Easter Guinness?

Dave and I visited Dublin last weekend. We started our Saturday with the 1916 Rebellion Walking Tour. Lorcan Collins (below), co-author of The Easter Rising: A Guide to Dublin in 1916, was our guide. As we strolled to various sites around the city, we learned about the history of Ireland's struggle for independence.



Lorcan passionately brought numerous places and people to life over a period of 2 hours. Our tour ended at the GPO (General Post Office) in O'Connell Street, where Padraic Pearse first read the Proclamation of the Irish Republic to the public on Easter Monday (24th April) 1916.



From there we walked along the River Liffey, passing the Ha'penny Bridge and taking the obligatory photo of this much loved symbol of Dublin.



We next stopped at Dublin's most popular international tourist attraction.



This building was a working fermentation plant from 1904 to 1988, and reopened as a "visitor experience" in 2000. We learned about the brewing process (again), but more interesting to us was the actual footage of coopers making wooden casks. It was a fine art that has now been lost.



We finally reached the Gravity Bar on level 7 to enjoy our complimentary pint. There we also took in a panoramic view of Dublin that included the rest of the St. James's Gate Brewery, where Guinness has been produced since 1759.