Dublin Castle-Heart of Irish History

Not being the tourist who realizes thag God gave us legs to use them, we decided to walk through the rest of the stops. Walking into an ancient plaza, it looks like the Plaza De Mayor in Spain. My eyes look up and my body is moving itself in circles, "Wow, there must be some history here."

We walk into the main lobby with the usual crystal chandelier and the red carpet trained up the stair case. Irish royalty has arrived and is ready to share its presence. 

We just made it for the last English tour of the day and I was eager to hear about the history of this place. 

It was founded in the first Celtic settlement in the first century AD.

It's not one of those castles that is only for tourism rather they have state apartments for people to stay there. They also have a large conference room with regular meetings. They just had a conference the week before with leaders from over 15 countries present.