Dublin Castle

The Dublin Castle, really a viceroy's house.
This is room where various quests and queens have met with people.
The throne in the throne room.  It is fairly simple for a throne. It could be a model for some restaurant chairs.
The dining room.  They spent a lot of time dinning,drinking and talking. That's what people did before cell phones.
The big ceremony hall that is still used for State functions. The painting on the ceiling is cool 
Some of the banners hanging from the ceiling.
These sculptures are interesting in that is representing what men of the time thought what a good looking man looked like. Athletic but graceful and smooth skin.


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