Today's history lesson...

O'Connell Street is Dublin's main street and is one of Europe's widest streets. The statue is that of Daniel O'Connell the great 19th century political leader that worked for Catholic Emancipation (the right for Catholics to sit in the Westminster Parliament, denied for over 100 years) and for the repeal of the Union between Ireland and Great Britain.

The great building with pillars (on the left of the photo) is the General Post Office. It was on this spot that the tri-colored Irish flag was first raised and Patrick Pearse read the declaration of Irish Independence during the 1916 Easter uprising.




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