Dublin
The capital of Ireland is a bustling city of museums pubs, and fun
The Vikings established most of Ireland's great cities—the Celts tended more toward loosely affiliated tribal clusters-and Dublin is no exception. Dublin was founded in AD 841 by Vikings invaders at the confluence of the River Liffey and the (now-vanished) River Poddle by the shores of a dubh linn (Irish for "black pool"). It has been the capital of Ireland since medieval Norman times, growing into a bustling city of 1.8 million.
Dublin is a fine place to spend a day or three exploring the city's varied facets, from 900-year-old pubs to post-modern architecture, from fabulous museums and historic libraries to a lively theatre and arts scene, and from the student bustle around Trinity College and pub-crowded Temple Bar neighborhood to the staid Georgian architecture, pocket-sized parks, and leafy streets around St. Stephen's Green and Merrion Square.
How much does a trip to Dublin cost?
$76
2-day Dublin Pass
$8
city walking tour
70¢
pass from $8.70
$49
O'Shea's Merchant
$26
Jaipur
Dublin miniguide
Tips
- Planning your time: You can cram many of the Greatest Hits of Dublin into a single day, but spending two days here would be far wiser (and give you more time to sample more pubs). With three days, you could almost squeeze in just about everything. With four days, definitely.
- Visitor information: www.visitdublin.com.
- Get the Dublin Pass: It will save you money by getting you into nearly all the museums and sights for free—pretty much everything except Trinity College...
- Take a tour: Prefer someone else to take care of the logistics and provide a professional guide for your day trips? Try an Dublin tour via our partners at Viator.com:
- Dublin Historical Walking Tour including Trinity College
- Dublin Castle and St Patrick's Cathedral Walking Tour
- Viking and Medieval Dublin Walking Tour
- The Dublin City Walking Tour
- Dublin City Hop-on Hop-off Tour
- Dublin Literary Pub Crawl
- Skip the Line: Guinness Storehouse Entrance Ticket
- Dublin Photography Walking Tour: A Cultural Walk
- Dublin Liffey River Cruise
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This article was last updated in September 2011. All information was accurate at the time.
Copyright © 1998–2012 by Reid Bramblett. Author: Reid Bramblett.
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