1916 centenary: Tourists stick to their own itinerary on Dublin visit

The capital’s streets went into lockdown yesterday for the centenary parade, but tourists were still able to make their way to the city’s top attractions.

Maria Fogues, 15, is from Valencia, Spain, and she was here with her parents for the weekend. “I know about the Rising, because we learn about it in school,” Maria said. “We learn about it in history class and we learn about the Irish and the English.”

Maria and her parents were en route to the Guinness Storehouse yesterday, by taking a series of back alleys, as opposed to going up the usual route of Thomas Street. The family did not go to any of the events organised for the centenary, but said that the commemorations had not disrupted their holiday.