Located right bang in the middle of the city centre, Trinity College Dublin is one of the city’s most famous and popular attractions. Trinity is a university of over 16,000 students. It is regarded as Irelands’ premier educational institution, and can count many famous alumni as part of its...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
The eclectic Farmleigh House is the official government ‘guesthouse’ where foreign dignitaries will typically stay if they are in Ireland for any length of time. It is located on an estate of 78 acres in the Phoenix Park on the outskirts of Dublin and was formally the residence of...
Dublin's Temple Bar is an enigma! Set up originally as a cultural quarter in an effort to regenerate a run down part of town, it now is a mish mash of culture, cobbled streets, stag/ hen partys, beautiful buildings and (some) terrible pubs. Its definitely worth a visit and...
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...
