Here is our new monument for our capital. It was
supposed to be erected to celebrate our new millennium, but what's a few years in 1000.
The pillars of the G.P.O. can be seen on the street.
The steps of the GPO is where where we proclaimed our right to independence in 1916.
Afterwards there was fierce fighting here after which the patriots were captured and most
of them shot. Their dying wasn't in vain as the war of independence which followed
eventually led to independence for most of Ireland.
The slopes of Mount Leinster with the purple heather giving it a beautiful colour.
Here is the shrub responsible for the beautiful
colours above.
