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When the clock struck ten we realised Nathy had been
right about the wine. We didn't need the cork. We very seldom
do.
We left with a mental note to remember Gallagher's and to
go back soon. We turned right along Temple Bar for a walk
into the oldest part of Dublin. The streets were dark and
quiet. From somewhere up near the Central Bank the notes of
a busker playing the bagpipes floated down to us. The deeper
you go into this the corner of Dublin the further you go back
in time. There are no cars on the back streets at that hour
of night. At one place you find cobblestones under your feet.
Turning from Essex Street East into Fishamble Street, you
find the auditorium where the Messiah was first performed.
It's a bit difficult to ignore the Civic Offices, but skirting
them along St John's Lane East and Winetavern Street, in Cook
Street, you walk below a remaining section of the city wall.
The merchant is
in Bridge Street, which crosses the river by Dublin's first,
and for a long time only, bridge. As we walked down the hill
we could hear music from the pub. Inside there was a guitar,
a mandolin and an |
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