Saturday 13 May woke to a morning rain. Rain stopped and cloudy all day but no rain.

Breakfast at Kilkenny Design center. Good and very popular place for eats.  Cafeteria style, as are a number of places in this area. 

Still nary a squirrel.

Scarves. Found another nice place with a very friendly and good proprietor. Stable is it’s name.

Williams Street, similar to Soho in NYC, cute shops, eateries, converted mansions.  Above a shot of the street and one of the converted mansions.

O’Connell is a main broad Street, the town center. The general post office is near the top. Big exhibit on the history of the uprising of the early 20th century.  Picture of the 240 meter spire on Flickr.

The GPO is across the river.

Little museum, sold out. Listed as one of the key attractions so we tried to get in.  Got tickets for tomorrow.  Below the museum is a eatery recommended more than once by shop keeper and tourist office and hotel. Nice cheese board and tea. 

Saint Steven Park walk. Another top attraction, nice little park to stroll around.  

Dinner at ramen restaurant on Williams, Kokoro ramen.  No kimchi, not done here.

Went to the cellar bar to have a draft Guinness.  We were told that it tastes different and better (both turned out to be true) in Dublin. Waitperson at ramen joint claimed old timers could tell the difference between Guinness transported by rail and Guinness transported by canal back in earlier times.