The Campanile, Trinity College Dublin

The Campanile is a landmark and much loved by past Trinity Students. Apparently the Mountaineering Society like to climb it each year!

Botany Bay, Trinity College Dublin

Botany Bay, one of the Trinity Squares, residental, with tennis courts in the center, and the most fabulous cherry blossom trees I've seen in years...or was the cherry blossom just wonderful everywhere this year?
Home to a certain persom in the 1950s whom some of us know as....Dad!

The Rubrics, Trinity College Dublin

 This is the front of The Rubrics, as seen from Front Square.

 The back...

And a corner of the roof next to the Museum Building; it was the limb of the old tree which interested me, as you can tell! None of these photos do justice to the beauty of the Elizabethan architecture, especially the chimneys.

The Rubrics is the oldest building in Trinity College, built in about 1592 when Elizabeth the First granted the Charter for a University in Dublin. The site was a dilapidated Monastery outside the City Walls.

'Rubrics' is short for 'red bricks', by which name it is widely known. Last year the College decided to empty the cellars and apparently most of the 'old rubbish' found was taken straight to the National Museum for conservation! How many of us empty our 'rubbish' into a Museum???

Further History of the College.

Trinity College Dublin

Standing in Front Square this is Front Gate in front of you, and to the left is one of the Founder's statues. The corner of the building on the right is the Dining Hall.

Yoohooo! I'm Back!!

As some of you know, I spent several weeks in April and May living in Trinity College Dublin, with Eldest as she worked towards her final exams and stuff for her Degree. The weather was beautiful much of the time, and being on site at all hours of the day had me constantly reaching for the camera!

This is one of several incredibly old trees around the original parts of the College. They really add to the atmosphere of the place, and over Easter we watched them bud, blossom and leaf. It was very beautiful.