Guidebook for Dublin 8
Food Scene
Traditional Irish Fish and Chips take away shop. Most famous and Fish and Chips in Dublin.
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Leo Burdock
2 Christchurch PlTraditional Irish Fish and Chips take away shop. Most famous and Fish and Chips in Dublin.
Great local cafe for contemporary irish food or coffee and cakes for locals. 6 min walk.
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Noshington Café
186 S Circular RdGreat local cafe for contemporary irish food or coffee and cakes for locals. 6 min walk.
Jo'Burger
Gourmet burger restaurant for great quality burgers.
Musashi Dublin
15 Capel StGreat quality japanese food at affordable price.
Great place to eat for lunch time in the Trinity college. For around 6€ you get homemade main course and dessert. Selfservice. Really worth it if you in the area and on the budget, mostly for students.
The Buttery Food Court
College GreenGreat place to eat for lunch time in the Trinity college. For around 6€ you get homemade main course and dessert. Selfservice. Really worth it if you in the area and on the budget, mostly for students.
Drinks & Nightlife
French art nouveau style bar and lounge. Must to visit. Some nights might have live music or disco late nights.
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Café en Seine
40 Dawson StFrench art nouveau style bar and lounge. Must to visit. Some nights might have live music or disco late nights.
Funky bar, lounge, night club with great music, for fancy local crowd in their late 20-30.
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37 Dawson St
37 Dawson StreetFunky bar, lounge, night club with great music, for fancy local crowd in their late 20-30.
Sightseeing
Dómkirkjan í heilögum Patrik
Saint Patrick's CloseIconic Dublin Cathedral
Dublin's Landmark, sometimes have food markets in the gardens on weekends
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Kristkirkjan dómkirkja
Christchurch PlaceDublin's Landmark, sometimes have food markets in the gardens on weekends
Dublinborg
Dame StreetDublin
8 Grand Canal PlaceFrancis Street
Francis StreetFamous for antique shops and art galleries.
is an Irish whiskey distillery established in Dublin in 2015. It is the first new whiskey distillery to have opened in Dublin, once a world whiskey distilling capital, in over 125 years. They do DISTILLERY TOURS 15-30€ with tasting their whiskey and cocktails based on it. They have nice cafe. Very close.
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Teeling Whiskey Distillery
13-17 Newmarketis an Irish whiskey distillery established in Dublin in 2015. It is the first new whiskey distillery to have opened in Dublin, once a world whiskey distilling capital, in over 125 years. They do DISTILLERY TOURS 15-30€ with tasting their whiskey and cocktails based on it. They have nice cafe. Very close.
is the official Irish State guest house. It was formerly one of the Dublin residences of the Guinness family. Some notable visitors have been hosted at Farmleigh including the Chinese Prime Minister, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, the King of Malaysia, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the Governor-General of New Zealand, and Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. Free tours of Farmleigh House are available from Monday to Sunday at a quarter past the hour from 10.15am to 4.15pm. Beautiful Gardens.
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Farmleigh Park
Farmleighis the official Irish State guest house. It was formerly one of the Dublin residences of the Guinness family. Some notable visitors have been hosted at Farmleigh including the Chinese Prime Minister, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, the King of Malaysia, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the Governor-General of New Zealand, and Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. Free tours of Farmleigh House are available from Monday to Sunday at a quarter past the hour from 10.15am to 4.15pm. Beautiful Gardens.
Arts & Culture
Includes several historical buildings, has famous library and Book of Kells.
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Trinity College
Includes several historical buildings, has famous library and Book of Kells.
Free entry with beautiful garden, housed in the 17th-century Royal Hospital Kilmainham. Ireland's leading national institution for the collection and presentation of modern and contemporary art.
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Írland Listasafn Nútíma (IMMA)
Military RoadFree entry with beautiful garden, housed in the 17th-century Royal Hospital Kilmainham. Ireland's leading national institution for the collection and presentation of modern and contemporary art.
It features displays on prehistoric Ireland, including early work in gold, church treasures and the Viking and medieval periods. There are special displays of items from Ancient Egypt, Cyprus and the Roman world, and special exhibitions are regularly mounted. Free entry
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Þjóðminjasafn Írlands - Fornleifafræði
35A Kildare St It features displays on prehistoric Ireland, including early work in gold, church treasures and the Viking and medieval periods. There are special displays of items from Ancient Egypt, Cyprus and the Roman world, and special exhibitions are regularly mounted. Free entry
The Gallery has an extensive, representative collection of Irish painting and is also notable for its Italian Baroque and Dutch masters painting.
Nicolas Poussin, Anthony van Dyck, Caravaggio, Claude Monet, Paul Signac, Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Pieter Brueghel, Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt, Augustus Nicholas Burke. Free entry.
