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Things to Do in Dublin

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Skip the Line Guinness and Jameson Irish Whiskey Experience Tour in Dublin
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Top Attractions in Dublin

1. Jameson Distillery Bow St.

Distilleries

North City Centre

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Open now

By W135EAandrewc

He has an extensive knowledge of Jameson’s history and the whiskey making process, and a way with words that takes you…

2. Irish Whiskey Museum

Speciality Museums

Open now

By lawyerwookie

The Experience involves an hour-long guided tour through several rooms in which Irish whiskey, its history, its social…

3. EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum

Speciality Museums • History Museums

Open now

Admission tickets from £14.83

By annemQ2733JR

The EPIC museum tells the stories of why people were driven or lured out of Ireland, along with highlighting Irish…

4. The Little Museum of Dublin

Speciality Museums • History Museums

South City Centre

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Open now

Set on 3 stories of an old Georgian house on St Stephen's Green, the museums hosts many varied exhibits donated by…

5. Kilmainham Gaol Museum

Speciality Museums • Historic Sites

Kilmainham

The history of Ireland is shared with respect to the time period, resistance, and government stance on politics in the…

6. Teeling Whiskey Distillery

Distilleries

Open now

Admission tickets from £15.62

By Gulliversreturn

Teeling has revived whiskey distilling in the heart of the historic whiskey district of central Dublin.

7. Glasnevin Cemetery Museum

Speciality Museums • Cemeteries

Open now

By NorthernWanderlust

Constructed in the early 19th century, the cemetery now holds the remains of over one and a half million Irish dead.

8. Trinity College Dublin

Architectural Buildings

South City Centre

Founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth, this public college is the top ranked college in Ireland and around the 117th…

9. Guinness Storehouse

Speciality Museums • Historic Sites

Open now

This is an interactive museum experience about a vision and continued vision through the generations.

10. National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology

History Museums

South City Centre

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Open now

By TravelBoomerang

This museum is filled with archaeological treasures that showcase the history of Ireland and it's people.

11. St Stephens Green

Parks

South City Centre

Set in the centre of the city, St. Stephen's Green opened to the public in 1880.

12. The Book of Kells and the Old Library Exhibition

Points of Interest & Landmarks • Libraries

South City Centre

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Open now

It contains the gospels of the New Testament elaborately and painstakingly illustrated by Irish monks in the Dark Ages.

13. Phoenix Park

Parks

Phoenix Park

By LucanBlueNose

It being one of the largest enclosed parks situated in a capital city anywhere in the world.

14. National Botanic Gardens

Gardens

Open now

Within the living collections at the gardens are over 300 endangered species from around the world and 6 species…

15. The Irish Rock 'N' Roll Museum Experience

Speciality Museums

Temple Bar

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Temporarily closed

By Y8004OQmarkw

Incorporated into a working recording complex and full of instruments and recording gear.

16. Dublin Zoo

Zoos

Phoenix Park

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Open now

One of the world's oldest zoo hosting more than 500 animals.

17. 14 Henrietta Street

Historic Sites • History Museums

By Traveler84223

This recently opened museum charts the history of number 14 from once Georgian grandeur to tenement dwelling.

18. Chester Beatty

Art Museums

South City Centre

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Open now

This is a museum showcasing Sir Alfred Chester Beatty's stunning private collection of mostly East Asian, Islamic and…

19. Christ Church Cathedral

Historic Sites • Architectural Buildings

South City Centre

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Open now

Admission tickets from £7.20

Dublin’s oldest building and spiritual heart of the city, Christ Church Cathedral was founded in 1030 by King Sitriuc…

20. Croke Park Stadium Tour & GAA Museum

Speciality Museums • Arenas & Stadiums

Open now

The museum illustrates the history of the GAA from its founding and the development of the GAA sports over the nearly…

21. Saint Patrick's Cathedral

Historic Sites • Architectural Buildings

Open now

The church was the site of several historic events and actually changed denominations more than once.

22. National Gallery of Ireland

Art Galleries

South City Centre

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Open now

The museum architecture juxtaposes modern designs with 19th century masonry in no less than four or five major…

23. The Jeanie Johnston: An Irish Famine Story

History Museums

South City Centre

the ship is a replica but it chronicles a famous part of Ireland's history that shaped world history.

24. Pearse Lyons Distillery

Distilleries

Open now

By KevinAJKline

The building's history is the Liberty's history and Dublin's history.

25. GPO Museum

Speciality Museums

Open now

This is a museum that focuses on a seminal event in the country's history, one that is central to the country's…

26. Temple Bar

Neighbourhoods • Points of Interest & Landmarks

Temple Bar

The Temple Bar sits on a vast land where the real pub activities of the dublin city happens.

27. Grafton Street

Points of Interest & Landmarks

South City Centre

We always spend part of Christmas Eve on Grafton Street with a visit to Brown Thomas and a coffee in the Westbury but...

28. The Famine Sculptures

Monuments & Statues

Open now

By thereserr2014

This is a moving scene of several figurines placed side by side along the banks of the city center Dublin Docks in…

29. St. Michan's Church

Points of Interest & Landmarks • Architectural Buildings

North City Centre

The church is Dublin's oldest church north of the Liffey and sits over a unique treasure - mummies!

30. Shelbourne Park Greyhound Stadium

Arenas & Stadiums

South City Centre

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Open now

We were led to our table and were very happy with it because it was located where we could see the finish line for th...

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