This is Dublin’s most popular park, it has a special place in the hearts of all Dubliner’s and is simply referred to as ‘The Green’. Located at the top of Grafton Street, the impressive main entrance to the park is through the Fusiliers Arch which was built to commemorate the Royal Dublin Fusiliers who died in the Second Boer War.
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As I make my way down the crowded trendy Grafton Street I come to College Green, on the right hand side, opposite the former Irish Houses of Parliament stands Ireland’s oldest university, Trinity College, it was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth 1. It has a reputation as one of the great universities of the world, attracting foreign students from as many as 70 countries world wide.
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Summer is finally here but it does not feel like it with the rain and low temperatures of late, officially it starts on the 1st of May, with the promise of long hot sunny days to come, we can at least hope!. As spring passes it seems like such a long time since I first started my monthly posts about the gardens way back in January.
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DUBLIN:
TrulyMadly Deeply – Dublin.
Offical Online Tourist Office For Dublin.
http://www.visitdublin.com/
Upcoming Major Events In Dublin:
Dublin Dance Festival: 11th – 26th May.
Bealtaine: 1st – 31st May.
Skerries Traditional Music Weekend: 18th – 20th May.
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Last week the annual Orchid Fair took place in the Conservatory, these endlessly fascinating plants excite the imagination, the Orchid family is diverse and enormous, there are over 25,000 species, ranging in size from the minute to a species that can reach 20 feet in height and weigh as much as a ton.
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These hauntingly beautiful gardens are located in a remote setting in Co, Wicklow, they are set around the ruins of what was once an impressive Queen Anne style house, this adds to their charm. When I visited on a glorious sunny afternoon, I was the only person there, just me and a garden full of spectacular colour and birdsong.
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As you enter the main gates you sense that you are entering a very special place. A mile long avenue of 2,000 beech trees stretches out before me, their pale trunks reflecting the morning sunshine, the impressive house was built in the palladian style by the architect Richard Castle.
GLASNEVIN CEMETERY, DUBLIN. 
‘REMEMBER MAN AS YOU PASS BY
AS YOU ARE NOW SO ONCE WAS I
AS I AM NOW SO YOU WILL BE
PREPARE YOURSELF AND FOLLOW ME’.
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DUBLIN: 
TrulyMadlyDeeply DUBLIN HAS IT ALL.
Official Online Tourist Office For Dublin.
Events Listing: http://www.visitdublin.com/events
UPCOMING MAJOR EVENTS IN DUBLIN FOR APRIL:
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A high pressure system positioned over Ireland for the last 10 days has been responsible for the period of exceptionally warm weather and glorious sunshine that we have experienced, combined with a mild winter, this is having a major influence in bringing Tulips, Magnolias, Rhododendrons and an abundance of Cherry Blossoms into bloom. Read the rest of this entry »
