Ireland '23 - Day 17  - Last Day in Dublin 

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The International Marathon lead to some streets being closed, but not the ones we walked down as we made our way back to the Archeology Museum, starting at Grafton Street, an extension of Harcourt & the most popular shopping area in Dublin, just a few blocks from the hotel. No vehicles are allowed on Grafton. 

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	rainy Sunday on Grafton St.		holiday enticements
		three story indoor mall w/ Victorian structure		St. Stephen's Green

National Library - this is an interesting building, and we mainly went there to get out of the rain & use a clean (or even classy) restroom.

Afterwards we found a Wm. B. Yates display (until June 2025), consisting of thousands of items relating to his life and work, and, there were ten or more 'listening rooms' where historical documentaries or poetry readings could be heard.

Here are a few images from the brief visit.

	entry to the exhibit
		W. B. Yates, 1865-1939		National Library, from Archeology Museum

At the Archeology Museum next door, Doris & I asked about the Egyptian display and it is tricky to find, up a special spiral stairway, and someone guided us there.

Later we split up for an hour and each went through different collections. 

			wooden sculpture
		housewares dept.		Victorian structure again
	where the (Celtic) gold is		gold neck wear from 2000 bc
		Tara brooch, once more		museum entry
	Museum of Archeology (web photo)

On Sunday evening, again due to Marathon crowds at Camden Court, we enjoyed another uncrowded 6 pm dinner at Iveagh Garden Hotel, on our the last night in Dublin.

Back at Camden Ct. later, the main floor bar was backed-up with a mob. Upstairs in the room, I found the World Cup Rugby Final on TV, just beginning, so I walked 10 minutes to a corner SPAR, to get two cans of Guinness & peanuts, and then got comfortable & watched my first ever Rugby game, between New Zealand & So. Africa. 

I figured out basic game strategy pretty quickly, consisting mainly of brute force, between immensely large bodies, neatly arranged, like a Neanderthal physics problem, while finesse means an end run that rarely succeeds.

NZ pulled off a beautiful end run play that went into the goal zone, for 5 pts. & the lead, but the runner barely stepped out of bounds. In the end it was South Africa 12 & New Zealand 11.         

Postscript - end of the trip

On Monday, Day 18, Doris and I got a cab to DUB early on a Bank Holiday. We both flew out around 11:30 am; Doris was heading to Denver via Iceland, while I stopped at Chicago for one night. 

On day 19 I was home by noon, on Halloween, so it was time to clear maple leaves from the paths. 

Maple out front

Photo note - (other than web shots) all photos were taken with a Canon G16. 

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