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...
This space is a relatively new addition to the streets of Dublin, but its a museum which gets to the core and the heart of 'Dublin'. Many people in Dublin refer it to as the 'Peoples' museum. It's full of trinkets and treasures donated by ordinary Dublin people making...
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...
The Project Arts Centre located in Temple Bar is Ireland’s leading centre for the display and performance of contemporary art. It helps grow the next generation of performing and visual arts. Each year the venue hosts over 600 events including 6 exhibitions per year and co-producing 38 productions.
Over 50...
Situated in one of the oldest parts of Dublin on high ground is Christ Church Cathedral. A place of worship and pilgrimage for nearly 1,000 years it’s also now one of Dublin’s top tourist attractions. Although nominally the seat of both the Protestant and Catholic archbishops of Dublin, in...
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...
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,...
