Like so many of its ilk, Dublin Airport has been remodelled in such a way that all traces of its actual location have been effaced: it is now one among thousands of such mediocre nodes to be found in the network of international space, all alike devoid of any indications betraying where you might be on the planet. The same books and magazines and coffee are sold. The same mix of nationalities mill about. The same escalators and monitors and security equipment. The same temperature. The same air.
In Dublin however I came across one exception. At the departure gate there was a large lightbox hung on the wall, bearing the following quote from Lady Gregory, taken from one of her reworkings of Celtic legend:
“It is sweet to people to be telling a lie, but it is bitter in the end.”
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