A day out in Dublin

Determined to get to know Dublin even better, the Wombat went wandering along the River Liffey. He walked down to see the Jeannie Johnston, a replica of one of the ships which carried Irish immigrants to a new life in America.


Finally, he had a surprise encounter with the new President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, at the Famine Memorial.

How we used to live - USA & Ireland

Near Omagh in Northern Ireland is the Ulster-American Folk Park, a mostly-outdoor museum which aims to show how people lived in the mid-1800s - those who stayed in Ireland and those who left for the States. It has lots of reconstructed buildings which illustrate life on both sides of the Atlantic, with lots of farmland around them.

Here The Wombat is trying to decide what this piece of farm equipment might have been used for.


He wasn't too sure whether it was safe to be surrounded by so many chicken. Maybe he'd be OK if he sat up high?


In the bar, he was thwarted by an empty glass (probably just as well).


And in school, he learnt a valuable lesson.


Finally, in preparation for his future travels, he checked out the cost of being posted to the US. Not sure if he realises those are 1800s prices, though...