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The Bulletin
Fix this text‘The Bulletin,” Vol. 64.—N0. 3328
Fix this textWednesday, November 24, 1.943
Fix this textPrice 6d.
Fix this textRegistered at the General Post Office, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, for Transmission by Post as a Newspaper.
Fix this textSeppelts
Fix this textIN DUBLIN CASTLE.
Fix this textTHRONE ROOM OF REGAL DIGNITY.
Fix this text"TODAY, though it is little more than a group of departmental
Fix this text* offices, Dublin Castle stands as a reminder of more spacious
Fix this textdays of silks and laces and brilliantly-colored uniforms. Built by
Fix this textthe Archbishop of the city in the year 1220, the Castle was
Fix this textfrequently altered during the ensuing 300 years, until, in 1560,
Fix this textQueen Elizabeth caused it to be fitted up as a vice-regal residence.
Fix this textUp to the year 1780 the Court lived here, and it is easy to conjure
Fix this textup pictures of scenes that must have been many times enacted
Fix this texthere. .. .perhaps many a young officer searched for a sedan chair to
Fix this textcarry a pretty girl across the courtyard from the dining chambers
Fix this textto the great ballroom of the Castle, of the same dancers in the
Fix this textearly morning following the Meath foxhounds or the Ward stag-
Fix this texthounds. Perhaps Thomas Moore had such a thought in mind:
Fix this textSo sleeps the pride of former days,
Fix this textSo glory’s thrill is o’er,
Fix this textAnd hearts that once beat high for praise
Fix this textNow feels that pulse no more.
Fix this textWith its twin towers, one named the Record 1 ower and the other
Fix this textcommemorating Birmingham, Dublin Castle has twin courtyards
Fix this textto this day, and the discerning eye may still see the shades of
Fix this textAddison, who came over as secretary, of Swift, of Castteriet, Earl
Fix this textof Granville, sent over as Lord-Lieutenant by Hugh Walpole and
Fix this textof Chesterfield, the man of Letters, a Viceroy who left a good
Fix this textname here when he was gone. Today a sturdy building still, Dublin
Fix this textCastle shelters public service offices, its great State rooms being
Fix this textused only on rare occasions for entertaining.
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