Saturday, April 8, 2017

Ireland Part 1: Arrival, the Long Room, Christ Church Cathedral

The McNamara (and Glenn) Clan is headed to IRELAND!!! The land of our ancestors!! Because of a scheduling goof on my part, Evan and I arrived a day earlier than the McNamaras. Woops.




Immediately upon landing, we began trekking through the city. 



The book worm in me had to visit the Long Room at Trinity College. But the engineer in Evan noticed there aren't any hallways connecting the alcoves on the second floor. 






After the Long Room, we make the hike across the city center to see Christ Church Cathedral, which included a tour of the bell tower and ringing of the bells. 


 
The great thing about this church is that it changed constructions styles mid-build as seen by the different arches 


Up in the bell tower, we saw the ropes to 14 bells that the Cathedral rings on a regular basis. And we were able to ring a couple! 










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