This museum is one of the finest smaller art museums in the
world. It contains 2500 painting and 10,000 other works of art, including Caravaggio's The Taking of Christ, Reynolds's First Earl of
Bellamont, Vermeer's Lady Writing a Letter with Her Maid, Rembrandt's Rest on
the Flight into Egypt, Poussin's The Holy Family and Lamentation over the Dead
Christ, and Goya's Portrait of Doña Antonia Zárate. The highlight of a visit to
the gallery is an exhibition of famous Irish painting from between the 17th
and 20th Centuries, including works by Roderic O'Conor, Sir William
Orpen, and William Leech.
Visiting Dublin
Dublin is
accessible by plane or by ferry from Britain
or the Continent. The city has a good bus service. However taxis are rare and
expensive when they are available. Some people just walk through the city.
Dublin is filled
with monuments. These include the Irish Famine Memorial, a bronze representation
of six figures, the Molly Malone Statue (known as the “tart with a cart”), the
statue of James Joyce across the street from the General Post Office, and the
statue of Parnell on O’Connell Street.
No visit to Dublin
is complete without at least one stop at one of the many pubs. It’s traditional
to buy everyone a round of drinks, which will make a visitor quite a few
instant friends.