Getting some culture in Dublin

We are keen to experience many aspects of life while living here. Ireland has a strong history of literature and the arts.

One Sunday afternoon recently we went to The National Gallery of Ireland. As it is free, we will do it in stages. Who would have thought that a painting of a family evicted from their home during the potato famine would have been so realistic that waves of homesickness swept over me and had me in tears?

Today we had our first trip to the theatre. We haven't been for a long time. So we went to a matinee of 'Love Letters' at the Tivoli - Jerry Hall and David Soul were the two actors, recounting their lives through a series of letters they wrote to each other. David has certainly aged since Starsky and Hutch!! ( I can say this as he born 14 years before me!) They weren't demanding roles, sitting reading the letters, but we enjoyed it and plan next to go and see The Deep Blue Sea which has just opened and getting great reviews. Then there is the Natural history museum, Trinity College and the Book of Kells....so many things to see!