Culture night 2015

Culture night - What a brilliant night !!! 

The only places I went to were Christ Church Cathedral, Saint Patrick's Cathedral & The Freemasons Hall. 

I'm almost ashamed to say that I've not been to any of these three places considering I've lived in Dublin all my life!!! 

Highlights of Christ Church. I mean never mind the building itself - it left me a little awestruck! Strongbow's tomb, the treasures in the crypt, the mummified Tom & Jerry (the cat and the rat that were trapped in an organ in the 1860s) and the Magna Carta 800 celebration. 

They had a little story telling section set up - very sweet! There was also some costumes from The Tudors. 

From there we walked to Saint Patrick's Cathedral - the photo was taken as we walked through the park beside the Cathedral.

The building is in the shape of a cross. There really is so much to see here and there is such a feeling of history as you wander through. Highlight for me here was the model of the building and the bust of Jonathan Swift. This should definitely be a must do for any tourists or even native Dubliners who have never been.

From there we went for food. Everywhere looked like it was hopping but we stopped in at Bobos Burgers on Dame Street and managed to get a table. I chose the cock a doodle do - Southern Fried chicken goujons burger with BBQ sauce, lettuce and red onion. 

Sean got a hamburger and we got skinny fries which had a little sprinkling of rosemary on them. 

Great food and the staff are lovely. Great pit stop to refuel :) 

Our final stop of the evening was the Freemasons Hall which is in a Victorian building. It looked to me like this had the biggest queue and wow oh wow I can see why! Where do I even start with here? The building is pretty spectacular yet I've never paid it much attention!!! There was a guide advising us to start upstairs. First stop was the Grand Lodge room. 

The ceiling was something else!!! It was just incredible. The next highlight was the Knights Templar room. That is really something. Took a seat along the side of the room to just take It all in. 

We then wandered through the rest of the Hall before visiting the museum. It felt a little like walking in history - it's fantastic to have something like Culture Night to experience and learn something new. 

Think Culture Night is a really great idea and there was such a nice vibe around town that night... Will definitely do it again next year!!