Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in Dublin, Ireland

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Number of sights 34 sights
Distance 10.9 km
Ascend 146 m
Descend 142 m

Experience Dublin in Ireland in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in DublinIndividual Sights in Dublin

Sight 1: 3Arena

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The 3Arena (originally The O2) is an indoor amphitheatre located at North Wall Quay in the Dublin Docklands in Dublin, Ireland. The venue opened as The O2 on 16 December 2008 and was re-branded on 4 September 2014 due to the takeover of O2 Ireland by Three Ireland. The venue is owned by a Live Nation subsidiary, Apollo Leisure Group Ltd. and is among the top ten busiest music arenas by ticket sales in the world.

Wikipedia: 3Arena (EN), Website

913 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 2: 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

649 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 3: Jeanie Johnston

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Jeanie Johnston

Jeanie Johnston is a replica of a three-masted barque that was originally built in Quebec, Canada, in 1847 by the Scottish-born shipbuilder John Munn. The replica Jeanie Johnston performs a number of functions: it is an ocean-going sail training vessel at sea, and in port, it converts into a living history museum on 19th century emigration and, in the evenings, is used as a corporate event venue.

Wikipedia: Jeanie Johnston (EN), Website, Twitter, Facebook, Tripadvisor

310 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: 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)

557 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 5: St Mark's

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St Mark's

St Mark's Church is a Pentecostal church located at 42A Pearse Street, Dublin, Ireland. The church is affiliated with Christian Churches Ireland, the Irish branch of the Assemblies of God. The church has two Sunday services; 10am and 11:45am.

Wikipedia: St. Mark's Church, Dublin (EN), Website

161 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Science Gallery

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702 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 7: Pearse Square

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Pearse Square is a Georgian garden square in Dublin, Ireland. It is bounded on its southern side by Pearse Street.

Wikipedia: Pearse Square (EN)

630 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 8: St Andrew's

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St. Andrew's Church is a Roman Catholic church located in Westland Row, Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Construction started in 1832, it opened for public worship in 1834 but was not completed until 1837.

Wikipedia: St Andrew's Church, Westland Row, Dublin (EN)

671 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 9: National Library of Ireland

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National Library of Ireland

The National Library of Ireland is Ireland's national library located in Dublin, in a building designed by Thomas Newenham Deane. The mission of the National Library of Ireland is "To collect, preserve, promote and make accessible the documentary and intellectual record of the life of Ireland and to contribute to the provision of access to the larger universe of recorded knowledge."

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244 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: Royal Irish Academy

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The Royal Irish Academy, based in Dublin, is an academic body that promotes study in the sciences, humanities and social sciences. It is Ireland's premier learned society and one of its leading cultural institutions. The Academy was established in 1785 and granted a royal charter in 1786. As of 2019, the RIA has around 600 members, regular members being Irish residents elected in recognition of their academic achievements, and Honorary Members similarly qualified but based abroad; a small number of members are elected in recognition of non-academic contributions to society.

Wikipedia: Royal Irish Academy (EN), Website

64 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: St Ann's Church

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St. Ann's Church on Dawson Street in Dublin, Ireland is a Church of Ireland church, constructed originally around 1720 following the establishment of the local Anglican parish in 1707.

Wikipedia: St. Ann's Church, Dawson Street (EN)

308 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 12: 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

154 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: 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)

202 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: The Little Museum of Dublin

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The Little Museum of Dublin

The Little Museum of Dublin is a local history museum situated at St Stephen's Green, Dublin, Ireland. The museum is located in an 18th-century Georgian townhouse owned by Dublin City Council. As of April 2024, the St Stephen's Green museum was "temporarily closed", with its operators reputedly planning to "reopen shortly" at an alternative venue on Dublin's Pembroke Street.

Wikipedia: Little Museum of Dublin (EN), Website, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Youtube

272 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 15: St Stephen's Green

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St Stephen's GreenDronepicr (edited by King of Hearts) Edit corrects CA and sharpens image / CC BY 3.0

St Stephen's Green is a garden square and public park located in the city centre of Dublin, Ireland. The current landscape of the park was designed by William Sheppard. It was officially re-opened to the public on Tuesday, 27 July 1880 by Lord Ardilaun. The square is adjacent to one of Dublin's main shopping streets, Grafton Street, and to a shopping centre named after it, while on its surrounding streets are the offices of a number of public bodies as well as a stop on one of Dublin's Luas tram lines. It is often informally called Stephen's Green. At 22 acres (8.9 ha), it is the largest of the parks in Dublin's main Georgian garden squares. Others include nearby Merrion Square and Fitzwilliam Square.

