Dublin, Ireland: A detailed tour of the city and suburbs (filmed May / June / July 2016)
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Ireland. Dublin is in the province of Leinster on Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey. To read more about Dublin, click here:
This film is a detailed tour around the city of Dublin, and some of its suburbs. The film begins with the arrival at Dublin Airport, a subsequent tour North around the suburbs of Swords and Malahaide, before entering the city centre and exploring areas on both sides of the River Liffey, later into the film the suburbs of Tallaght and Dun Laoghaire are featured within the film, which highlight's Dublin's attractions, architecture, culture, music, pubs, streets, parks, gardens, churches, cathedrals, natural features, transport systems, infrastructure and art. This is one of the most detailed explorations of Dublin that is available online, and anyone wishing to explore Dublin would benefit from viewing this film first.
Within the film, the following locations and features are identified: Landing at Dublin Airport (Northerly view), Dublin Airport Terminal 1, 102 Bus ride to Swords, Main Street (Swords), The Old Borough (Swords), Wetherspoon's Large Irish Breakfast, Bridge Street (Swords), Swords Castle Park, Swords Castle, 102 Bus ride from Swords to Malahide, Malahide Castle Park and Gardens, Malahide Castle, Main Street (Malahide), St. Sylvester's Church, Malahide Marina Village, The Green (Malahide), Malahide Marina, Bissets Strand (Malahide), St. George's Channel, Malahide Train Station, DART train from Malahide to Dublin Pearse Street, Dublin Connolly Station, The Custom House, Dublin Pearse Station, Westland Row, Lombard Street East, Sean O'Casey Bridge, River Liffey, Beresford Place, Gardiner Street Lower, Frenchman's Lane, Talbot Street, Earl Street North, Department of Education and Skills, The Wishing Hand, St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral, O'Connell Street Upper, Smithfield, Smithfield Luas, Ride on the Luas Red Line to Tallaght, Tallaght Stadium, Maldron Hotel (Tallaght), N81 / Cookstown Way / Kiltipper Road (Tallaght), Belgard Square West (Tallaght), Tallaght Luas, Ride to Dublin Heuston on the Luas, Droimeneach Luas, Grand Canal, Goldenbridge Luas, Heuston Luas, Dublin Heuston Station, Guinness Brewery, Rory O'Moore Bridge, James Joyce Bridge, Mellows Bridge, St. Paul's Church, The Brazen Head, O'Shea's Merchant, Abbey Street Upper, Abbey Street Middle, Liffey Street Lower, Two Women, Bachelors Walk, Ha'Penny Bridge, Merchants Arch, O'Connell Bridge, River Bar, Rosie Hackett Bridge, Burgh Quay, Sheahan Memorial, Hawkins Street, Temple Bar, Temple Lane Street, Grattan Statue, College green, Irish Houses of Parliament, The University of Dublin Trinity College, College Street, The Campanile, Trinity College, Trinity Street, Central Bank of Ireland, Dame Street, City Hall, Rates Office, Lord Edward street, Cow's Lane, Christ Church Cathedral, Armenian Genocide Memorial, St. Audoen's Church, Thomas Street, John's Lane Church, John Street West, St. Catherine's Church, Old St. James Church, Nicholas Street, High Street, Millennium Child, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Aungier Street, Digges Street Upper, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin Unitarian Church, Saint Stephen's Green Park, Dawson Street, St. Stephen's Green Shopping Centre, Sinnotts Bar, Marine Road (Dun Laoghaire), Dun Laoghaire Town Hall, Victoria Monument (Dun Laoghaire), O'Connell Street Lower, Henry street, James Larkin Statue, Sir John Gray Statue, Daniel O'Connell Statue, Chalres Stewart Parnell Statue, Rotunda Hospital, Ambassador Theatre, Cavendish Row, Garden of Rememberance, Abbey Presbyterian Church, Hardwicke Street, St. George's Church, Gardiner Street Upper, Dorset Street Lower, Royal Canal, Croke Park, Drumcondra Road Lower, Bus to Dublin Airport, Dublin Airport Terminal 2, Dublin Airport Terminal 1, Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Gate 104, and the take off from Dublin airport with Northerly views.
