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Ireland, Day 2: Dublin

September 9, 2007

Dublin Castle; where Ireland govt business is now conducted

More of Dublin Castle (it's not very castle-y-looking)

Walking past the Guinness factory

Now we are in Kilmainham Jail - famous Irish jail no longer used

It reminds me of Alcatraz

Lots of revolutionaries were kept here and/or killed here

Erin in someone's cell

In the window where they passed work for the inmates to do

The inmate painted this on the cell wall

Matt and Erin in Kilmainham Gaol

Where 14 revolutionaries were killed by firing squad in 1916

Our awesome tour guide

Matt posing where revolutionary Robert Emmet was beheaded

New topic: In the Guinness Factory. Matt posing with live hops

Erin and a waterfall in the Guinness place

Matt and barrels in the how-to-make-beer exhibit

Lots of different Guinness bottles over the years

We added a card to the wall of visitors

See? How fun.

Then we got a free (sort of) Guinness at the top floor tasting room

Hi, Dublin

Yum, a Guinness on an empty stomach at 2 pm

Dublin is kind of lacking in the skyline department

Bartenders pouring free Guinness in the tasting room

Here's another view

Matt and the giant Guinness gate