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About Dublin |
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Dublin's medieval and Georgian architecture provides the setting with
it's lively streets filled with street entertainers of every kind.
Dublin is a thriving centre for culture and is home it's great literary
sons, including Shaw, Yeats, Joyce and Beckett. With the musical talents,
from the Dubliners and the Chieftains to U2. It's street-side cafes
and pubs are lovely places to visit where you can chat to the loacals
over a thick creamy pint of Guinness.
Dublin provides the ideal host,offering to the visitor plenty of things
to see and do which are suitable to every taste and age group. It's
past and present abounds with artistic creativity.
Fine museums and art galleries show its long and colourful past, while
the pubs and cafes buzz with traditional entertainment. Dublin's attractions
are ranging from castles, churches, museums and art galleries to the
lively spirit of Temple Bar.
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Facts on Dublin |
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Business Hours
- Shops - Most stay open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Saturday. Thursday is late shopping day, when shops do not close until 9 p.m. Sunday trading is still not widely practiced. Some supermarkets stay open until 7 p.m. while convenience stores will often open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
- Banks - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m, except on Thursdays when they stay open until 5 p.m.
- Bars - 10.30 a.m. to 11 p.m. in winter, and closing 11.30 p.m. in summer, with 30 minutes 'drinking-up' time. Sunday closing time is 11.00 p.m. all year, while the traditional Sunday 'holy hour', between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m, is still in place.
Travel
- The speed limit is 96 kmph/60 mph unless otherwise stated.
- Motorists drive on the left-hand side of the road in Ireland
Culture & Entertainment
- The majority of the population is Roman Catholic.
- Circular Drive, a boulevard about 14 km long and extends along what was the periphery of the city at the end of the 19th century.
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Things to Do in Dublin |
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Theatres, Bars and Clubs
Abbey Theatre
Andrew's Lane Theatre
Auld Dubliner Pub
Battle of the Axe
Brazen Head
Break for the Border
Buskers Bar
Club M
Crypt Arts Centre
Duffys Bar and Lounge
Gaiety Theatre
Irish Film Centre
Olympia Theatre
Opera Theatre Company
Palace Bar, Temple Bar
Pavilion Theatre
Peacock Theatre
Planet Hollywood
Players Theatre, Trinity College
Rumms D4
Salsa Palace
Salsa Villa, Temple Bar
Screamadelica, Temple Bar
Sinnotts
Soul Riot, Temple Bar
Taylors Irish Night
Temple Bar Music Centre , Temple Bar
The Laughter Lounge
The National Concert Hall
The Parnell Centre
The Sugar Club
Whelans Public House
Markets
Blackrock Market
Temple Bar Book Market
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Trips & Tours around Dublin |
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Adventure Bike Tours - Molly Malone Bike Tour
You can experience Dublin as generations of Dubliners have over the
last 2 centuries
Day Tours Unplugged
The Dublin Tourist board run half day excursions and full day trips from Dublin daily Dublin Bay Sea Thrill, Dun Laoghaire
Dublin Bay Sea Thrill
Traveling on the boat from DunLaoghaire Pier out around Dalkey Island Muglins Island and killiney Bay.
Dublin Bike Tours
Dublin bike tours offers guided bicycle tours through the Dublin City.
Dublin Bus
Offers a wide range of tours to suit everyones taste.
Dublin Footsteps Co-Operative
Offering literary Georgian walks of Dublin.
Dublin Literary Pub Crawl
Starting from the The Duke, Duke Street
Gray Line
A fully guided panoramic city tour of Dublin gives you an overall flavour of our historic and ancient city.
Iveagh Gardens and National Concert Hall Tour
Covers the history of the National Concert Hall and the Iveagh Gardens.
Historical Walking Tours of Dublin
Explores the main features of Irish history .
Irish City Tours
Offers a unique and enjoyable way of learning about and savouring everything Dublin has to offer.
Irish Cyling Safaris
A week's tours for cyclists of all abilities.
Mary Gibbons & Daughter Tours
Meridian Tour Guides
Musical Pub Crawl
A pub crawl is led by professional musicians who perform tunes and songs telling the story of Irish music.
Over the Top and into the West
These are bus tours which run from Dublin throughout the Wicklow Mountains daily throughout the Summer.
Paddywagon Tours
6 day and 3 day trips around Northern and Southern Ireland.
Railtours Ireland
Gives you the chance to see a big chunk of Ireland in one day .
Revolutionary Dublin 1916-1923 Walking Tour
A guide will take you to the relevant sites of the rebellion.
The Zozimus Experience
Here, you can visit the scenes of great escapes, murders and mythical happenings within the Mediaveal City of Dublin.
Tir na Nog Tours Ltd
Trapeze Theatre Company
Actors perform pieces of works from Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker, WB Yeats, James Joyce, and others.
Viking Splash Tours
To see Dublin by Land and Water.
Wild Coach Tours
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Places to visit in Dublin |
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Bank of Ireland
This centre of 20th century commerce is one of the most striking of Dublin's 18th century buildings.
Dalkey Castle and Heritage Centre
Dalkey Castle and Heritage Centre is housed in the Medieval Goat Castle.
Dublin Castle
Dublin Castle is the heart of historic Dublin.
Dublin Civic Museum
Provides a knowledge and understanding of Dublin, its history and its people.
