IRELAND || Dublin - travel vlog (Trinity College Library, Temple Bar) 15 Degrees North

15° North are travelling again! This time we are in Ireland, visiting its capital, Dublin. There we see Temple Bar, Oscar Wilde’s House, St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin Castle and Trinity College Library.
Jérémy and Ben here again! We love to travel and to satisfy our wanderlust, we are on a European road-trip exploring the best places for a city break on the continent. We love to escape Britain to experience the best culture, cuisine and attractions that the world has to offer. If you’re a tourist like us and just need a good itinerary for what to do and how to do it when you’re in Dublin, we will show you the best things to put on your itinerary.
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Dublin is the capital of Ireland, sitting on the east coast of the country. It’s a port city at the mouth of the River Liffey, with around two million people living there, which is 40% of Ireland’s total population. Founded in the seventh century, it became Ireland’s capital upon the country gaining independence from Britain a century ago. Since then, Ireland has forged it’s own fierce identity internationally, achieving great success within the EU to become one of the richest countries on the planet.
Ireland’s most famous export is, of course, Guinness. The famed Irish dry stout can be sampled all over the city, with warm and welcoming Irish pubs probably the city’s biggest attraction. The best of the these are located in Temple Bar district, but the most famous of them all is the wonderfully distinctive Temple Bar itself.
Now we love to sample the delicacies of all the countries that we visit, but we’re going to have to be honest here... Guinness isn’t for us. I know that makes us sound like a pair of heathens, but we’ve both had it on trips to Ireland before and didn’t love it, so instead we drank some of the many other beers and ciders that Ireland has to offer. And it gave us the perfect opportunity to soak up the amazing atmosphere inside.
Probably Dublin’s most famous resident was Oscar Wilde, whose house is preserved today as a museum. The famed playwright and socialite is known as much for his tragic demise following a stint in prison for being gay as for writing some of the wittiest sayings in the English language.
Of course another famous person is St. Patrick, whose cathedral is in central Dublin. The patron saint of Ireland, his day is celebrated worldwide as an excuse for a lot of drinking and frivolity. Ireland is famous for is vast Diaspora, with millions of people around the world - particularly in the USA - able to claim descent from Irish emigrants, which they of course mark on Paddy’s Day.
Dublin Castle was the centre of English rule within Ireland. Today, the island of Ireland is split in two, with the south an independent republic and the north still a part of the United Kingdom. This division has caused fierce conflict over the last century, from the declaration of Home Rule, through the Troubles right the way until Brexit and the present day. How long they will stay divided is another question, because if you ask us, that division makes very little sense whatsoever.But, of course, not everyone agrees with us there...
Dublin’s most famous landmark is Trinity College - and in particular, the city’s university. An oasis of calm in the middle of the city, its buildings are stunning, but it has two massive asset. Firstly, it contains the Book of Kells, one of the world’s oldest and most beautiful illuminated manuscript of the gospels, dating from around 800CE. And secondly, its library is arguably one of the most beautiful in the world.
Built in the early eighteenth century, it contains thousands upon thousands of ancient and precious rare books. It’s also a legal deposit library, meaning that publishers in Ireland must deposit a copy of all books there that are published in Ireland.
Dublin is so easy and so cheap to access from the UK, so why not do as we did and hop across the Celtic Sea for a daytrip? It’s absolutely worth your while.