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CROKE PARK STADIUM TOUR &
GAA MUSEUM
JONES’ ROAD, DRUMCONDRA, DUBLIN 3
Croke Park is the primary stadium and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) which promotes traditional Irish Gaelic games and pastimes such as Gaelic football. With a capacity of 82,300, “Croker” as it is commonly referred to, is actually the third largest stadium in Europe. The tour and GAA museum combined celebrate the history of Ireland’s national games and make you realise just how popular and treasured the sports are throughout the entire country.
https://crokepark.ie/
ST STEPHEN’S GREEN PARK
ST STEPHEN’S GREEN, DUBLIN 2
St Stephen’s Green is a historical park and garden that is open to the general public. The Victorian themed landscape was designed by William Sheppard and the park was officially re-opened in July of 1880 by Lord Ardilaun. Important figures also notably associated with St Stephen’s Green are
Countess Constance Markievicz and Arthur Guinness. Public facilities include a playground and a garden for the visually impaired.
http://ststephensgreenpark.ie/
JAMESON DISTILLERY
BOW ST, SMITHFIELD VILLAGE, DUBLIN 7
Visit the workplace of Jameson to see for yourself where it all happens. Today, every drop of Jameson is produced in Midleton, Co. Cork. After you receive a hundred thousand welcomes, take one of the memorable tours around our amazing grounds and come face-to-face with the largest Pot Still in the world, see our new micro- distillery in action, experience our live maturation warehouse and much more. With so many things to see, do, taste and learn, there really is no time like the present to explore the past.
For more information or to book now visit
www.jamesonwhiskey.com
JEANIE JOHNSTON TALL SHIP AND FAMINE MUSEUM
5 CUSTOM HOUSE QUAY, NORTH DOCK, DUBLIN
1840’s Ireland, over one million people left the country in the height of the Great Famine that left desperate souls suffering from starvation in its wake. The Jeanie Johnston was a ship originally meant to transport cargo, however, due to the increasing demand to escape the devastation of the famine, it became a means of bringing emigrants from Ireland to North America. The ship made her maiden voyage on April 24th, 1848 from Blennerville, Co. Kerry to Quebec, Canada where the Jeanie Johnston was built. The journey saw some 193 passengers on board. Over the next seven years the ship made 16 voyages to North America carrying over 2,500 emigrants safely to the New World. Life-size wax figures on board the
museum are all modelled on actual passengers who made the journey to North America on the ship.
http://jeaniejohnston.ie
DUBLIN ZOO
PHOENIX PARK, DUBLIN 8
Dublin Zoo is Ireland’s largest zoo and covers over 69 acres of the Phoenix Park. On September 1st, 1831 the “Zoological Gardens Dublin”, as it was then known, was opened on four acres of land by the Zoological Society of Ireland. In the beginning animals consisted of 46 mammals and 72 birds donated by London Zoo. Initially, the zoo was open to society members, their friends and anyone who could afford the entrance fee of six pence. In 1840, the society decided to open the zoo on Sundays for a penny. Today, the popular tourist attraction rakes in over one million visitors per year and houses over 400 animals.
www.dublinzoo.ie
MARSH’S LIBRARY
ST PATRICK’S CLOSE, WOOD QUAY, DUBLIN 8
Located beside St Patrick’s Cathedral, Marsh’s Library boasts a collection of some 25,000 books and 300 manuscripts. It is Ireland’s oldest public library that was founded in 1707 and built for Narcissus Marsh, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin. Many of the books contained here were donated from Narcissus Marsh’s personal collection and cover topics relating to the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries in medicine, law, science, travel, navigation mathematics, music and classical music. Notable features of the library are its original fittings, including seating and shelving, bullet holes from the Easter Rising in certain bookcases and three wire alcoves,
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