Must-see attractions in County Dublin

  • National Transport Museum

    County Dublin

    The rather ramshackle National Transport Museum has a range of exhibits including double-decker buses, a bakery van, fire engines and trams – most notably…

  • Photo Museum Ireland

    Temple Bar

    This small gallery devoted to the photograph is set in an airy three-level space overlooking Meeting House Sq. It features a constantly changing menu of…

  • Mosaic

    Temple Bar

    Fishamble St, Dublin's oldest street, dates back to Viking times. Brass symbols in the pavement direct you towards a mosaic, just northeast of the…

  • Contemporary Music Centre

    Temple Bar

    Anyone with an interest in Irish contemporary music must visit the CMC’s national archive where you can hear (and play around on an electronic organ) 10…

  • Herbert Park

    Dublin

    A gorgeous swathe of green lawns, ponds and flower beds near the Royal Dublin Society Showground. Sandwiched between prosperous Ballsbridge and Donnybrook…

  • Art Market

    Dublin

    If you fancy picking up a piece of local art directly from the artist, the Sunday art market, where the work of 100 odd artists is hung on the railings of…

  • Kilmainham Gate

    Dublin

    Francis Johnston's impressive Georgian gate was designed in 1812 as the Richmond Tower and located on the quays, near the Guinness Brewery. It was moved…

  • National Photographic Archive

    Temple Bar

    The archive of photographs taken from the mid-19th century onwards are part of the collection of the National Library, and so are open by appointment and…

  • St Audoen's Catholic Church

    Dublin

    Attached to the medieval St Audoen's Church of Ireland is the bigger, 19th-century Catholic St Audoen's, which since 2006 has been home to the Polish…

  • Grand Canal Square

    Dublin

    This modern square was designed by American landscape artist Martha Schwartz and opened in 2008. Its most distinctive feature is the red 'carpet' made of…

  • Patrick Kavanagh Statue

    Dublin

    A bronze sculpture of Patrick Kavanagh (1904–67), erected in 1968, shows the poet with arms and legs crossed in one of his favourite spots. It is inspired…

  • Huguenot Cemetery

    Dublin

    This tiny cemetery was established in 1693 by French Protestant refugees. The cemetery is closed but you can see graves through the railings; of the 239…

  • Samuel Beckett Bridge

    Dublin

    Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava's second Dublin bridge (his first is the James Joyce Bridge; 2003) is this wishbone-design structure (2007) in the…

  • Convention Centre

    Dublin

    The angled, tube-like Convention Centre was designed by Kevin Roche in 2011. It looks its best at night, when it is lit up.

  • People's Garden

    Dublin

    The People's Garden dates from 1864 and is made up of 9 hectares of Victorian-era horticulture.

  • Bullock Castle

    County Dublin

    These are the ruins of a castle built by the monks of Dublin's St Mary's Abbey in around 1150.

  • 1 Thomas St

    Dublin

    The former home of Arthur Guinness at No 1 Thomas St is marked by a plaque.

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