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DUBLIN DAYS
The House
Booking the IPA House in Dublin was easily accomplished via
the IPA website and everyone was very efficient and helpful.
We flew into Dublin Airport and it
was a simple trip on the air coach
to Drumcondra, followed by a ten
minute walk to Iona Drive where the House is
situated. The IPA house is in a lovely residential
location and very well furnished and equipped,
plus lots of interesting IPA memorabilia. The
garden is nice with good seating areas as well
as a barbeque.
Our rooms were spacious and comfortable.
Things to Do
We took a short walk to the lovely Botanical
Gardens (great homemade cakes in the tea room)
and the hugely impressive Drumcondra Cemetery.
A 40 minute slow walk from the House will get
you to Dublin City Centre. I was impressed by the
street sculptures in all manner of locations and
was particularly taken by the bronze Brendan
Beehan sitting on a bench next to the canal locks.
The Famine Memorial next to the river is very
moving and powerful.
The Brazen Head in Bridge Street is the oldest
pub in Dublin – Guinness served with a smile and
a shamrock in the foam. A short walk from there
to the Guinness Storehouse itself. Entry is about
18 Euros but includes a pint for each adult. There
are wonderful views from the top floor and a very
interesting museum and tour.
The Post Office Museum in the city centre
commemorates amongst other things the Easter
Uprising of 1916, Irish stamp designs and the life
of a rural postman.
A wander around the main shopping centre and
an obligatory (if somewhat expensive) pint of
Guinness in the Temple Bar with a good local
duo on stage to entertain was how we rounded
up our day.
We spent the next day again exploring the city
on foot and took in the Castle (Police Memorial
Garden in the grounds),several of the lovely
churches, Trinity College and St Stephen’s Green.
We enjoyed a super lunch and Guinness at the
Confession Box in Marlborough Street.
Dublin proved to be a very interesting and friendly
city, the IPA house an ideal base with good
transport links. Next time we plan to hire a car
and spend some time at the other IPA Houses
in Ireland.
By John Wills of London South Branch
IPA house - Dublin
IPA House - Sligo
IPA House - Cork
IPA House - Wexford
IPA Section Ireland
has IPA Houses (some are
apartments) situated in:
Dublin
Galway
Cork
Wexford
Sligo
For full details, visit: .
ipaireland.ie/accommodation.php
IPA House - Galway
11 POLICE WORLD Vol 61 No. 2, 2016
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