{"id":1048,"date":"2024-03-14T13:53:54","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T13:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangorcitylife.uk\/?p=1048"},"modified":"2024-03-14T15:04:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T15:04:03","slug":"dublin-castle-roi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangorcitylife.uk\/?p=1048","title":{"rendered":"Dublin Castle ROI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/bangorcitylife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DubCastle-143404.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bangorcitylife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DubCastle-143404.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/bangorcitylife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DubCastle-143404-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bangorcitylife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DubCastle-143404-768x408.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Dublin Castle more or less finished up my visit to Dublin, our guide on the day was excellent providing lots of facts and context during the visit. Reminiscent of Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland but with a more military feel. Troops parading within the quadrangle could easily be imagined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall an enjoyable visit to Dublin, hoping to return just before Christmas to see how the city is decorated for that festival. Shopping was disappointing, as it is within many cities in the British Isles, much the same shops everywhere. Only the setting changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the most part the weather was kind, something that always brightens the feeling no matter where a visit happens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dublin Castle\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c4f6RN5r4xU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dublin Castle more or less finished up my visit to Dublin, our guide on the day was excellent providing lots of facts and context during the visit. Reminiscent of Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland but with a more military feel. 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