{"id":6251,"date":"2016-08-01T10:26:33","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T14:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/?p=6251"},"modified":"2016-04-06T10:26:50","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T14:26:50","slug":"limericks-legends-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/limericks-legends-dublin","title":{"rendered":"Limericks & legends: The literary legacy of Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ireland<\/a>Ireland\u2019s legacy, aside from Guinness\u00a0and those charming accents,\u00a0may come down to the number\u00a0of successful wordsmiths it has\u00a0churned out over the years. Named\u00a0a UNESCO City of Literature in\u00a02010, Dublin has served as the\u00a0birthplace, home and inspiration\u00a0for many revered poets, playwrights\u00a0and novelists of the past three\u00a0centuries: Samuel Beckett, James\u00a0Joyce, John Keats, William Butler\u00a0Yeats, Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker,\u00a0George Bernard Shaw, and Jonathan\u00a0Swift, just to name a few.<\/p>\n

The capital of Dublin\u00a0has inspired some of the greatest\u00a0literature of the English language.\u00a0Join any one of our Dublin tours,\u00a0and follow the footsteps of Ireland\u2019s\u00a0greatest authors through the streets\u00a0of this literary epicentre, learning\u00a0about the history and the setting\u00a0of such timeless works as A Portrait\u00a0of the Artist as a Young Man and\u00a0\u201cA Modest Proposal,\u201d while taking\u00a0in the scenery of the beautiful\u00a0Emerald Isle.<\/p>\n

\"Nathan<\/a>Also included in our walking\u00a0tours of Dublin is a stop in Parnell\u00a0Square, a famous and picturesque\u00a0point of town rich with history\u00a0and culture. The oldest of Dublin\u2019s\u00a0Georgian squares, Parnell Square\u00a0is the starting point of many of\u00a0Dublin\u2019s oldest and most significant\u00a0cultural processions and home to\u00a0many historical landmarks. This\u00a0includes the Garden of Remembrance,\u00a0which commemorates the\u00a01916 Easter Rising that eventually\u00a0led to the formation of the Irish\u00a0State and which inspired the Yeats\u00a0Poem Easter, 1916.<\/p>\n

For an extra treat, a trip to\u00a0Dublin in the late spring will drop\u00a0you right into the world of one of\u00a0the most renowned novels of our\u00a0time. Bloomsday is a holiday to\u00a0commemorate the life and work of\u00a0James Joyce on June 16, the date\u00a0during which the events of Joyce\u2019s\u00a0stream-of-consciousness Ulysses\u00a0take place. Named after the novel\u2019s\u00a0protagonist, Leopold Bloom,\u00a0Bloomsday invites tourists and\u00a0residents alike to follow Bloom\u2019s\u00a0path across Dublin for the day.<\/p>\n

\"Boats<\/a>Yet no matter where you go in\u00a0the city, the ghosts of writers past\u00a0are never very far. You might walk\u00a0the same cobblestones as Beckett,\u00a0eat in a pub frequented by Joyce,\u00a0or see Wilde\u2019s mocking smile in\u00a0Merrion Square. The literary trails\u00a0of Dublin never end.<\/p>\n

Want to plan a trip to Dublin? Let us help!<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ireland\u2019s legacy, aside from Guinness\u00a0and those charming accents,\u00a0may come down to the number\u00a0of successful wordsmiths it has\u00a0churned out over the years. Named\u00a0a UNESCO City of Literature in\u00a02010, Dublin has served as the\u00a0birthplace, home and inspiration\u00a0for many revered poets, playwrights\u00a0and novelists of the past three\u00a0centuries: Samuel Beckett, James\u00a0Joyce, John Keats, William Butler\u00a0Yeats, Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker,\u00a0George Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[410,345,58,153,47082,128],"class_list":["post-6251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-explorica-news","tag-cultural-immersion","tag-educational-tours","tag-educational-travel","tag-ireland","tag-literature","tag-student-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6251"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6348,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6251\/revisions\/6348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}