Wikipedia: St Stephen's Green (EN), Website

615 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 16: Whitefriar Street Church

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Whitefriar Street Church

Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church is a Roman Catholic church in Dublin, Ireland maintained by the Carmelite order. The church is noted for having the relics of Saint Valentine, which were donated to the church in the 19th century by Pope Gregory XVI from their previous location in the cemetery of St. Hippolytus in Rome.

Wikipedia: Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church (EN)

361 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 17: 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)

197 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: Saint Patrick's Cathedral

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Saint Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland, founded in 1191 as a Roman Catholic cathedral, is currently the national cathedral of the Church of Ireland. Christ Church Cathedral, also a Church of Ireland cathedral in Dublin, is designated as the local cathedral of the Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough.

Wikipedia: St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin (EN), Website

293 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 19: Marsh's Library

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Marsh's Library, situated in St. Patrick's Close, adjacent to St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland is a well-preserved library of the late Renaissance and early Enlightenment. When it opened to the public in 1707 it was the first public library in Ireland. It was built to the order of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh and has a collection of over 25,000 books and 300 manuscripts.

Wikipedia: Marsh's Library (EN), Website

293 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 20: The Cabbage Garden

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The Cabbage Garden

The Cabbage Garden, also known as the Cabbage Patch, is a former burial ground in Dublin, Ireland. It is located off Upper Kevin Street in Dublin's south inner city. Used as a cemetery from 1666 until the 1890s, it is now laid-out as a public park.

Wikipedia: The Cabbage Garden, Dublin (EN)

665 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 21: 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)

550 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 22: 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

147 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 23: St Werburgh's

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St. Werburgh's Church is a Church of Ireland church building in Dublin, Ireland. The original church on this site was built in 1178, shortly after the arrival of the Anglo-Normans in the town. It was named after St. Werburgh, abbess of Ely and patron saint of Chester. The current building was constructed in 1719. It is located in Werburgh Street, close to Dublin Castle.

Wikipedia: St. Werburgh's Church, Dublin (EN)

348 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 24: 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

80 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 25: Dublin Castle

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Dublin Castle is a major Irish government complex, conference centre, and tourist attraction. It is located off Dame Street in central Dublin.

Wikipedia: Dublin Castle (EN), Website

194 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 26: 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.

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34 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 27: The Sick and Indigent Roomkeepers' Society

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The Sick and Indigent Roomkeepers' Society

The Sick and Indigent Roomkeepers Society in Dublin, Ireland, is the city's oldest surviving charity.

Wikipedia: The Sick and Indigent Roomkeepers' Society (EN), Website

80 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 28: Dublin City Hall

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The City Hall, Dublin, originally the Royal Exchange, is a civic building in Dublin, Ireland. It was built between 1769 and 1779, to the designs of architect Thomas Cooley, and is a notable example of 18th-century architecture in the city. Originally used by the merchants of the city, it is today the formal seat of Dublin City Council.

Wikipedia: City Hall, Dublin (EN), Website

116 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 29: Olympia Theatre

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The Olympia Theatre, branded since 2021 for sponsorship purposes as the 3Olympia Theatre, is a concert hall and theatre venue in Dublin, Ireland, located on Dame Street.

Wikipedia: Olympia Theatre, Dublin (EN), Website, Facebook, Website Booking, Instagram

219 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 30: Temple Bar

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Temple Bar William Murphy / CC BY-SA 2.0

Temple Bar is an area on the south bank of the River Liffey in central Dublin, Ireland. The area is bounded by the Liffey to the north, Dame Street to the south, Westmoreland Street to the east and Fishamble Street to the west. It is promoted as Dublin's 'cultural quarter' and, as a centre of Dublin's city centre's nightlife, is a tourist destination. Temple Bar is in the Dublin 2 postal district.

Wikipedia: Temple Bar, Dublin (EN)

444 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 31: Molly Malone

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Molly Malone is a statue on Suffolk Street in Dublin, the capital of Ireland. The statue depicts the presumably fictional character Molly Malone, who is described in the song of the same title, also known as "Cockles and Mussels". It has previously stood on Grafton Street, but has had the current location since 2014.

Wikipedia: Molly Malone (statue) (DA)

287 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 32: 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 33: Book of Kells

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Book of Kells

The Book of Kells is an illustrated 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

16 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 34: Sphere Within Sphere

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Sphere Within Sphere

Sphere Within Sphere describes a series of spherical bronze sculptures by Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro. In 1966, Pomodoro was commissioned to create a 3.5-meter sphere for Expo 67 in Montreal. The success of this sculpture propelled Pomodoro's works into the mainstream, allowing for commissions that would land his sculptures at the Headquarters of the United Nations and the Vatican Museums.

Wikipedia: Sphere Within Sphere (EN)

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