title Blackrock North and South, Louth and County Dublin, Ireland - 23rd April 2022 intro The final leg of our Ireland visit takes us from Donegal through Northern Ireland to Blackrock, south of Dublin, via the "other" Blackrock in County Louth, where Jamie sorts us out with pizza and a crash for the night. After we meet up with Da Gorls in the Dublin Blackrock and do a bit of food shopping in SuperValu, formerly known as SuperQuinn, we're out in Dun Laoghaire at the Sunshine Café with a few beers after at McKenna's Bar - notable for its impressive 1930s vibe. Then, Fred goes off with Evelyn whilst Nosher, Isobel and Harry head into Dublin for a poke around and a bit of sushi. We then meet up again at Cameron and Julie's naming-ceremony gig in the Reader's Bar - apparently once popular with the likes of U2. Finally, we're in Blackrock Park, where Nosher peels off for a bit to explore some of the graffiti on the sea wall by the DART line. imgp3378 It's breakfast time in Blackrock North imgp3379 The seafront at Blackrock, Louth imgp3381 Fred and Harry climb down to the beach imgp3383 The cockle-pickers sculpture imgp3384 Jamie and Isobel on the promenade imgp3386 Fred, Annalua, Harry and Nicholas imgp3389 The gang on the sea wall imgp3393 Harry climbs around imgp3397 The very pink Neptune Bar imgp3399 We meet Da Gorls outside a café in Blackrock imgp3401 Parlour Café in Blackrock imgp3402 Blackrock High Street imgp3403 Another urban "village" imgp3404 The revamped Blackrock Centre imgp3405 Fred and Harry roam around in SuperValu imgp3406 Isobel optimistically looks at fruit imgp3408 Louise and Harry play chess imgp3410 Philly, Evelyn and Da Wheeze on the No. 4 bus imgp3412 Evelyn and Harry in the Sunshine Café imgp3415 Isobel's friend Mafé meets us for a bit imgp3419 The clan in Sunshine Café imgp3423 Fred looks up whilst visiting the baby imgp3427 Back out on George's Street in Dun Laoghaire imgp3430 George's Street in Dun Laoghaire imgp3432 Outside the Sunshine Café imgp3437 Louisue does cheers in McKenna's bar imgp3439 McKenna's Bar in Dun Laoghaire imgp3442 Da Wheeze in the bar imgp3448 The Grand Canal in Dublin imgp3449 Graffiti and a Burrito café on Leinster Lane imgp3450 Isobel and Harry look at Phil Lynnot imgp3451 David Owens - busker - on Grafton Street imgp3452 Stephen's Green shopping centre imgp3454 Stephen Hawking graffiti on a telecoms cabinet imgp3456 George's Street Arcade in Dublin imgp3457 A lonely chair and signs for a vape shop imgp3458 Harry and Isobel cross George's Street imgp3460 Harry eats salmon sushi in Yamamori imgp3461 Isobel and Harry in Yamamori imgp3463 An old-school "Fly 747" travel agent imgp3465 We're back in Stephen's Green Arcade imgp3468 Harry looks at art in a gallery imgp3471 There's a pigeon dude near Grafton Street imgp3475 We hang out on Stephen's Green for a bit imgp3476 We have a quick drink in The Duke pub imgp3478 Harry plays with something in The Duke imgp3479 Paul Jenkins - busking on Grafton Street imgp3480 A bloke holds up a Jesus sign imgp3481 The retro venue imgp3482 Isobel roams around imgp3484 Guests appear as Harry stands around imgp3489 A view from the roof of the bar imgp3490 In the almost-outdoor smoking area imgp3491 Annalua and Harry play Top Trumps imgp3493 Julie does a bit of a speech imgp3508 Harry and Fred look in a funky mirror imgp3509 Back out on Nassau Street in Dublin imgp3511 The Rock Road towards Blackrock imgp3512 In Evelyn and Da Wheeze's back yard imgp3516 The back of Da Gorls' house imgp3517 Philly scopes out for some food imgp3519 A Bee Friendly tag on a telecoms cabinet imgp3521 Street Art on the bridge over the DART imgp3522 Tags on the sea wall imgp3526 Dublin Bay and Poolbeg Generating Station imgp3530 More tags on a sea wall by the DART imgp3532 Red and White tagging imgp3535 A little shopping trolley is abandoned imgp3536 A bright yellow tag imgp3538 Another black-and-white tag imgp3543 A Two Eejits tag imgp3548 Heavily tagged litter bins imgp3553 The increasingly-derelict Blackrock Lido imgp3555 Another bee tag: Just Bee imgp3556 Hanging out in Blackrock Park imgp3557 The Blackrock Park band stand imgp3558 We walk around the park imgp3559 A duck on the pond imgp3561 The boys cross a bridge imgp3565 Fred gets grassy rolling down a hill imgp3566 The buggy is pushed up a hill for a shortcut imgp3571 The boys walk along the wall by the DART imgp3573 More bee tags: Bee Kind imgp3577 Harry runs around imgp3581 Fred holds his hands up imgp3582 We're on the travelator at Dublin Airport imgp3584 The gates look heaving from a distance imgp3585 Isobel gets a bit of reading time in imgp3589 Harry does some tablet time imgp3591 Our plane loads up imgp3595 The old Dublin Airport control tower imgp3596 Pilots: use minimum power imgp3597 The view from the back of the plane imgp3599 On the ground at Stansted imgp3601 Another Ruinair bus unloads imgp3602 Norman Foster's terminal at Stansted imgp3603 We stop at Braintree Gridserve for a top-up charge