Dublin Day Five - Howth

Day Five in Dublin - Our last day. 

Earlier in the year Sean and Ashley spent some time in Dublin on a work related trip. They went to Howth and recommended that we check it out too. We talked with our Monograms host Damien and he gave us suggestions on how to get there. We waited for a good day to travel to the coast which turned out to be Saturday August 31, 2019.

We took the local rail train from the stop outside our hotel over to the Busarus LUAS stop and then walked a block to the Connolly Station of the Dublin Area Rapid Transit Line where we boarded a train to Howth.

Howth is a fishing village on a peninsula on Dublin Bay just northeast of Dublin. It is a popular attraction for tourists and has a number of good seafood restaurants in the village along with the fishing piers and quays.

It was a very pleasant train ride up to the peninsula but it was very cold and windy but very sunny and beautiful in the village. We spent a lot of time started around the village and especially along the coast which was also very beautiful. We wandered around the village throughout the morning and walked out to the piers where the fishing boats were docked. It was strange to be cold and to see tropical plants and palm trees blowing in the wind. We spent a couple of hours roaming around the village and the coastline with spectacular views of the North Sea. We saw lots of fishing boats, rocky islands and cliffs with homes and the lighthouse. Then we went to get some lunch. There were lots of seafood restaurants throughout the village along with several gift shops.

We went to The Bloody Stream Pub which was located right there at the railway station. We had fish and chips for lunch. I had a Galway Hooker Pale Ale on tap from Galway Hooker Brewery. This was the place Sean suggested and he was right. We had a wonderful time there for lunch and it was a very nice place with a covered porch, stone fireplace, and a regular bar.

We could tell that the Bloody Steam Pub was a happening place and it looked like there was lots going on at night. Apparently it is a very popular place for the locals in addition to the tourists.

While we were in the village of Howth two people came up to us to ask for directions. OK, then it was time to head back on the train to Dublin after a wondefull morning and afternoon on the windy North Sea coast.

We got back to the hotel and took a nap.