“This summer, my wife, Cree, and I went to Dublin to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary. We chose it over more exotic destinations because it made sense to us: I’m a book critic and she’s a writer. How could we not go to Dublin, perhaps the most literature-soaked city in the world The literary ghosts still stalk the medieval streetscapes – so many ghosts that they collide into one another and seem to make up a spectral and talkative rugby team.”

A New York Times book critic spent five days in Dublin. Here’s how he got on: https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/travel/2024/10/16/a-new-york-times-book-critic-spent-five-days-in-dublin-here-is-how-he-got-on/