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Þjóðlistasafn Írlands
Merrion Square WestThe Gallery has an extensive, representative collection of Irish painting and is also notable for its Italian Baroque and Dutch masters painting.
Nicolas Poussin, Anthony van Dyck, Caravaggio, Claude Monet, Paul Signac, Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Pieter Brueghel, Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt, Augustus Nicholas Burke. Free entry.
The building is a ‘cabinet-style’ museum designed to showcase a wide-ranging and comprehensive zoological collection, and has changed little in over a century. Often described as a ‘museum of a museum’, its 10,000 exhibits provide a glimpse of the natural world that has delighted generations of visitors since the doors opened in 1857.
The Irish Room, the ground floor of the museum, displays Irish animals, notably several mounted skeletons of giant Irish deer. Numerous skulls of those and other deer line the walls. Stuffed and mounted mammals, birds, fish — and insects and other animals native to or found in Ireland — comprise the rest of the ground floor. Free entry
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Þjóðminjasafn Írlands
Merrion Street UpperThe building is a ‘cabinet-style’ museum designed to showcase a wide-ranging and comprehensive zoological collection, and has changed little in over a century. Often described as a ‘museum of a museum’, its 10,000 exhibits provide a glimpse of the natural world that has delighted generations of visitors since the doors opened in 1857.
The Irish Room, the ground floor of the museum, displays Irish animals, notably several mounted skeletons of giant Irish deer. Numerous skulls of those and other deer line the walls. Stuffed and mounted mammals, birds, fish — and insects and other animals native to or found in Ireland — comprise the rest of the ground floor. Free entry
located at the former Collins Barracks in the Arbour Hill area of Dublin, Ireland. The main focus of the galleries is on arts, craft and wares, including exhibits on: Irish coins and currency, silverware, furniture, folklife and costumes, ceramics, and glassware. Included are artifacts such as Etruscan vases, gauntlets worn by King William at the Battle of the Boyne, a life belt and oar salvaged from the wreck of the RMS Lusitania and a pocket book carried by Wolfe Tone whilst imprisoned in the Barracks.
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Þjóðminjasafn Írlands - Listir og Saga
Benburb Streetlocated at the former Collins Barracks in the Arbour Hill area of Dublin, Ireland. The main focus of the galleries is on arts, craft and wares, including exhibits on: Irish coins and currency, silverware, furniture, folklife and costumes, ceramics, and glassware. Included are artifacts such as Etruscan vases, gauntlets worn by King William at the Battle of the Boyne, a life belt and oar salvaged from the wreck of the RMS Lusitania and a pocket book carried by Wolfe Tone whilst imprisoned in the Barracks.
displayed in two collections: "Sacred Traditions" and "Artistic Traditions". Both displays exhibit manuscripts, miniature paintings, prints, drawings, rare books and some decorative arts from the Islamic, East Asian and Western Collections. The Library is one of the premier sources for scholarship in both the Old and New Testaments and is home to one of the most significant collections of Islamic and Far Eastern artefacts. The museum contains a number of priceless objects, including one of the surviving volumes of the first illustrated Life of the Prophet and the Gospel of Mani believed to be the last remaining artefact from Manichaeism. Free entry
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Chester Beatty
displayed in two collections: "Sacred Traditions" and "Artistic Traditions". Both displays exhibit manuscripts, miniature paintings, prints, drawings, rare books and some decorative arts from the Islamic, East Asian and Western Collections. The Library is one of the premier sources for scholarship in both the Old and New Testaments and is home to one of the most significant collections of Islamic and Far Eastern artefacts. The museum contains a number of priceless objects, including one of the surviving volumes of the first illustrated Life of the Prophet and the Gospel of Mani believed to be the last remaining artefact from Manichaeism. Free entry
is a former prison in Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland. It is now a museum. Many Irish revolutionaries, including the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising, were imprisoned and executed in the prison by the British. The following films have been filmed at Kilmainham Gaol:
The Quare Fellow, 1962
The Italian Job, 1969
The Mackintosh Man, 1973
The Last Remake of Beau Geste, 1977
The Whistle Blower, 1987
The Babe,1992
In the Name of the Father, 1993
Michael Collins, 1996
The Adventures of the Young Indiana Jones (2000) – Love's Sweet Song
The Escapist, 2008 (starring Brian Cox)
The Wind That Shakes the Barley, 2006. Tickets 4-8€ to be booked online in advance (1 day)
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Kilmainham Gaol-fangelsismiðstöðin
Inchicore Road is a former prison in Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland. It is now a museum. Many Irish revolutionaries, including the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising, were imprisoned and executed in the prison by the British. The following films have been filmed at Kilmainham Gaol:
The Quare Fellow, 1962
The Italian Job, 1969
The Mackintosh Man, 1973
The Last Remake of Beau Geste, 1977
The Whistle Blower, 1987
The Babe,1992
In the Name of the Father, 1993
Michael Collins, 1996
The Adventures of the Young Indiana Jones (2000) – Love's Sweet Song
The Escapist, 2008 (starring Brian Cox)
The Wind That Shakes the Barley, 2006. Tickets 4-8€ to be booked online in advance (1 day)
The venue has played host to many well-known international artists down through the years such as David Bowie, Foo Fighters, The Killers, Billy Connolly and Charlie Chaplin as well as the best of Irish talent.