Dublin Writers Museum
Ahistory and celebration of literary Dublin.
Dublinia
Dublinia has been developed by The Medieval Trust to recreate the formative period in the city's growth.
Findlater Wine Merchants
The Findlater Museum traces the history of a Dublin Merchant family over the past 170 years
Fry Model Railway
The Fry Model Railway is a collection of handmade models of Irish trains, from the beginning of rail travel to modern times.
Heraldic Museum
The museum houses a permanent exhibition of heraldry and heraldic insignia.
Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery
The Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art was the first public Gallery of modern art in these islands
Irish Jewish Museum
The museum consists of the restored synagogue and the history of the Irish Jews dating back over 150 years.
James Joyce Museum
A museum devoted to the life and works of James Joyce
Lusk Heritage Centre
Comprises of a 9th century round tower, a medieval belfry and 19th century church.
Maritime Institute Museum
Combines a number of historical models.
National Photographic Archive
Houses the National Library of Ireland's photographic collection, which comprises approximately 300,000 photographs.
National Print Museum
The National Print Museum houses a collection of artefacts and machines from all sectors of the printing industry in Ireland.
National Wax Museum
Discover a world where fantasy and reality combine and heroes of the past and the present come alive .
Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum which is part of the National Museum of Ireland, is a zoological museum.
Pearse Museum
Former School run by Patrick Pearse now a museum in beautiful grounds. Attractions include exhibitions a nature study room.
The Chester Beatty Library
The Library contains approximately 22, 000 manuscripts, rare books, miniature paintings and objects from Western, Middle Eastern and Far Eastern cultures.
The GAA Museum
Croke Park is the headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association.
The National Museum of Ireland
The National Museum of Ireland was opened in 1890 and was the result of the merging together of several Irish Collections.
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Animals, Nature & Wildlife in
Dublin |
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Dublin Zoo
3km from the city centre in the grounds of the Phoenix Park is Dublin Zoo.
Newbridge House
This 18th century manor , twelve miles north of the city centre, with one of the finest Georgian interiors in Ireland.
North Bull Island
A 300 hectare island in Dublin Bay,a Nature Reserve and Bird Sanctuary of international importance.
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History of Dublin |
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Dublin known to be more than 1,000 years old, probibaly dating back
to the year 130AD with a town named Eblana Polis roughly where Dublin
is now situated. Legend has it that St Patrick visited Dublin in 450AD.
In 837AD Dublin became a city when Vikings established a fortress
at the "black pool", in the Irish language Dubh Linn.
Sigtrygg Silkbeard was a shrewd operator and held his men back from
taking part in the Battle of Clontarf in which Brian Boru defeated
the Viking armies in 1014. This decision meant that he kept his job
as King of Dublin and he went on to found Christ Church Cathedral.
The date of this foundation is disputed with some historians putting
it at 1028 and others at 1038. In any event it was a long time ago.
In time the Norse Vikings and the Irish intermarried and Dublin became
a prosperous (for those times) Hiberno-Norse settlement. In 1152 Dublin
was deemed important enough for its religious leader to be designated
an Archbishop. The last Scandinavian King of Dublin, Hasculf Torquelsen
known to the Irish as Hasculf Mac Torcaill, took office in 1166.
The Normans arrived in 1170 who enlarged and strengthened Dublin and
in 1191 started work on St Patrick's Cathedral while construction
of Dublin Castle began in 1204.
Founded in 1320 was Dublin's first University which lasted until 1539
when it was abolished due to lack of funds. It was then replaced by
Trinity College Dublin in 1592 . In 1347 thousands died in the Black
Death and are believed to have been buried en masse in an area still
known as Black Pits.
In 1535 the Reformation came to Dublin. The two cathedrals of Christ
Church and St Patrick's, become churches of the Anglican tradition
and remain so today.
The native Irish revolted in 1641, the English civil war was re-fought
in Ireland and Dublin remained under the rule of the Parliamentarians
until 1660.
In 1729, the construction of a magnificent Parliament House on College
Green was undertaken
Great buildings were still constructed, including masterpieces like
the Custom House and the Four Courts. Magnificent Georgian squares
and terraces, many of which still grace the city today.
In 1829, the Roman Catholics, by then the large majority of the city's
population, were permitted to build their own churches.Then in 1834
the arrival of the railway changed to the Dublin's look with two of
the city's railway stations, Kingsbridge (Now Heuston Station) and
Broadstone (now disused) still considered builings of architectural
importance.
The Great Famine, in 1845, saw a massive influx of starving and diseased
people from the countryside. Soup kitchens throughout the city were
set up and a source of wonder was the siting of a 300-gallon cauldron
in a field near the western Liffey quays.
In the First World War, thousands of Dubliners joined the local British
regiment, The Royal Dublin Fusiliers, but others stayed behind and
in 1916 a rebellion took place in Easter Week which was to change
the course of Irish history.
From the 1950s onwards many of the fine town houses fell to developers
and were replaced by glass-and-concrete buildings of no architectural
merit. Parts of Dublin, like Mountjoy Square, in the northern part
of the inner city, had become dilapidated but has been largely restored.
The Liffey Quays which had been allowed to fall into a parlous state
have been revitalised and plans to renovate other parts of the city
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