This morning, we left our hotel a
little later than usual. We were scheduled to leave at 8:30 am and I think that
we were very close to our timing. We had only two stops before arriving at our
hotel, but we were on the bus for quite a while.
During the first leg of our trip,
the bus driver put on “Ryan’s Daughter” for our entertainment. I think that quite
a few of us got some zzz during that time and we finished the first half of the
movie by the time we arrived at our first destination.
We visited the sixth century monastic
settlement that had seven churches and a visitor’s center. We walked through
their display and then watched the audio-visual presentation. Afterwards, we
had a guided tour through some of the grounds. Most of the grounds are now a
cemetery. I may be wrong, but I think that I can safely say that there are
thousands of people buried there. Our first stop was in front of some
headstones for some of the Farrell clan. I was quite excited to see them. My
brother also saw them and I now have a picture of him beside one of them.
Once we were back on the bus, the
driver put on the rest of the movie for us to enjoy. The movie was almost
finished when we arrived at our second destination and we wanted to finish
before going in. It was taking too long, so we watched the last of it while we
were waiting for some members of the group to return to the bus.
We had arrived at Trinity College
and had a date with the Book of Kells. I enjoyed the exhibition put together
that discussed various aspect of the Book. Then, we went into another room where
the Book of Kells is kept. It was something to see.
The exit was through the Long Room
upstairs. I was astounded with the sight that I never thought that I would be
having. All those books, all those bookshelves, in one space.
I may not be able to do a post
tomorrow. If I don’t, I will be posting the next day.
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