We were delighted to greet two Urban Sketchers, Judith from Houston, Texas, and Marta from Galicia in Spain, who were visiting Dublin.
Lots of tours around Dublin Castle at this time of the year. One of the tour guides I heard said that the pattern on the lawn in front of the Chester Beatty Library is a Celtic pattern that means Welcome. It doesn't quite match the information on the Dublin Castle website, which says that "At the heart of the gardens is the grassy sward of the Dubh Linn Garden, where patterns representing sea serpents are cut into the lawn. This lawn is on or near the site of the original dubh linn or ‘black pool’, where the Vikings harboured their ships and set up a trading base. It was this pool that gave its name to the city: Dublin." The tour guide did talk about the black pool and said that it was originally believed that the dark waters of this pool were the reason Guinness was black! So there you go, Dublin is the original Blackpool, and you can never be sure tour guides are telling you nothing but the truth!
Here are the sketches from the day:
Balazs
Pat
Christine
Mary O'S
Marta
Mary O'C
Marina
Ruth
Mary S
Mary S
Chris
Jessica
Davey
Marie-Hélène
Judith
