Restored and enhanced National Gallery of Ireland opens in Dublin. The Irish never need much of an excuse to celebrate. But this summer they have a deep and genuine cause for rejoicing. The restored and much-improved National Gallery of Ireland (NGI) opened in Dublin on June 15th (2017), after a six-year building programme in its historic… Continue reading
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Dublin – capital not of the world, but (far better) of the word
The best way to begin a visit to Dublin is not with a drink, but inside a drink. If that sounds too completely barmy even for this city of whimsy and imagination, consider this. The finest view of the Irish capital is from the glass-walled bar on the seventh floor of the Guinness Storehouse, the… Continue reading →