develop
Since its restoration, Kilmainham Gaol has been understood as one of the most important Irish monuments of the modern period
Since its restoration, Kilmainham Gaol has been understood as one of the most important Irish monuments of the modern period 		in relation to the narrative of the struggle for Irish independence
in relation to the narrative of the struggle for Irish independence		 From opening(1796) to decommissioning(1924) Kilmainham Gaol was a site of incarceration of significant Irish nationalist leaders
From opening(1796) to decommissioning(1924) Kilmainham Gaol was a site of incarceration of significant Irish nationalist leaders		 Thus, its history as an institution is intimately linked with the story of Irish nationalism
Thus, its history as an institution is intimately linked with the story of Irish nationalism
Kilmainham Gaol
Kilmainham Gaol		 An art gallery on the top floor exhibits paintings, sculptures & jewellery of prisoners incarcerated in prisons all over Ireland
An art gallery on the top floor exhibits paintings, sculptures & jewellery of prisoners incarcerated in prisons all over Ireland		 Kilmainham Gaol
Kilmainham Gaol		 Kilmainham Gaol
Kilmainham Gaol
Kilmainham Gaol- Museum on the history of Irish nationalism
Kilmainham Gaol- Museum on the history of Irish nationalism 		Kilmainham Gaol- Museum on the history of Irish nationalism
Kilmainham Gaol- Museum on the history of Irish nationalism 		Kilmainham Gaol is one of the biggest unoccupied prisons in Europe
Kilmainham Gaol is one of the biggest unoccupied prisons in Europe		 Kilmainham Gaol- Now empty of prisoners, it is filled with history
Kilmainham Gaol- Now empty of prisoners, it is filled with history
Cool moon walking home after a funtastic day
Cool moon walking home after a funtastic day
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