The Story of Irish Food in Dublin Walking Tour
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The unique and absorbing Story of Irish Food tour 'Beefsteaks and Oysters as Usual' begins at the main gates of Trinity College and takes in Fishamble Street, the quays and bridges of the River Liffey, Dublin Castle, Temple Bar food market, Powerscourt House and Trinity College.
The tour looks at how feasting was a rite of pre-Christian religion. The arrival of Christianity in the fifth century emphasized diets that, as St Colmcille said, should nurture the body but do no injury to the soul. However, the monasteries evolved to offer high-end guest accommodation and the richest monastery in Dublin had its own fleet of ships to import exotic groceries. Beyond the coastal towns and monastery wall the cow remained a status symbol in a semi-nomadic society.
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