Travel guide

Dublin

Ireland's capital is compact and easy to explore on foot: Trinity College with the Book of Kells, the Georgian squares, Christ Church Cathedral and the Guinness Storehouse rising above the rooftops. In the evening, the pubs of Temple Bar fill with live music, and the Liffey reflects the city lights.

What brings you to Dublin?

The city centre sits on both banks of the Liffey and is walkable; Howth and Malahide are a half-day trip on the DART.

First time in Dublin

Spread Trinity College, the Guinness Storehouse and Kilmainham Gaol sensibly across your days.

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Discover the neighbourhoods

Choose between the Georgian squares, the Liberties, Smithfield and the Docklands by character.

See neighbourhoods 03

Museums & libraries

Pick the Book of Kells, the Chester Beatty Library and the National Gallery by interest.

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Churches & cathedrals

Place St Patrick's, Christ Church and the crypt of St Michan's in context.

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Castles around Dublin

Dublin Castle in the city centre, Malahide and Howth as a trip by train.

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Pubs, music & food

Boxty, coddle and oysters - and where Dublin eats well away from Temple Bar.

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Tours & day trips

Compare walking tours, pub crawls and destinations such as the Cliffs of Moher.

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Getting there & around

Airport transfer, the ferry via Holyhead and local transport with the Leap Card.

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Highlights

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The six places people come to Dublin for.

The Guinness Storehouse with its distinctive circular tower and the Gravity Bar viewpoint over Dublin.

Guinness Storehouse

Brewery visitor centre with a panoramic bar

Antique books and shelving in Dublin's famous Old Library, reflecting the literary heritage and academic collection of Trinity College.

Trinity College

Oldest university, home to the Book of Kells & Long Room

Circular atrium of Kilmainham Gaol with curved galleries and iron railings, an iconic prison museum interior.

Kilmainham Gaol

Historic prison and national monument

St Patrick's Cathedral with its distinctive clock tower and green copper dome.

St Patrick's Cathedral

Ireland's largest church & Swift's tomb

The Temple Bar district with colourful historic façades, pubs and flowering window boxes.

Temple Bar

Dublin's pub and cultural quarter

Entrance gate of Dublin Castle with its distinctive battlements and green lawn in the foreground.

Dublin Castle

Medieval castle - closed until the end of 2026

Dublin's neighbourhoods

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Four neighbourhoods, four characters: from the Georgian south to the Docklands.

Typical Georgian entrance doors in green and blue with fanlights and columned porticoes on the brick façades around Merrion Square.

Georgian DublinGeorgian squares & museum quarter in the south-east

Red-brick residential buildings with small balconies in Dublin's historic Liberties quarter under a dramatic cloudy sky.

The LibertiesDublin's brewery and market quarter west of the old city

Interior view of the Jameson Distillery with whiskey barrels at various stages of maturation.

Smithfield & StoneybatterWhiskey, cobblestones and village character north of the river

The elegant Samuel Beckett Bridge, with its distinctive white harp-shaped pylon, spans the River Liffey in front of the Convention Centre Dublin.

DocklandsDublin's modern harbourside quarter at the mouth of the Liffey

Dublin on the map

What lies where: attractions, neighbourhoods and the spots along the bay.