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Olympia Theatre
The venue has played host to many well-known international artists down through the years such as David Bowie, Foo Fighters, The Killers, Billy Connolly and Charlie Chaplin as well as the best of Irish talent.
Vicar Street is a concert, performing arts centre and events venue. Major international recording artists have performed in Vicar Street, such as Bob Dylan in 2000,[4] Neil Young in 2003 and Paul Simon in 2011 and Lana Del Rey in 2013, Joan Rivers 2012. Close.
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Vicar Street
58-59 Thomas StVicar Street is a concert, performing arts centre and events venue. Major international recording artists have performed in Vicar Street, such as Bob Dylan in 2000,[4] Neil Young in 2003 and Paul Simon in 2011 and Lana Del Rey in 2013, Joan Rivers 2012. Close.
Parks & Nature
founded in 1795 and they have grown to hold 20,000 living plants and many millions of dried plant specimens. The gardens include some glasshouses of architectural importance, such as the Palm House 1884 and the Curvilinear Range. Free entry
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Botanic Gardens, stop 151 station
founded in 1795 and they have grown to hold 20,000 living plants and many millions of dried plant specimens. The gardens include some glasshouses of architectural importance, such as the Palm House 1884 and the Curvilinear Range. Free entry
Beautiful park with rose gardens and scenic views of the river Liffey
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Írlands Þjóðlegir Stríðsminningar Garðar
Island BridgeBeautiful park with rose gardens and scenic views of the river Liffey
Beautiful scenic walking trail for running or walking along the Grand Canal, where you can feed the swans and have a lunch on many benches along the way. Most beautiful and popular cycling track with dublin bike stations, pubs (The Gastro Pub), restaurant popular with locals
Portobello Road
Portobello RoadBeautiful scenic walking trail for running or walking along the Grand Canal, where you can feed the swans and have a lunch on many benches along the way. Most beautiful and popular cycling track with dublin bike stations, pubs (The Gastro Pub), restaurant popular with locals
Dublin's well kept secret garden. Designated as a National Historic Property. The gardens are almost completely surrounded by buildings making them less noticeable and a little hard to find, unlike other green spaces in Dublin. This makes them one of Dublin's hidden gems.
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Iveagh garðar
Saint Stephen's GreenDublin's well kept secret garden. Designated as a National Historic Property. The gardens are almost completely surrounded by buildings making them less noticeable and a little hard to find, unlike other green spaces in Dublin. This makes them one of Dublin's hidden gems.
is one of the largest enclosed recreational spaces within any European capital city. It includes large areas of grassland and tree-lined avenues, and since the 17th century has been home to a herd of wild fallow deer. The English name comes from the Irish fionn uisce meaning "clear water". The Irish Government is lobbying UNESCO to have the park designated as a world heritage site. It house Dublin Zoo (13.50-17.50€), Phoenix Park Visitor Centre and Ashtown Castle, The residence of the President of Ireland, State Guest House Farmleigh.
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Phoenix Park
is one of the largest enclosed recreational spaces within any European capital city. It includes large areas of grassland and tree-lined avenues, and since the 17th century has been home to a herd of wild fallow deer. The English name comes from the Irish fionn uisce meaning "clear water". The Irish Government is lobbying UNESCO to have the park designated as a world heritage site. It house Dublin Zoo (13.50-17.50€), Phoenix Park Visitor Centre and Ashtown Castle, The residence of the President of Ireland, State Guest House Farmleigh.
Dollymount Strand
Most beautiful sandy beach in Dublin
Strand Road
Strand RoadBeautiful coastline of Irish Sea.
Beautiful hiking trail with stunning view of irish sea in cute fisherman village in the north of Dublin with many fish shops, occasionally seals can be seen in the harbour waters.
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Howth
Beautiful hiking trail with stunning view of irish sea in cute fisherman village in the north of Dublin with many fish shops, occasionally seals can be seen in the harbour waters.
