We love Dublin Castle and its one of our top recommendations for you to do on any trip to Dublin. It’s located centrally about half way down Dame Street. Once the centre of British Rule it is now used by the Irish Government for state occasions after it was...
The National Wax Museum Plus isn't an exquisite showcase of the best that can be done with wax sculptures. However, it is a interesting walk-through of Irelands social and cultural history.
Kids will really enjoy the wax museum especially the science & discovery section and the tunnels. They can...
Seemingly on everyone’s list of things to do, the Guinness Storehouse is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Dublin. And why? Well obviously Guinness is synonymous with Dublin and Irish people like a drink, right? The problem with the storehouse is that it’s now akin to an...
Get to Dublin's Docklands and you'll discover a relatively new, award winning, attraction in the city. Anyone who knows anything about Ireland knows that it has a long history of emigration right across the world.
The EPIC Irish Emigration Museum will give you an entertaining and sophisticated interactive experience with...
Irelands National Museum is located on Kildare Street. Established in 1877 to record and host Ireland’s historical treasures, it has become Ireland’s most important cultural institution. Some of the country’s most important items such the Ardagh Chalice and Tara Brooch make up one of Europe’s most important collection of...
The Jeanie Johnston Tall Ship tells the desperate stories of those who fled the Great Famine in Ireland, in search of a better life abroad. Many of these people died in harrowing circumstances and the sadness of these people is etched in many of the stories from the ship....
Located in the Phoenix park, Dublin Zoo is brilliant for the kids as you can imagine but also great for the adults. Opening its doors in 1830, it's the second oldest Zoo in the world. Over the last number of years Dublin Zoo has expanded greatly (check out the...
With 1m people buried here you might think this is a pretty ghoulish thing to do but Glasnevin Cemetery is absolutely steeped in history so if that’s your thing then you need to get down there. There is a 10.30am walking tour (but check this out as it changes...
Located in Dublin’s sleepy Glasnevin suburb, the National Botanic Gardens are one of the city’s real treasures. Every time I go I feel a real sense of refreshment leaving the Gardens. They are a wonderful (and free) resource for the capitals inhabitants and tourists.
Established in 1795 by John Foster,...
Kilmainham Gaol (formally a prison) is now a museum where leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising were imprisoned and executed by the British. Built in 1796 there was no segregation of prisoners by neither gender nor age with up to 5 persons allocated to each cell. Up till the...
