Ireland - Dublin

We finally finished our 150th celebration by visiting a country in Europe that neither of us had been to- Ireland. Dublin is filled with many amazing sites - for a city of a half million people, it has a surprising number of things to see. 

One of the first places we visited was Trinity College, the home of The Book of Kells, a thousand year old New Testament that took 7 monks their entire lifetimes to produce. Trinity also has a relatively new library ( only 300 years old) that used to house a copy of every book published in Ireland. 

The Keelmainham jail operated for over 150 years until it was closed in 1960. It holds a special place in Irish history, as the leaders of the 1916 revolt against England were all hung here. 

Yup, plenty of beer here! The Guiness factory is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Europe. Here, Jackie is learning the proper way to pour a "pint of the black" - it takes about 4 minutes to do it correctly! Steve won an extra pint for remembering how many children Arthur Guiness and his wife had (21) and how many died before reaching adulthood (11). 

Did I mention that there was plenty of beer here?