Hello, we are Albert Fauzia, Matias Viner, Helena Hong, Mar Martinell, Taijei Garriga and Nona Cuartero. This is our Dublin blog. We hope you enjoy it!
Information before going to Dublin
Pin all the places we are going to visit:
The use of three colors is attested from 1830, when the Irish patriots celebrated the return of the tricolor in France after the revolution of 1830. The flag in its current arrangement was developed in 1848 by the Young Ireland movement. It was raised in various places in Dublin during the Easter Rising of 1916. When Ireland became a republic it remained as the official flag.
The River Liffey, which flows through the centre of Dublin.
What’s the right documentation to get into the country if you are under 18 and on school trip?
If you are under 18 you need to bring the ID card, the passaport, the authorization of minors that has to come from the police and European Health Insurance Card.
How do I make a phone call to Ireland from Spain or from a Spanish telephone?
The cheapeast way to phonecall is : 637467298, 00 353 8?? ??? ??? ( the 00 is the international prefix, and the 353 is the Ireland prefix ).
What currency do they use in Ireland?
In Ireland they use the euro.
Find a 10 day weather forecast and paste a screenshot of it on your blog.
Are the Irish plugs and sockets different from the Spanish ones?
Yes, they are different. You need a plug adapter.
What’s the app “CityMaps2Go” for ?
It is an app for travel and navigation, developed by Ulmon. OSM data is packaged into City Maps, which can be downloaded to the device, and used completely offline. There are over 7,500 City Maps available for download from within City Maps 2Go to provide a worldwide coverage.
While packing
Liquids in your hand luggage
must be in individual containers woth a maximum capacity of 100ml each. You
must pack these containers in one single, transparent, re-sealable plastic bag.
At the airport
You must remove laptop
computers and other large electrical devices from your hand luggage.
What side of the road do they
drive on
The irish people drive on the
left of the road and they pass on the right
What time zone is Ireland Time
in?
UTC 00:00, one hour less than
Barcelona.
Project 1- Howth
Project 1- Howth
Name 5 differences between Spain and Ireland:
Weather: In Spain the weather is usually warm and sunny, and sometimes it rains, but when it rains in Spain it rains during hours. While in Ireland, the weather is so irregular, normally its cloudy and wet. However it can change the weather in a moment.
Left driving: In ireland the drivers drive on the left side of the road, whereas in Spain people drive in the right side.
Car plate: The irish cars have a different number plate on the car, compared to Spain.
Language: In Ireland people speak mainly, two language, Gaelic and English, in Spain we speak Spanish and Catalan.
Time: There is one hour of difference between Barcelona and Dublin.
An interview to a local:
How many people are there living in Howth?
More or less, near 8.277 peple are living in Howth.
What do peple do for a living?
They became fishermans or doctors.
What can you find in Howth?
Restaurants, the river, the castle, the port and lots of parks.
When’s the best time to visit Howth? Why?
Summertime because there’s better weather and the weekends beacause the markets are oppened.
What can you do on your free time in Howth?
Walk, cicling, chill at the parks or visit Howth.
Project 2- Malahide Castle
Which famous family lived in the castle? For how long did they live there?
The Talbot Family, who lived there for 800 years.
When was the castle built?
It was built in 1175.
Name the different architectonic styles you can observe.
We can observe Romanic and Gothic style.
Write about one of the legends of the castle.
One of the legends is about Miles Corbett, the Roundhead to whom Cromwell gave the Castle and property during his protectorate. At the Restoration, Miles was deprived of his property and made to pay the penalty of the many crimes he had committed during his occupancy, and which included the desecration of the chapel of the old abbey near the Castle. He was hanged, drawn and quartered and when his ghost first appears it seems to be a perfectly whole soldier in armour, but then falls into four pieces before the eyes of anyone who has the unpleasant experience of meeting it.
Project 3- Historical and literary tour + Georgian Dublin
We interviewed a Dubliner. The video was too long so we posted it on our instagram @dublin2017group9.
Project 4-Temple Bar
The harp is the typical Irish instrument.
The typical Irish menu can vary depending on the restaurant or the house where you eat. It usually has a lot of meat and baked potatoe. It is cooked in the oven and it costs between 10 and 20 euros. The typical Irish drink is black beer.
We recorded an Irish pop song in a Pub of the Temple Brand and in the street. We posted the video on our instagram.
We asked a woman to tell us about the Gaelic Language and to theach us some words. She did it, and she told us that children learn Gaelic from little, and it is a compulsory subject in school.
Project 9:
Powerscourt gardens
This is the Round Tower of Glendalough. It is about 30 metres high, with an entrance 3.5 metres from the base, with four floors. Landmarks for approaching visitors, were built as bell towers but also served on occasion as store-houses and as places of refuge in times of attack.
It is situated at this spiritual place, which with the years have becamed a chementry.
Project 10- Walking Tour 2
Project 5-Trim Castle and Hill of Tara
What’s the Liberty of Meath?
When was the castle built?
In 1172.
Why was the castle built on that specific spot?
To be able to protect themselves from the enemies.
Who was Hugh de Lacy?
Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath, was an Anglo-Norman landowner and royal office-holder.
Was it hard to attack the castle? Why?
Yes, it was hard, because the Normands constructed a bridge that helped to protect it.
What’s a moat?
It is a deep, wide ditch surrounding a castle, fort, or town, typically filled with water and intended as a defence against attack.
Which battle took place near the castle?
The Battle of Wakefield in 1460
When was the castle destroyed?
In 1228.
Why was it destroyed?
Because of a fight.
What type of catle is it?
It is a Norman Castle.
How was the Castle defended?
With big walls and cannons.
Which English king favoured the invasion of the castle?
Henry II.
