tourist attractions dublin

Any Dubliner will tell you that no trip to Ireland’s fair city would be complete without a visit to its historic and beautiful Zoo.

More than 900,000 visitors came in during 2007 making Dublin Zoo one of Ireland’s best loved and best loved visitor attractions.

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Defensive walls were built around Dublin at various times by the Vikings, the Normans and their successors. Although only a few sections still survive, old documents - especially a detailed report of 1585 - give location and descriptions of the walls, gates and towers. Look out for a series of granite markers erected in 1991 at various points along the line of the walls....

You have the opportunity to travel through time at Dublin's Viking Adventure, an exciting, live and interactive experience of life in Viking Dublin. The Norse guide takes you on a fascinating journey through a Dublin of long ago. Walk the narrow streets of the Viking Town of 'Dublin' where you can chat to the locals, observe their daily work and even experience the sounds and smells of the city, imaginatively and accurately recreated and brought to life.
Located close to Wood Quay, the...

Grafton Street is Dublin's pedestrianised shopping street. It lies in the very heart of Dublin city and runs from College Green to St. Stephen's Green. It is Dublin's most fashionable street and the busiest shopping street in Ireland!

All the high street stores are located here along with numerous cafes, pubs and restaurants.

A stroll down Grafton Street is a must - it's always buzzing with musicians, mime artists and talented buskers! Look out for the Molly Malone...

Designed by Daithi Hanly and dedicated to the memory of all those who gave their lives in the cause of Irish freedom.
The large sculpture by Oisin Kelly is based on the theme of the "Children of Lir", who according to an old Irish legend were changed into swans. The sculpture evokes Yeats' famous lines about the 1916 Rebellion: "All is changed, changed utterly; A terrible beauty is born".
The garden is intended as a place of quiet remembrance and reflection. It was opened by...

City Hall is a wonderful example of 18th century Neo-Classical architecture. The building was designed by Thomas Cooley and built between 1769 and 1779 as the Royal Exchange for the Merchants of Dublin. Dublin Corporation acquired the building as its administrative headquarters in 1851 and it has been home to the City Council every since.

City Hall reopened in September 2000 after major restoration programme. As far as possible, City Hall has been returned to its original configuration....

The church was founded by the Anglo-Normans and dedicated to the Norman saint, St Audoen o Rouen. It was one of a group of Guild Chapels, and one of the leading churches in Dublin in its day. Public announcements, such as the Pronouncements of Papal Bulls, were made here, and public penances performed.

The west doorway probably dates to around 1200, but the lower portion of the tower above it is largely 17th century in date. The present church consists only of the nave of the orig...

Hailed by many as the greatest book of the century, and dismissed by others as obscene, obscure or both, James Joyce's novel Ulysses made Dublin famous throughout the world.
Published in 1922, it was set in Dublin on 16h June 1904 and meticulously recreated the city and its characters as they were on that day, using real locations and real events.
From his home at 7 Eccles Street the book's central character, Leopold Bloom, sets off around the city, meeting friends and going...

The James Joyce Centre is located on North Great George's Street, one of the city's finest remaining Georgian thoroughfares. The Centre is housed in a beautifully restored 18th century Georgian Townhouse and is located only about 300 metres from O'Connell Street.
The Centre aims to promote a greater interest in the life and works of Joyce and to do this it organises daily tours of the house and walks through the heartland of Joyce's north inner city. It has all the usual audiovisual tr...