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A former soldiers chapel in Beggars Bush has become home to Ireland's printing heritage.
Step back in time as you witness the printing process, experience typesetting and casting...watch as the ink is applied and the rollers turn.
Climb to the gallery to read eventful newspaper headlines from yesteryear. Guided tours and audio visual presentation.

Coffee shop open daily....

We at The National Wax Museum warmly await to entertain both you and your family. Come and experience our unique presentation of the greats of Irish and World history, politics, literature, theatre, sport, music and entertainment.

The National Wax Museum has established itself as a national landmark - a must for any visitor to Dublin.

The National Wax Museum will open at it's new location in Smithfield Village  in Autumn 2008....

St. Enda's is now a museum of the school known as St. Enda's. The school was founded by Patrick Pearse, who was one of the rebels in the 1916 Rising. Pearse qualified as a barrister, but was more interested in the Irish Educational system.

His article "The Murder Machine," condemned the methods of colonialist education. He founded St. Enda's in 1910 in a small mansion in Rathfarnham, in order to provide an alternative education, which would embrace the Irish language, literature, histo...

Author of many plays' is the simple accolade to George Bernard Shaw on the plaque outside his birthplace. His Victorian home and early life mirror this simplicity.
The first home of the Shaw family and the renowned playwright at 33 Synge Street has been restored to its Victorian elegance and charm, and has the appearance that the family has just gone out for the afternoon.

The neat terraced house is as much a celebration of Victorian Dublin domestic life as of the early years of on...

The Irish traditional Music Archive is a resource centre and archive for the traditional song, music and dance of Ireland.
set up by the Arts Council in 1987 and also supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, it is the first body to be exclusively concerned with the making of a comprehensive reference collection of materials for the appreciation and study of Irish traditional music.

These materials include chiefly sound recordings, and also books, manuscrips, periodicals, pa...

About the Museum
The GAA Museum can be found in Croke Park Stadium under the Cusack Stand. It was opened in 1998 by An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.
The museum is dedicated to the GAA and how it has contributed to sport, culture and social life in Ireland since it first began in 1884.
The museum displays a vast collection of GAA memorabilia like hurleys, jerseys, trophies, medals, match programmes etc
Museum Tours
Croke Park is the 4th large...

A visit to the home of Guinness is the high point of any trip to Dublin. At the Guinness storehouse you'll discover all there is to know about the world famous beer. It’s a dramatic story that begins around 250 years ago and ends in gravity, the sky bar, with a complimentary pint of Guinness and an astonishing view of Dublin City.
As you wander through the storehouse you may visit the Retail Store on the ground floor where you can find the main ingredients of Guinness: water, barley,...

Irish Labour Society History Society Museum and Archives....

The National Museum of Ireland is split up into 4 parts, 3 of which are in Dublin. The museum on Kildare Street is the National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology and History. Opened in 1890, the museum contains artefacts dating from 7000 BC all the way up to the modern day. The museum is easily found on Kildare Street, which is located near to Grafton Street and Saint Stephens Green....

Freemason's Hall is in the heart of Dublin near the National Library, the National Museum, Leinster House, and the National Gallery.
It is a mid Victorian purpose built in the 1860s from a prize winning design by the Birmingham architect, Edward Holmes.

It has been the headquarters of Freemasonry in Ireland since. The building houses a number of meeting rooms, each one of which is decorated in a different architectural style, including an Egyptian style room and a mock Gothic Room.