They decided to go through all the way to the end of the narrow tunnel. At the end they were surprised to find the walls covered with graffiti of people's names. Along the way we did stop to see some castles. In the bus we had a good discussion with our tour director, Jimmy Doherty, about the castles and the clans who built and owned them. We learned more about the English leader, Lord Oliver Cromwell, who led armies that attacked the clans and drove them from their homes.
Today there are still many ruins of castles throughout Ireland.
They are owned now by farmers or by the State of Ireland. We are now in Dublin safe and sound. Today was our final day in Ireland. We spent it well by sightseeing Dublin, the capital city of the Republic of Ireland. Dublin is home to 1.2 million of the republic of Ireland's 3.5 million people.