It had turned into a kind of a mission of ours to try and find as many of those pubs as we could. There were three of them within walking distance of our hotel. First on the list was the bar Temple Bar in Temple Bar which was right across the street from our hotel. We wandered down and found it with very little trouble. 
It is a most interesting bar in that it is divided into several sections with some being open to the air but having awnings that can be drawn over if it rains or is too hot. It was crowded with young folks and tourists as it was a long weekend in Ireland,they call it a bank holiday there.I ordered the cheese plate and Maureen had a sandwich.
We both ordered beer but this time we tried a Temple Brau which is a local beer and not bad at all.
Another mission of ours was to try as many Irish beers as we could, although not all at one sitting. we went back to the hotel and packed and repacked. Finished writing the last of my postcards and found that I still needed some stamps.
After that refreshing break we wandered up Grafton street and poked through shops. Grafton street is a pedestrian street which is nice and so we were surprised to see a bright pink car parked outside one store.
There was a new shop opening that was bright pink, the Barbie Store and the car was part of their grand opening gala.
Further up the street there was a young man building a dog out of sand on the sidewalk and a few buskers playing music and singing to try and earn a few dollars.
We went up and walked a bit through Marrion Square. After leaving that park we went one block down on the one street we had not been down when we had been in Dublin 10 days before and we found O'Donohughes, the next bar on our list of bars to visit before the night was over. It had a completely different character about it.
It was dark and had on quaint old feeling. There were lots of young folks in the one section that was outside in a kind of courtyard and inside it looked like it was from the 1800's. You could tell that there had been years of smoking going on in that place. We did stay for a beer there and then decided to find Foley's. Now before I say anything else I have to let you know that we have Foley's in our family tree too.
It was right across the street and was a beautiful bar with a light and clean atmosphere. We had a beer there too and then decided to eat upstairs as Foley's also had a
restaurant. Maureen tried the irish stew and said that it tasted just like irish stew. I had a salad, potatoes au gratin and veggies.
We went for a walk to Stephen's green which is a beautiful park right in the heart of Dublin.
There was a lake with a beautiful bridge over the water and swans too. We both took quite a few pictures there. It was a perfect summer evening.
We went in search of a phone place where Maureen could finally use her phone card. if there was one thing frustrating about our trip it was that phone card. It didn't work anywhere but this one place in Dublin, but in the end she did get to talk to her family back in Canada using the card.
The stagshead pub was going to be putting on live traditional music that night and so we decided to go and check it out. We had heard great traditional music in Cape Clear and had enjoyed it very much. It did not start until 9 so we popped into O'Brien' s and had a 1/2 pint there. The music they played was loud and more modern music, well the 80's and 90's.
When we asked if they were going to have live traditional they said no. Too bad. We went to the Stagshead bar and found out that the traditional music was played downstairs. So we went and got a table.
It filled up fast and there was standing room only after a while. The music was very good but I was so tired from all of our activities to say nothing of the beer that by 1030 I was ready to go. Maureen I think would have loved to stay out later but I was a party pooper. arranged for a cab and a wakeup call at 4 am the next morning and said our goodbyes in case I got up and left the room without waking Maureen.
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