Popular spot for seals in hidden fisherman harbour in Dalkey, south Dublin
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Bullock Harbour
12 Bullock HarbourPopular spot for seals in hidden fisherman harbour in Dalkey, south Dublin
Essentials
Lidl
Thomas StreetMedium grocery store with fresh bakery inside. Very cheap quality food.
Tesco Express
Medium-small store to buy basics, open until 10pm
MACE Clanbrassil Street
Clanbrassil Street LowerSmall store with hot food counter
SPAR
19-20 Dame StSmall store with hot food counter
is a food retailer based in a large former warehouse in The Liberties area of Dublin, Ireland. It was founded in 1983 and is constituted as a consumer co-operative, with a focus on organic and wholefood products. The main trading day at the Co-op venue is Saturday, when the majority of sales are made by independent stallholders. Whilst similar to a farmers’ market in some respects, its operating model pre-dates the later popularity of farmers' markets in Ireland. It further differs from farmers’ markets by excluding ‘meat and meat products’, in keeping with its constitution. Opens on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and on Sundays (when the venue normally hosts independent market events)
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Dublin Food Co-op - Kilmainham
Inchicore Road is a food retailer based in a large former warehouse in The Liberties area of Dublin, Ireland. It was founded in 1983 and is constituted as a consumer co-operative, with a focus on organic and wholefood products. The main trading day at the Co-op venue is Saturday, when the majority of sales are made by independent stallholders. Whilst similar to a farmers’ market in some respects, its operating model pre-dates the later popularity of farmers' markets in Ireland. It further differs from farmers’ markets by excluding ‘meat and meat products’, in keeping with its constitution. Opens on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and on Sundays (when the venue normally hosts independent market events)
Shopping
Indoor Market: top quality food in an inviting space where customers can enjoy a convivial market experience and meet the people who produce their food.
They Sell:
Organic fruit and vegetables,
Organic meat,
Fish and shellfish,
Excellent quality bread and baked goods,
Cheese and other dairy products,
Charcuterie,
Smoked meats and fish,
Olives, oils, pestos, preserves, jams and chutneys,
Pantry products, confectionary goods, raw food, juices, smoothies,
Plants and flowers,
Ethical and environmentally friendly products.
OPENING TIMES
Tuesday - Friday - NOON TO 7PM
Saturday - 9.30 TO 4PM, Sunday - 11.00 to 5.00
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The Green Door Market
Old Naas RoadIndoor Market: top quality food in an inviting space where customers can enjoy a convivial market experience and meet the people who produce their food.
They Sell:
Organic fruit and vegetables,
Organic meat,
Fish and shellfish,
Excellent quality bread and baked goods,
Cheese and other dairy products,
Charcuterie,
Smoked meats and fish,
Olives, oils, pestos, preserves, jams and chutneys,
Pantry products, confectionary goods, raw food, juices, smoothies,
Plants and flowers,
Ethical and environmentally friendly products.
OPENING TIMES
Tuesday - Friday - NOON TO 7PM
Saturday - 9.30 TO 4PM, Sunday - 11.00 to 5.00
Open the Last Sunday Of Every Month. Sells antique, vintage etc.
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Dublin Flea Market - looking for a new home
12 NewmarketOpen the Last Sunday Of Every Month. Sells antique, vintage etc.
is a shopping mall with a difference. The magnificent architecture of the building is something to behold. Designed in the style of a Victorian glasshouse, the shopping centre blends in to the historic Grafton Street area and St. Stephen's Green, the Victorian era public park.
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Stephen's Green verslunarmiðstöð
Saint Stephen's Greenis a shopping mall with a difference. The magnificent architecture of the building is something to behold. Designed in the style of a Victorian glasshouse, the shopping centre blends in to the historic Grafton Street area and St. Stephen's Green, the Victorian era public park.
is a major shopping centre in Dublin, Ireland. Opened in 1996
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Jervis Street Shopping Centre
Jervis Streetis a major shopping centre in Dublin, Ireland. Opened in 1996
Arnotts is the oldest and largest department store in Dublin
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Arnotts Department Store
12 Henry StArnotts is the oldest and largest department store in Dublin
is one of the two principal shopping streets in Dublin city centre. The street was named after Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton, the illegitimate son of Charles II of England who owned land in the area. The street was developed from a then existing country lane by the Dawson family in 1708, after whom the parallel Dawson Street is named. Full of street artists. Bono perform on Grafton Street on some Christmas Eve.
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Grafton St
Grafton Streetis one of the two principal shopping streets in Dublin city centre. The street was named after Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton, the illegitimate son of Charles II of England who owned land in the area. The street was developed from a then existing country lane by the Dawson family in 1708, after whom the parallel Dawson Street is named. Full of street artists. Bono perform on Grafton Street on some Christmas Eve.