''Take a plunge in the Marshes''

'Marsh's Library': For almost next to nothing, one can visit this library located at the start of Dublin’s Liberties. Its main calling card is its rather elongated corridor; it has a tremendous array of old books, many of which were bequeathed by Edward Stillingfleet. But amazingly, to read these books, one had to be caged in, lest one did a runner with the literary tome in one's hands! This can still be beheld and so is a real blast from the past! Indeed it would seem, that even Houdini would have been hard pressed to escape or extricate himself. Coupled with this, is the belief that the library is haunted by none other than its founder, Archbishop Marsh, still looking for the explanatory letter his niece left before running away with her lover! On a literary note, perhaps its most compelling feature, is seeing the original comments of Jonathan Swift, in the margins of some of its books. Take a plunge in the depths of Marsh’s.