Jarod and I were so excited to go to Ireland. We both have a lot of Irish in us so we were excited to see where our ancestors came from. We took a ferry from Wales to Dublin across the Irish Sea. The boat was amazing! It was like you were on a cruise ship that your trip only lasted two hours. We wanted to see as much of Dublin as possible in the few days we were there so we got the double decker bus passes that gives the tour of the city. It was really neat and we learned so much about Dublin and Ireland. The first stop on our tour was Trinity College. This is a picture of one of the buildings. I love how old everything is there.
We love the big parks in the big cities so we had to check out Dublin's.
This is the famous St. Patrick's Cathedral. So here goes one of my history lessons. In the old churches they usually have crypts under or near the churches. This church is built on an underground river so they could not have a basement. So since they could not have a crypt anyone who died is actually buried in the walls and floor of this church. There is over 500 people buried there. Isn't that crazy!!
You gotta love the one armed shot.
Jarod and I went and toured the old jail. This played a huge part in Irish history. They had photographs and information about the people that had spent time in here and Jarod and I were just relieved that we didn't come across any of our ancestors. We were definitely looking at least for Jarod's side of the family :)
One of the many hallways. During the potato famine, people used to get caught doing a crime on purpose to go to jail. They knew they would at least get two meals a day. They took a big chance though because the jail was so overcrowded that sometimes there punishment was to be shipped away to Australia or America without allowing them to say good bye to their families and knowing that they would never see them again. I can't imagine being so desperate. I didn't know it when I was there but that is when my ancestors left Ireland for America but we think it was by choice not a jail sentence.
Many people were jailed here for fighting for Ireland's freedom from Britain. I had no idea how much they went through in order to gain independence.
Jarod thought that if he was in a cell these might be two of the positions he would stay in. I think the second one is the best.
Jarod and I were so excited to go to Ireland. We both have a lot of Irish in us so we were excited to see where our ancestors came from. We took a ferry from Wales to Dublin across the Irish Sea. The boat was amazing! It was like you were on a cruise ship that your trip only lasted two hours. We wanted to see as much of Dublin as possible in the few days we were there so we got the double decker bus passes that gives the tour of the city. It was really neat and we learned so much about Dublin and Ireland. The first stop on our tour was Trinity College. This is a picture of one of the buildings. I love how old everything is there.
We love the big parks in the big cities so we had to check out Dublin's.
This is the famous St. Patrick's Cathedral. So here goes one of my history lessons. In the old churches they usually have crypts under or near the churches. This church is built on an underground river so they could not have a basement. So since they could not have a crypt anyone who died is actually buried in the walls and floor of this church. There is over 500 people buried there. Isn't that crazy!!
You gotta love the one armed shot.
Jarod and I went and toured the old jail. This played a huge part in Irish history. They had photographs and information about the people that had spent time in here and Jarod and I were just relieved that we didn't come across any of our ancestors. We were definitely looking at least for Jarod's side of the family :)
One of the many hallways. During the potato famine, people used to get caught doing a crime on purpose to go to jail. They knew they would at least get two meals a day. They took a big chance though because the jail was so overcrowded that sometimes there punishment was to be shipped away to Australia or America without allowing them to say good bye to their families and knowing that they would never see them again. I can't imagine being so desperate. I didn't know it when I was there but that is when my ancestors left Ireland for America but we think it was by choice not a jail sentence.
Many people were jailed here for fighting for Ireland's freedom from Britain. I had no idea how much they went through in order to gain independence.
Jarod thought that if he was in a cell these might be two of the positions he would stay in. I think the second one is the best.
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