It's our third day and we're enjoying it so far.
Yesterday, I met Odette, she's one of my Iggy sisters. We really enjoyed her company and we're so grateful she took the time to show us Trinity College and the General Post Office. I finally got to see the Book of Kells; my theology professor would be proud of me.
The main chamber of the Old Library is the Long Room, and at
nearly 65 metres in length, it is filled with 200,000 of the Library’s oldest
books. When built (between 1712 and 1732) it had a flat plaster ceiling and
shelving for books was on the lower level only, with an open gallery. By the
1850s these shelves had become completely full; largely as since 1801 the
Library had been given the right to claim a free copy of every book published
in Britain and Ireland. In 1860 the roof was raised to allow construction of
the present barrel-vaulted ceiling and upper gallery bookcases.
(Source HERE)
Today, we're driving to Galway with a stop at Clonmacnoise. I can't wait!