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Taormina, Sicily. Shrines and Churches.
ST. PANCRA’S CHURCH
The church consecrated to the Patron of Taormina, St. Pancras, Bishop and martyr, was built on the ruins of a Greek temple dedicated to Jupiter Serapis. Parts of the temple’s cell can still be seen in the southern wall of the church. This church is in Barocco style and dates back to the second part of the 16th century. Its main portal is very interesting with jambs and architraves in Taormina stone; two Ionian columns decorate each side of the portal. Inside the church the intermediate floor with the organ can be seen above this portal. Two interesting oil paintings on canvas hang above the two minor altars on the right of the church, one picturing the torture of St. Nicone and the other the consecration of St. Maximus who was St. Pancras’ successor. Between the other two minor altars on the left of the church there is a fresco picturing Teofano Cerameo, Taormina’s last Bishop during the 11th century. A low railing in wrought iron separates the rest of the church from the main altar which is lavishly decorated with polichrome marble slabs and an Ionian column on each side, like those on the external portal. There are eight angels on the altar, four on each side, and a bust of God giving his blessing. A fresco picturing the torture of St. Pancras can be seen on the right of the main altar.
ST. CATHERINE’S CHURCH
The exact construction date of this church, consecrated to St. Catherine of Alexandria in Egypt and located in the centre of the town opposite Palazzo Corvaja, is not known. It is thought to date back to 1663, the year engraved on the tablet of the ossuary found outside the church and now located in the wall beside the staircase which leads to the crypt. The entrance door to the sacresty is on the left of the portal; the sacresty is thought to have been built before the Church, i.e. during the 16th century. The facade of the sacresty is decorated with two small windows ornated with sea shells, the same decoration used on the architrave of its door. As it was built on the ruins of the Odeon, the remains of which can be seen behind the church, part of the orchestra and scene were destroyed. The scene of the Odeon is believed to have been created using the colonnade of a pre-existent Greek temple dedicated to Aphrodite.
ST. GEORGE’S CHURCH
St. George’s Anglican Church was built in the early 1920s on the iniziative of a small group of English people who used to spend most of the year in Taormina. The church was designed by Sir Harry Triggs, an English architect and the son-in-law of Sir Edward Hill, who owned the land and was a real promoter of Taormina’s wonders. There are two aisles inside the church, which is divided by three round arches in Siracusa stone with two central columns as their base. The most beautiful part of the church is its large polichrome window behind the main altar picturing Jesus on the cross with St. Catherine on the left and St. George in his mediaeval armour on the right.
ST. AUGUSTINE’S CHURCH
The Church of St. Augustine, nowadays known as the town library, was built towards the end of the 15th century by the people of Taormina and is said to have been originally devoted to St. Sebastian who had worked a miracle and saved the town by keeping the plague away. The Augustinian fathers later arrived in Taormina, took over and enlarged the church, turning it into a monastery; it then lost its St. Sebastian title and was named after St. Augustine. The church, with its tie-beam cieling, has four niches on each side decorated with false Corinthian arches and columns. Originally decorated in late Sicilian Gothic style, the church was radically transformed around the year 1700 when the large ogival arch of the main portal was replaced by an architrave in Taormina stone. All that remains of the originai facade is a small rosette and the top of the ogival arch of the old portal.
SHRINE TO OUR LADY OF THE FORTRESS
Situated on the top of Mount Tauro, the Santuario Madonna della Rocca has perhaps one of the most beautiful and suggestive panoramas in Taormina. The shrine was built in 1640, taking advantage of the rock structure which forms a grotto there, and is still today one of the tourists’ favourite sight-seeing attractions.