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Walking TourPresentation The Darker Side of Dublin: 2016 Walking Tour

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Introduction

•  The purpose of this walking tour was to reeberthe dark parts of Dublin!s histor" b" going tosoe of the places connected to those parts ofher histor"# $%a" and I are $ericans stud"ing

science and engineering& and we ha'e a 'er"'ague understanding of the tragic parts of Irishhistor"# (efore considering this trip the onl"thoughts we had on the countr" re'ol'ed aroundSt# Patrick!s Da"& a da" for drinking in the )#S#

(ecause our culture was so hea'il" in*uenced b"Irish culture& we decided that it would be good forus to tr" to understand Irish histor" a little betterb" conteplating the sober oents in it#

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+hrist +hurch +athedral

• We started the tour at +hrist +hurch +athedralbecause it was geographicall" con'enient# The+hurch is beautiful& and the tour guide wase,cellent# The tour took us up to the bell tower&

where we were allowed to ring the bells& and allthe wa" back down to the cr"pts#

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+hrist +hurch +athedral

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+hrist +hurch +athedral

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+r"pts at St# -ichan!s+hurch

St# -ichan!s church has cr"ptsbeneath it .like ost churchconteporar" with St# -ichan!s/# These cr"pts& howe'er& happen touif" bodies laid in the#

)nfortunatel"& the" did not allowphoto!s be"ond this point# ou!ll %ustha'e to trust e& there are uiesinside# $ll of the people buried in thecr"pt cae fro wealth" failies&though soe did die tragic deaths#

 The cr"pts contain the bodies of theSheares brothers& who took part in the13 rebellion and were e,ecuted b"disebowelent#

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4ilainha 5aol

• 4ilainha 5aol is a forer prison in Dublin# Thispart in our walking tour was for sure the osteotional part of the tour& and the osthistoricall" signicant# -ost of the leaders of the

7aster 8ising were e,ecuted at 4ilainha 5aolin 116# 9ur tour guide was an Irish an fro theWest of Ireland& and his tour was aaing# It wasob'ious that he was 'er" connected to the histor"of the site& in a personal wa"#

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4ilainha 5aol

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4ilainha 5aol

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;aine -eorial

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;aine -eorial

•  The Dublin faine eorial called& <;aine< wasbuilt in 1 to coeorate the 5reat ;aine#$%a" and I passed b" this eorial se'eral tieswhile walking b" the ri'er& but seeing it after

'isiting the 4ilainha 5aol ade the eaningbehind the eorial uch ore profound# $fterseeing 4ilainha 5aol& I think I understood theeorial as uch as I could for a person who hasne'er been star'ing or e'er known an"one who

has e'er been star'ing#