Charlie and Theresa started off their trip in Ireland after
stopping briefly in London.
Charles and Theresa arrived about 5pm [25 May 1961] in Dublin
and took a taxi to the Shelbourne Hotel [which was not too far from St.
Stephen's Green (a huge luscious green park-like area in the middle of Dublin)].
They first saw two of Charlie's relatives when they spotted two women at the
hotel -- a Mary Glacken and an Agnes Sherlock.
According to my
research, Mary Glacken is the daughter of Patrick Glacken and Mary Ann Sherlock. She would have been a first cousin of Charlie
[Charles’ father Edward and Mary’s mother Mary Ann were siblings.] I have not
figured out how Agnes Sherlock was related to Charlie. However, I am now thinking perhaps that Agnes
is the daughter of Patrick Joseph Sherlock and Mary McCullagh [who are also the
parents of Patrick Sherlock, who is mentioned later.] Agnes would be a 1st
cousin of Charlie too. There is a mention of a Margaret Sherlock.
In 2012, while
visiting Ireland for the Notre Dame vs. Naval Academy football game at Aviva
Stadium in Dublin, my husband and I walked past St. Stephen’s Green to go shopping.
St. Stephen’s Green is so gorgeous and very green!
Grandma Theresa
doesn’t write much about visiting spots in Dublin itself. From her diary, it
seems like they spent most of their time in the smaller villages, even though
they stayed the two nights at a hotel in Dublin.
[St. Stephen’s
Green in Dublin in 2012]
In 2015, we did
spend a short time in Dublin. My son flew in after we had already gone to visit the Ring of Kerry and Killarney
National Park. We picked
up my son from the Dublin Airport and stayed overnight at the Ashling Hotel in
Dublin. We visited the Guinness Warehouse and the Jameson Distillery in Dublin. So, I guess both my grandparents and us used Dublin more as a place to arrive and leave, rather than a destination to explore.
[The River Liffey in Dublin]
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