Murphy kicks off Ireland trip with cultural visits to Trinity College, Guinness Storehouse – New Jersey Globe | New Jersey Politics

DUBLIN Gov. Phil Murphy launched the first leg of his economic development-focused trip to Ireland today with two cultural visits, one to the library of Trinity College Dublin and another to the Guinness Storehouse.

The governors day will conclude at a private dinner with a delegation from the economic development organization Choose NJ; the main announcements and meetings of Murphys three-day visit will follow in the coming two days.

Upon landing in Dublin after spending three days in France, Murphy met with Trinity College Provost and President Linda Doyle, who last year became the universitys first female leader in its 430-year history. Murphy, Doyle, and an assemblage of Murphy staff members and Choose NJ representatives viewed the colleges library and the Book of Kells, a famed 8th century illuminated manuscript.

From there, the delegation traveled to the Guinness Gravity Bar, where Murphy drank a pint of beer emblazoned with the New Jersey state seal and poured a pint of his own with First Lady Tammy Murphy. (Along with St. Patricks Cathedral, the Guinness Storehouse and Trinity College are considered two of Dublins main visitor attractions.)

Murphy made no announcements or remarks during the brief itinerary. Tomorrow, the governor a former U.S. Ambassador to Germany will meet with a number of diplomatic and business leaders, and on Tuesday he will travel to Cork, where his own Irish ancestry lies.

Murphys visit is the latest in a long line of gubernatorial envoys to countries that have strong economic and ethnic ties to New Jersey. In his first term, Murphy took a trip to India; his predecessor, former Gov. Chris Christie, did the same in Israel in 2012.

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