What happened between the English king and Hugh de Lacy?
Describe the Castle.
It is really big. It has three towers and there is also the ruin of an ancient church. The walls are very tall and wide, and they are made of rock. Outside the castle there are cannons.
- Hill Of Tara
The guide has explained us some legends of the Hill of Tara. One of them was about a rock that if the legitimal king is accepted by heathens the rock will shout his name, and if it do not shout it, then a women has to touch the rock and see if she is proclamed queen of Ireland. So the thing is that if you touch the rock and it shout your name, then you will be proclamed propietary of Ireland.
Project 6: Guinness store house
Choose your favorite advert and make an interpretation of your own.
This advert shows a pile of cell phones stacked up as if they were a beer. The caption is “Enjoy responsibly. Phones down, please”.
Nowadays, whenever you enter a bar or a restaurant you always get to see how the majority people have their phones out on the table in plain view. Because this, it is easy to understand the urge of the company to make its clients go out and make face-to-face interactions. This is what, in my belief, this ad represents.
Write a short review of the storehouse: what can you find there? Why is it worth visiting? What makes the museum different ? How much is it ? What’s the best part? Who’s the target audience of the storehouse?
The storehouse is divided in 7 different and the objective is one: explaining the history of beer. This is done using interactive exhibitions areas, which makes this place special. Moreover, it has unique places like gravity bar, where you get a 360° view of Dublin. Its entry cost is of 20 €, and it gives you the opportunity of helping yourself with a pint of Guinness. As said before, my favourite place is Gravity Bar, with its specacular views of Dublin. The target is obviously is the people who can take beer, mainly beetween 20-50 years.
Why do you think Guiness is so important for Ireland?
We think Guinness is so important because apart from the economic benefits, it is not only exporting beer, but exporting irish culture, giving the country another dimension culturally speaking, and making it more attractive to tourist.
Project 7-Barracks Museum
What is the Kilmainham Gaol? Why was it relevant?
Kilmainham Gaol is a former prison in Kilmainham, Dublin. It is now a museum. Many Irish revolutionaries, including the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising, were imprisoned and executed in the prison by the British.
What was Dubliners’ attitude towards the rebels before and after the executions? Why did it change?
The majority of the Irish population accepted British rule and believed the Rising was an absurd venture. The execution of men who after their capture created a raft of martyrs that energised Irish nationalism.
What happened with the Germans on Easter Sunday?
That they stopped helping the Irish.
Which were the key buildings during the rebellion?
The GPO, St Stephen’s Green Park, Mount Street Bridge and Northumberland Road, the Four Courts, St James Hospital, The Shelbourne Hotel and Dublin Castle.
Rellevant characters:
James Conolly: He founded the Irish Socialist Republican Party. He spent time in America and then returned to Ireland to look for worker’s rights with James Larkin. He was also one of the founders of the Irish Citizen Army.
Tomas Ashe: Thomas Patrick Ashe was a member of the Gaelic League, the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) and a founding member of the Irish Volunteers.
Eamon de Valera: He was a commander in the 1916 Easter Rising, a political leader in the War of Independence and of the anti-Treaty opposition in the ensuing Irish Civil War
Joseph Plunkett: He joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood and soon after was sent to Germany to meet with Roger Casement, who was negotiating with the German government.
Pádraig Pearse: He was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916.
Charles Stewart Parnell: He was one of the most powerful figures in the British House of Commons in the 1880s.
David Lloyd George: He was the Prime Minister of the Wartime Coalition Government (1916–22), during a the First World War.
Michael Collins: Michael Collins was a soldier and politician who was a leading figure in the struggle for Irish independence.
Project 8-Trinity College
Book of kells:
1.The Book of Kells is an illuminated manuscript Gospel book in Latin, containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables.
2. It is made of vellum.
3. They turn a page once in a week.
4. The gospels are wroten in latin.
5. It was probably made on 800 a.D.
6. We found interesting that the book was made of vellum and not paper.
Long room:
How long is it?
The Library began with the founding of Trinity College in 1592.
Name the three criteria used to classify the books in the Long Room.
Acquisition through purchase, bequest and legal deposit.
How many busts are women?
There are no womens.
Write the names of the two philosophers of the Ancient Greece.
Aristotle and Platon.
Who was the man who was sitting on his garden when an apple fell on his head?
Newton.
Find a 14th Century instrument and take a photo of it.
The harp.
Where can we see this library?
We can see the long room in the film harry potter
This people signed the proclamation:
-Thomas J. Clarke
-Seán Mac Diarmada
-Thomas MacDonagh
-P. H. Pearse
-Éamonn Ceannt
-James Connolly
-Joseph Plunkett
Project 9:
Powerscourt gardens
Glendalough
Legend: A local legend surrounding St. Kevin’s Cross says that anyone who can wrap their arms around the entire width of the cross body and close the circle by touching fingertips will find love in one year and one day.
Photo - guide:
It is situated at this spiritual place, which with the years have becamed a chementry.
What do the sculptures in front of the Custom House represent? Where are they walking to?
They represent the great famine that hit ireland so hard, and the people are walking towards the ships that went to different countries.
Why does the memorial panel mention Canada?
Canada is mentioned in the panel because a large number of families that were irish went to canada, especially youngsters.
Did the famine affected everyone the same?
The great famine only affected to the poor people because they basically lived by the potatoe and the rich havent that problem.
What are so-called coffin ships?
They were ships that went to the countries, but they were called coffin-ships because most of the people died triying to get there, however, Jeani Johnston had zero fatalities.
How did you feel after seeing the sculptures?
We felt sad for the people who was affected by the Great Famine. Those sculptures were very realistic and we could see how people lived in that period.
Smart group!
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