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A ghost(?) Dalkey Castle |
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| Ready to face the day |
We are still having a great time and using the opportunity to do some of the things we didn’t get around to doing when we were last here. We went on the tour of Dalkey castle. The tour was very good with actors delivering information on how they treated illness in medieval times. Another actor told us all about archers and an actress in the graveyard, who later revealed she was a ghost, told us that if you touch the Yew tree and make a wish it would come true and if you walked through a low passageway through the church ruins and said good fortune then that would come to you. It sounds a bit corny but it was all well done.
We walked most of the way home but the wind was too forceful to fight all the way.
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| Castle ruins |
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| Dalkey Castle |
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| In Herbert Park |
On Thursday 19 May we went for a walk around our favourite Herbert Park. There was lots of warm sunshine which changes the whole complexion of the city. In the afternoon we walked into town and caught up with Michelle and her mum for a lovely afternoon.
We picked up the car on Friday 20 May. It is a black Nissan Micra with a 1.2 litre engine which is all you need in congested Dublin traffic.
Making the most of having a car we headed off to the well-known Newbridge silver factory at (you guessed it) Newbridge. The showroom also houses the Icon Museum where you can view the dresses and costumes worn by major film stars like Maureen O'Hara, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly. They had dresses worn by Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Charade, and dresses worn by Grace Kelly; the tux worn by Dean Martin and the grey suits worn by the Beatles when they performed a Hard Day’s Night. They also had artefacts such as Marilyn Monroe’s last medical bill and the Vespa that was ridden by Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday. Danny was most impressed by the actual jeannie bottle from I Dream of Jeannie, signed by Barbara Eden and Larry Hagman. It was amazing to see all those beautiful dresses and costumes in one place. One of the outfits cost 600,000 euro and two of Grace Kelly’s dresses cost 350,000 euro when purchased at major auctions! It is strange that such a stunning collection is to be found in a little town half an hour out of Dublin. 
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| Icon Museum - Newbridge Silver |
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| Killruddery House in Bray countryside |
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| Beech Hedges |
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What's she doing with a mobile phone |
On Saturday, despite the cloudy weather and forecast of lashing rain, we went to view Killruddery house, an Elizabethan-Revival mansion, south of Bray. The house wasn’t open – pity the brochures didn’t say that - but the grounds were accessible and we were given a brochure which led us to the Monks walk which was a passageway between rows of oak trees planted in the 1600s and to view a myriad of hedges, fountains, beautiful purple irises and the long ponds. We took a break and had tea and toast with Kilruddery honey made from their own hives.
Obviously we aren’t doing things tough and we are both well. Hope all is well back home.
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