Ireland day 0486. Friday 27 January 2023- An Cailín Ciúin *

Ireland day 0486. Friday 27 January 2023- An Cailín Ciúin

Today’s summary	Val has three days off work so we went to see the film “An Cailín Ciúin” (“The Quiet Girl”) at the Irish Film Institute. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Had a wander round Grafton Street afterwards and then poached eggs on toast for dinner
Today’s weather	Dry and bright with long sunny intervals. Very light westerly wind. Appx 7C

Today’s overview location (The green mark shows the location of our route)		Close-up location (The grey and orange line shows where we walked) (No GPX today)

Commentary

(Summary blog only. Last full blog was Day 0368).

“An Cailín Ciúin” means “The Quiet Girl” in Irish and in case you were wondering, it’s a film.

Val has three days off work so we went to watch it at the Irish Film Institute (one of our favourite haunts) this afternoon. To complete the experience, we even had lunch there beforehand – and for once it was actually good value.

The film was excellent. If you get the chance to watch it, I’d highly recommend it, though take plenty of Kleenex as it’s full of pathos. I don’t normally go for sentiment but I can hardly express how much I liked this film. So all in all it was an excellent afternoon out, enhanced by meeting one of Val’s colleagues from work on the train on the way in to Dublin, and then some friends we knew from the walking club in the Film Institute afterwards.

We finished off the afternoon with a nice wander round the Grafton Street shops – where we even bought ourselves a plant. Now it’s poached eggs on home-made toast for dinner – a perfect end to the day.

Today’s photos (click to enlarge)


On the south bank of the Liffey, near Tara Street station	You can’t go to the temple Bar without taking a photo of the Temple Bar

In the IFI atrium, looking from the doorway to the café. It’s got a very agreeable atmosphere	Lunch!

Seville oranges in Fallon and Byrne in Exchequer Street. Good to know that there’s more than one retailer in Dublin!	Brass footprints at the southern end of O’Connell Bridge, where it splits into Westmoreland Street and D’Olier Street

In Eustace Street, outside the IFI