The Great Famine

As we saw in class on Friday Ireland, I am going to add  this video about Irish Famines, which is very easy to understand and related to what we are seeing in class. A different way to learn history! :)

(Clara Ruiz Estela)

Trinity College Dublin

Hi everyone!

These are some pictures of me and a group of friends on our trip in Ireland in 2006.
The buildings you can see behind us belong to the Trinity College of Dublin.

It was founded in 1592, and it is Ireland's oldest university. Before this year, its buildings constituted an Augustinian monastery.

The college was set to strengthen the rule of the Tudor monarchy in Ireland, and since its foundation there were lots of restrictions on the membership of college: women were first admitted as full members in 1904.

Its area occupies 190,000 with playing fields and wide esplanades. I went there in July and therefore academic life was not so busy, but I would like to visit it again in winter, to see the snowed gardens!

Listen to the song

MOLLY MALONE



Patricia

Molly Malone

Hi everyone,

This is a picture of Molly Malone's figure in Grafton street, Dublin. The statue pays tribute to a popular song also titled "Molly Malone" which has become the unoficial anthem of Dublin. The song talks about Molly, a beautiful fishmonger who died young due to a fever. There is no evidence of the existence of a real Molly Malone in the 17th century, but the fame of the song is so, that they have even built this statue.

As you can see, I don't appear in the picture, but I was in Dublin in 2007 and I enjoyed the visit very much, I found the city very nice, interesting and full of culture and art.

Rut Villar