{"id":14257,"date":"2018-04-04T00:01:23","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T04:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=14257"},"modified":"2018-03-11T08:10:09","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T12:10:09","slug":"d-is-for-dublin-2018-atoz-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=14257","title":{"rendered":"D is for Dublin ~ 2018 #AtoZ Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14225 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/D.jpg\" alt=\"D is for Dublin\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/D.jpg 200w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/D-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">D is for Dublin<\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">2018 #AtoZ Challenge<\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d305033.73217177164!2d-6.525880758485334!3d53.32399194018991!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x48670e80ea27ac2f%3A0xa00c7a9973171a0!2sDublin%2C+Ireland!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sca!4v1520629236506\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Day 4 and we&#8217;re catching a flight to Ireland &#8211; Dublin to be precise.<\/p>\n<p>Dublin is located on the east coast and is the capital of the Republic of Ireland. During the week of Easter, 1916, the aptly named Easter Risings took place. Launched by Irish Republicans, it was to break away from British rule and form their independent nation.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 3000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/c\/cc\/Life_goes_on..._%286937669789%29.jpg\" alt=\"D is for Dublin\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2105\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">By Keogh Brothers Ltd., photographers [1] [No restrictions], via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dublin is home to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesonwhiskey.com\/ca-fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jameson Distillery<\/a> and the Guinness brewery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D is for Dublin 2018 #AtoZ Challenge Day 4 and we&#8217;re catching a flight to Ireland &#8211; Dublin to be precise. 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Launched by Irish Republicans, it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=14257\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">D is for Dublin ~ 2018 #AtoZ Challenge<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>D is for Dublin ~ 2018 #AtoZ Challenge - Celtic Connexions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"D is for Dublin. 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