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Jameson Distillery Tour
TEMPLE BAR AND THE QUAYS
Bow St., Smithfield Dublin 7
}01 807 2355; jamesonwhiskey.com
Hooray! Another tour that rewards you by offering free drinks! It’s common knowledge now, but if you volunteer at the en…
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Irish Film Institute
TEMPLE BAR AND THE QUAYS
6 Eustace St.
}01 679 5744; www.irishfilm.ie
Walking down a long hallway paved in movie reels and plastered with classic movie posters, this refurbished Quaker build…
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National Wax Museum Plus
TEMPLE BAR AND THE QUAYS
Foster Pl., Dublin 2
}01 671 8873; www.waxmuseumplus.ie
This is how wax museums should be: get your educational quota done early (you start with the “Writers’ Room” and “Histor…
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Trinity College
GRAFTON STREET
Trinity College, College Green
}www.tcd.ie
Tours given by Trinity students describe a history of the college that is full of fun and quirky historical facts. Ghost…
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Guinness Storehouse
WEST OF TEMPLE BAR
St. James’ Gate
}01 471 4668; www.guinness-storehouse.com
The Guinness storehouse is a 5-story exhibit centered entirely around...just kidding. How’s this? It’s a tour of an old …
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Dublin Writers Museum
NORTH OF O’CONNELL STREET
18 Parnell Sq.
}01 872 2077; www.writersmuseum.com
James Joyce may have his own digs just up the road, but Ireland’s other greats are also being remembered in style. The D…
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Croke Park
DORSET STREET AND DRUMCONDRA
Croke Park, Jones Rd.
}01 819 2323; www.crokepark.ie
Taking you for a run-around the magnificent Croke Park Stadium, home of Gaelic football and hurling, this tour covers th…
Dublin Graphic Studio Gallery
TEMPLE BAR AND THE QUAYS
“Through the arch” off Cope St.
}01 679 8021; gallery@graphicstudiodublin.com
An artist-owned gallery where 99% percent of the works on display are up for sale, any purchase you make will help fund …
Gallery of Photography
TEMPLE BAR AND THE QUAYS
Meeting House Sq., Temple Bar
}01 671 4654; www.galleryofphotography.ie
A photo gallery that showcases both graduate student and professional work two stories of winding exhibit space makes fo…
National Library of Ireland
GRAFTON STREET
7 Kildare Street
}01 603 0200; www.nli.ie
The main show, so to speak, is the exhibition detailing the life and works of TWilliam Butler Yeats. A circular space wi…
Natural History Museum
GRAFTON STREET
Merrion St., Dublin 2
}01 677 7444 ext 361; www.museum.ie
The ground floor of this museum houses fauna from all over the island, including skeletons of the Ancient Irish Elk (it’…
Dublin Castle
GRAFTON STREET
Dublin Castle, State Apartments, Dame St.
}01 677 7129; www.dublincastle.ie
Built by the English in the 13th century, the original “Dublin Castle” burned down in an accidental fire. Whoops. The ca…
National Museum of Decorative Arts and History
WEST OF TEMPLE BAR
Collins Barracks, Benburb St.
}01 677 7444
Fitting: that an old military barracks should now house a military history museum. Not so fitting: that the same barrack…
Ireland Museum of Modern Art (IMMA)
WEST OF TEMPLE BAR
Royal Hospital, Military road, Kilmainham
}01 612 9900; www.imma.ie
Located in an old military hospital, the rooms here are so white and blank you’ll have trouble figuring out whether they…
The Hugh Lane Gallery
NORTH OF O’CONNELL STREET
166 Parnell Sq.
}01 222 5564; www.hughlane.ie
A modern art gallery that’s so modern, it doesn’t even have to show you just art: the works of the famous painter Franci…
James Joyce Centre
NORTH OF O’CONNELL STREET
35 North Great George’s St.
}01 878 8547; www.jamesjoyce.ie
A Georgian house on North Great George’s St. now houses the James Joyce Centre. Part museum, part headquarters for Joyce…
Gardens of Remembrance
DORSET STREET AND DRUMCONDRA
Up past the Parnell Monument, just below Dorset St.
A nice place to escape and rest your legs or get out of the hustle-and-bustle of the city around you, the Gardens of Rem…