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•Mussel and Scallop have just arrived in Dublin and they see a beautiful sign on a wall. •What does it mean? That is not English.
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•Mussel and Scallop have just arrived in Dublin and they see a beautiful sign on a wall.

•What does it mean? That is not English.

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• Let´s ask that red haired girl!

• Excuse me, lady, is this English?

• Oh,no,it isn´t. It is Gaelic. In Ireland we have got two languages: English and Gaelic.

• Oh, the same as in Galicia! We have Spanish and Galego.

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Could you translate it, please?

•Sure! It says /Keid mila fo:lcha/ which means a hundred thousand welcomes.

•How nice words to start our visit to Dublin!

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Where are you from?

•We are from Galicia. I am Mussel and this is my friend Scallop

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•Hello! My name is Molly and I am on my way to my Irish dance class, would you like to visit the city?

•Yes, yes! Thank you, Molly!

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• This is O´Connell Bridge. It is a very wide bridge. Thousands of people cross it every day.

• And the river? Is this the Shannon?• No, not the Shannon. This is the river Liffey.

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• Look,Molly! There is a statue. It is a man. He has got a hat and a walking stick.

• Oh, yes, it is the statue of James Joice, a famous Irish Writer.

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• Look! This is the Custom house

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• Look, Scallop, it has got six high columns!

• Yes, they are very big!

•And this is the General Post Office

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• This is Four Courts

•Look! Lots of columns again!

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This is Ha´Penny Bridge

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•Look, Mussel, it is long and narrow. Why is it so narrow, Molly?

•This bridge was designed for pedestrian use only. In the old times, people had to pay half a penny to cross it

•Molly, please, let´s cross it!

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•Ha´Penny bridge leads us into Temple Bar. Here you can find artists, musicians, lively streets and lots of pubs

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•Pubs are places where people can drink beer, eat a meal and listen to traditional celtic music.

•What´s a pub?

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•In a Pub you can drink our most famous beer: Guinness.

•You can also have a meal. You should try the Dublin Bay Prawns. They serve them with lettuce, cream sauce and pepper.

•Pubs are also places to enjoy music.

•They are playing “The wild rover”,listen.

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•What is this building?

•It´s Dublin Castle. They started building it in1204, but most of the building is from the 18th century.

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•And this is Trinity College, a very important university and a symbol of the city of Dublin.

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•This is the old Trinity College Library. They call it “The long room”

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•Wow! It´s very long!

•Yes, and it has got hundreds of books

•There is a special book here,look!

The Book of Kells

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•The Book of Kells is more than one thousand years old. It has got very beautiful pictures and letters.

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•There is another important thing in this Long Room!

The Brian Boru Harp•It is the oldest harp in

Ireland, they say it belonged to Brian Boru, high king of Ireland.

• And this is the harp which appears in the Irish coins!

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•Now, follow me again. I want to show you some beautiful doors in the streets.

•They are all Georgian doors. Do you like them?

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•Here you can see the statue of Oscar Wilde, another famous Irish writer.

•Look, Scallop, he is sitting on a big stone!

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•Follow me! I want to show you another statue!

•It´s a woman! Is she a writer?

•No, she was not a writer, she was a fish seller. She was very beautiful and she died very young.

•Oh, what a sad story!

•Yes, they composed a pub song in her honour. Listen!

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•Well! Bye, bye. I must attend my Irish dance class! They are waiting for me!

Bye bye, Molly. Thank you very much for your help!

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•Mussel, Iam tired and thirsty

•Yes, I am tired and thirsty, too. That seems a nice place to drink something

•Mmm! There is scones and cakes

•And they serve their own tea label!

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We love Dublin!