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GUINNESS STOREHOUSE
ST JAMES’ GATE, DUBLIN 8
Located inside St. James Gate Brewery, the Guinness Storehouse is a must-see for any true fan of quote “The Black Stuff”. Visitors can learn the full process of how Guinness is made, enjoy a tasting session and even learn how to pour the perfect pint. From the top floor Gravity Bar, one gets a breathtaking 360-degree view of the city that is not to be missed. Since opening its doors in 2000, this number one tourist attraction has had over eight million visitors.
www.guinness-storehouse.com
THE JAMES JOYCE CENTRE
35 N GREAT GEORGE’S ST, ROTUNDA, DUBLIN 1
The James Joyce Centre is a museum located in north inner city Dublin dedicated to promoting the life and work of one of Ireland’s most influential writers, James Joyce.
Housed in an 18th-century Georgian townhouse, the museum sheds light on Joyce’s most famous work “Ulysses”, which follows the movements of Leopold Bloom through a single day on June 16th, 1904 and is based on Homer’s The Odyssey.
Some of Joyce’s other major works include the short story collection “Dubliners” (1914), and novels “A Potrait of the Artist as a Young Man” (1916) and “Finnegans Wake” (1939). Joyce once referred to Dublin as the ‘centre of paralysis’, a city that he felt was backward and repressive in contrast to the modern capitals of Europe. Dubliners, a collection of fifteen short stories, depicts the lives of ordinary men and women in Ireland’s capital during the end of the 19th century.
The Centre includes guided walking tours that visit some of the key locations from both the Dubliners collection and the author’s life.
www.jamesjoyce.ie
GPO WITNESS HISTORY VISITOR CENTRE
GPO, O’CONNELL STREET, DUBLIN 1
GPO Witness History is a brand new permanent visitor attraction in the iconic GPO building on O’Connell Street, Dublin. This highly immersive and engaging exhibition puts you right inside the GPO during Easter Week in 1916. History will come to life as you experience events from both sides of the conflict and through the eyes of bystanders caught in the crossfire through electronic touch screens, video, audio visual booths, sound and authentic artefacts, many previously unseen. You’ll be immersed in the action as you compose newspaper reports, examine the original copy of the Proclamation and send Morse code to declare the Irish Republic by radio. After the exhibition, you can relax and reflect in the café and retail store overlooking the courtyard. The courtyard is also home to a commissioned sculpture called ‘They are of us all’, commemorating the forty children who died during the Easter Rising.
www.gpowitnesshistory.ie
CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL
CHRISTCHURCH PLACE, DUBLIN 8
Founded around 1028, Christ Church Cathedral is the spiritual heart of Dublin, and one of the top visitor attractions in the city.
Step inside and soak up the cathedral’s beautiful interior and fascinating medieval crypt.
Follow the steps that bring you beneath the cathedral and explore the medieval crypt, one of the largest in Britain and Ireland, and the earliest surviving structure in the city.
Visit the ‘Cat and the Rat’! A mummified cat and rat are the most unusual inhabitants of the crypt, but
also the most popular. Mentioned by James Joyce in Finnegans wake, they are known locally as ‘Tom and Jerry.’
www.christchurch.ie
THE HISTORICAL WALKING TOUR OF DUBLIN
Established in 1986, The Historical Walking Tour of Dublin is the longest- established walking tour in the city.
In just over two hours, this Fáilte Ireland-approved, award-winning and entertaining walking tour, conducted by friendly, expert guides explores the main features of Irish history - Dublin’s development, the influence of the American and French Revolutions, the Potato Famine, the Great War and the 1916 Rising, the War of Independence, the Northern conflict and Ireland today.
Tours leave from the front gates of Trinity College, College Green, Dublin 2
www.historicaltours.ie
SAINT PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL
ST PATRICK’S CLOSE, WOOD QUAY, DUBLIN 8
Saint Patrick’s Cathedral has been part of Ireland’s history for over 800 years and today is a very popular Dublin attraction. Built in honour of Ireland’s patron saint between 1220 and 1260 Saint Patrick’s Cathedral offers visitors a rich and compelling cultural experience and is one of the few buildings left from medieval Dublin. It is the National Cathedral of the Church of Ireland and is the largest Cathedral in the country. Jonathan Swift, author of Gulliver’s Travels, was Dean of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral from 1713 until his death in 1745.
www.stpatrickscathedral.ie
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