The Dalkey Book Festival and Borris House Festival of Writing and Ideas attract A-Listers and literary stary from all around the world.
and U2’s lead singer Bono together, without being swarmed by selfie-seekers, seems unlikely. But there they were, walking down a quiet street in an Irish village, heads down and chatting. Locals gave them space. Somewhere nearby are Bono’s bandmates, the Edge and Larry Mullin Jr.
Having checked in here and with literary pursuits top of mind, take the five-minute stroll to Trinity University, a walled enclave founded in the 16th century. Trinity’s big draw is the legendary Book of Kells, located in the historic Long Room library near works by Irish writers and Trinity alum like Bram Stoker, Oscar Wilde, and Jonathan Swift.At the other end of Grafton Street is St. Stephen’s Green, an 18th-century park with benches, duck ponds, and sculptures of Irish historical figures.
A trip by ferry to Howth, accessible from the Dublin quays, carries you into a very different environment—a quaint fishing village that used to mark the northernmost point of Dublin. Home to Dublin’s old money, Howth has a collection of excellent seafood restaurants like Aqua, overlooking the moody Irish Sea.
Hanks, appropriately dressed in all black like a budding novelist, also waxed literary about his book,—which he wrote on a manual typewriter. “What thrills me about typewriters is that they are meant to do one thing only and with the tiniest amount of effort, maintenance, it will last a thousand years,” he said.
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