CITY TRAIL
Maybe it’s the oral tradition, the penchant for alcohol or simply the Irish gift of the gab, but Dublin has exported a remarkable number of great writers for its modest size. It’s the birthplace of James Joyce, WB Yeats, Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw and Samuel Beckett. This legacy is now acknowledged by Unesco, which has declared Dublin a City of Literature, and as you wander its Georgian squares you’ll come across numerous reminders of the city’s rich contribution to literature and culture. Spend any time here and you’ll soon realise it’s a place of glib bartenders, garrulous taxi drivers and witty pint drinkers where friendly banter, epic conversations and drawn-out debates are the done thing.
Trinity College Dublin.
BY ETAIN O’CARROLL, PHOTOGRAPHS: ANDREW MONTGOMERY