Dublin, Ireland

We had breakfast in the cafeteria at Trinity College. Even a cafeteria supplies, of course, tea and the ubiquitous little pitchers of milk. The group really parted, and then I dragged my wheeled suitcase down the sidewalk to the hostel, Kinlay House, to check in--that’s if I can at that early hour. I forget, really.

For the hostel, you have to bring a towel. Sounds like a Douglas Adams joke.


Dublin Authors:
Joseph O’Connor (Sinead’s brother)—writes novels, such as The Star of the Sea. What a talented family.
Jennifer Johnston
John Banville
Nuala O’Faolain—author of Are You Somebody
Clair Kirby
Eavan Boland
Roddy Doyle—The Woman Who Walked Into Doors.

Poetry Ireland: www.poetryireland.ie


I wandered around Dublin Castle and went to the Chester Beatty Library and Museum
(Lots of Asian stuff, and most of the stuff there is manuscripts and such) After looking at the exhibit, I went to the little museum shop and got a Tibetan coloring book (gee, I might make my own thangkas using some of these pictures), a catalog of this museum, and a Buddha magnet.

I saw Raj Kunwar—an old Indian romance novel, about a woman who transforms into a deer.

Plaque on a stone wall around Dublin Castle—on the Chester Beatty side (yes, the library is in the compound of Dublin Castle):

No 7 In Hoey’s Court (now demolished) about 100 ft NW of this spot
It is reputed that Jonathan Swift Dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, was born on the 30th day of Nov 1667. He died on the 19th day of Oct, 1745 MCMXII