Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Dublin, Ireland

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 7.9 km
Ascend 118 m
Descend 112 m

Explore Dublin in Ireland with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in DublinIndividual Sights in Dublin

Sight 1: The Convention Centre Dublin

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The Convention Centre Dublin

The Convention Centre Dublin is a convention centre in the Dublin Docklands, Ireland. The Convention centre overlooks the River Liffey at Spencer Dock. It was designed by the Irish-born American architect Kevin Roche.

Wikipedia: Convention Centre Dublin (EN), Website

718 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 2: EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum

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EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum, located in Dublin's Docklands, covers the history of the Irish diaspora and emigration to other countries. It was designed by the London-based design firm Event Communications, and was voted as "Europe's Leading Tourist Attraction" at the 2019, 2020 and 2021 World Travel Awards.

Wikipedia: EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum (EN), Website

184 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: Famine Memorial

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Famine Memorial

The Famine Memorial, officially titled Famine, is a memorial in Dublin, Ireland. The memorial, which stands on Customs House Quay, is in remembrance of the Great Famine (1845-1849), which saw the population of the country halved through death and emigration.

Wikipedia: Famine Memorial (Dublin) (EN)

401 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Spanish Civil War International Brigade

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The International Brigades were soldiers set up by the Communist International to assist the Popular Front government of the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War. The organization existed for two years, from 1936 until 1938. It is estimated that during the entire war, between 40,000 and 59,000 members served in the International Brigades, including some 10,000 who died in combat. Beyond the Spanish Civil War, "International Brigades" is also sometimes used interchangeably with the term foreign legion in reference to military units comprising foreigners who volunteer to fight in the military of another state, often in times of war.

Wikipedia: International Brigades (EN)

464 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 5: General Post Office

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General Post Office Copyright © 2006 Kaihsu Tai / CC BY-SA 3.0

The General Post Office is the former headquarters of An Post — the Irish Post Office. It remains its registered office and the principal post office of Dublin — the capital city of Ireland — and is situated in the centre of O'Connell Street, the city's main thoroughfare. It is one of Ireland's most famous buildings, not least because it served as the headquarters of the leaders of the Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland. It was the last great Georgian public building to be erected in the capital.

Wikipedia: General Post Office, Dublin (EN)

15 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 6: Cúchulainn

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Cúchulainn

Cú Chulainn, is an Irish warrior hero and demigod in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, as well as in Scottish and Manx folklore. He is believed to be an incarnation of the Irish god Lugh, who is also his father. His mother is the mortal Deichtine, sister of king Conchobar mac Nessa.

Wikipedia: Cú Chulainn (EN)

521 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 7: Ha'penny Bridge

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Ha'penny Bridge

The Ha'penny Bridge, known later for a time as the Penny Ha'penny Bridge, and officially the Liffey Bridge, is a pedestrian bridge built in May 1816 over the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland. Made of cast iron, the bridge was cast in Shropshire, England.

Wikipedia: Ha'penny Bridge (EN)

461 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 8: Garda Museum

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Garda Museum

The Garda Museum is a police museum located in Dublin, Ireland, located in the Treasury Building of Dublin Castle.

Wikipedia: Garda Museum (EN), Website

196 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Dublin Castle

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Dublin Castle is a former motte-and-bailey castle and current Irish government complex and conference centre. It was chosen for its position at the highest point of central Dublin.

Wikipedia: Dublin Castle (EN), Website

80 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: Chester Beatty Library

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Chester Beatty Library Charles Curling (CharlieCLC) / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Chester Beatty Library, now known as the Chester Beatty, is a museum and library in Dublin. It was established in Ireland in 1953, to house the collections of mining magnate, Sir Alfred Chester Beatty. The present museum, on the grounds of Dublin Castle, opened on 7 February 2000, the 125th anniversary of Beatty's birth and was named European Museum of the Year in 2002.

Wikipedia: Chester Beatty Library (EN), Website, Youtube

441 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 11: Christ Church Cathedral

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Christ Church Cathedral Ingo Mehling / CC BY-SA 4.0

Christ Church Cathedral, more formally The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, is the cathedral of the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough and the cathedral of the ecclesiastical province of the United Provinces of Dublin and Cashel in the (Anglican) Church of Ireland. It is situated in Dublin, Ireland, and is the elder of the capital city's two medieval cathedrals, the other being St Patrick's Cathedral.

Wikipedia: Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin (EN), Website

88 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 12: Dublinia

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Dublinia is a historical recreation museum and visitor attraction in Dublin, Ireland, focusing on the Viking and Medieval history of the city. Dublinia is located in a part of Dublin's Christ Church Cathedral, known as the Synod hall.

Wikipedia: Dublinia (EN), Website, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram

180 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: Church of the Immaculate Conception (Adam & Eve)

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The Church of the Immaculate Conception, also known as Adam and Eve's, is a Roman Catholic church run by the Franciscans and it is located on Merchants Quay, Dublin.

Wikipedia: Church of the Immaculate Conception, Dublin (EN)

1212 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 14: Guinness Storehouse

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Guinness Storehouse is a tourist attraction at St. James's Gate Brewery in Dublin, Ireland. Since opening in 2000, it has received over twenty million visitors.

Wikipedia: Guinness Storehouse (EN), Website

955 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 15: St. Nicholas of Myra

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St. Nicholas of Myra

The Church of St Nicholas of Myra (Without) is a Roman Catholic church on Francis Street, Dublin that is still in use today. The site has been used as a place of worship as far back as the 12th century. The current church was built in 1829 and dedicated to Saint Nicholas in 1835.

Wikipedia: Church of St Nicholas of Myra Without, (Roman Catholic) (EN)

436 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 16: Havel's Place

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Havel's Place is a public art project, which creates a series of memorial places dedicated to the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic, Václav Havel. The installation consists of two garden chairs around a round table, usually with a tree going through its middle. The rim of the table has the Havel Quote 'truth and love shall prevail over lies and hatred' inscribed along its rim.

Wikipedia: Havel's Place (EN)

813 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 17: Fusiliers' Arch

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Fusiliers' Arch

The Fusiliers' Arch is a monument which forms part of the Grafton Street entrance to St Stephen's Green park, in Dublin, Ireland. Erected in 1907, it was dedicated to the officers, non-commissioned officers and enlisted men of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers who fought and died in the Second Boer War (1899–1902).

Wikipedia: Fusiliers' Arch (EN)

148 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: Gaiety Theatre

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Gaiety TheatreRobert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada / CC BY 2.0

The Gaiety Theatre is a theatre on South King Street in Dublin, Ireland, off Grafton Street and close to St. Stephen's Green. It specialises in operatic and musical productions, with occasional dramatic shows.

Wikipedia: Gaiety Theatre, Dublin (EN), Website, Facebook

519 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 19: Douglas Hyde Gallery

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The Douglas Hyde Gallery is a publicly funded contemporary art gallery situated within the historical setting of Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.

Wikipedia: Douglas Hyde Gallery (EN), Website

94 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 20: Book of Kells

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Book of Kells

The Book of Kells is an illuminated manuscript and Celtic Gospel book in Latin, containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables. It was created in a Columban monastery in either Ireland or Scotland, and may have had contributions from various Columban institutions from each of these areas. It is believed to have been created c. 800 AD. The text of the Gospels is largely drawn from the Vulgate, although it also includes several passages drawn from the earlier versions of the Bible known as the Vetus Latina. It is regarded as a masterwork of Western calligraphy and the pinnacle of Insular illumination. The manuscript takes its name from the Abbey of Kells, County Meath, which was its home for centuries.

Wikipedia: Book of Kells (EN), Website

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