The Cities, Walked EarlyNotebook No 33December 2024
Dublin's three-hundred-year-old reading room, almost empty in the rain.
Collected by Deborah. Read her editorial perspective
We found ourselves in Marsh's Library, just next to St Patrick's, during a wet Dublin afternoon. This library has been a working institution since 1707, and stepping inside feels like entering a moment held in amber. The reading cages remain, as do the countless bound pages that line the shelves.
Dublin (Trinity
A small entry fee grants you access, and once inside, you are welcome to sit at one of the venerable tables for as long as you wish. We particularly appreciate the quiet hum of history, a gentle counterpoint to the city’s usual noise right outside its doors.
This, we've decided, is Dublin’s most singular hour when the weather presses in.
The Ireland Edit Way
Cut the itinerary in half, then cut it again. The letter we send before every first visit.
Every hotel change costs you half a day. Luxury, in Ireland, is staying put.
Six questions we apply before booking any room in Ireland. The November test, the dinner-twice test, the landscape-over-room test.
To understand Ireland, stop looking at the castles and start looking at the kitchen table.
From the notebook
Collected notes. A few times each season.