HISTORIC MONUMENTS

Dame Street,County Dublin
Dublin Castle is the heart of historic Dublin. In fact the city gets its name from the Black Pool - 'Dubh Linn' which was on the site of the present Castle garden. The Castle stands on the ridge on a strategic site at the junction of the River Liffey and its tributary the Poddle, where the original fortification may have been an early Gaelic Ring Fort. Later a Viking Fortress stood on this ...

City Hall, Dame StreetDublin 2
The Story of the Capital Exhibition in the atmospheric vaults of Dublin city Hall is an exciting multimedia exhibition which traces the evolution of Dublin City. Treasures of the city such as the Great Sword and mace of Dublin and the Lord Mayor's chains come together with video medieval manuscripts, interactive computer displays and period costumes to tell the story of the Capital city. The ...

St. Michael's Hill, ChristchurchDublin 8
Dublinia is a heritage centre located in the heart of the medieval city of Dublin. There are three exciting exhibitions in Dublinia. Viking Dublin takes the visitor back to life in the city in Viking times. See what life was like onboard a Viking warship, visit a Viking house and take a trip down a Viking street. Investigate burial customs; explore the Viking legacy and much more. Our Medieval ...

Trinity College Dublin 2
Edmund Burke, (1729-1797), writer and philosopher and, from his English base, was one of the foremost political thinkers of the 18th century.

Phoenix Park, Castleknock, Dublin 15
Farmleigh is situated in the north-west corner of the Phoenix Park and is adjacent to the Chapelizod and Castleknock areas of Dublin. It covers an area of 79 acres and contains many beautiful features including the Main House, which is a fine example of Georgian-Victorian architecture, the Sunken Garden, the Walled Garden, the famous Clock Tower and the Lake. Farmleigh provides premier ...

O'Connell StreetDublin 1
Dublin's GPO is a landmark building, situated prominently in the middle of O'Connell Street. It is the headquarters building for An Post, the Irish Postal Service. The foundation stone was laid in 1814 and this was the main stronghold of the Irish Volunteers in the 1916 Rising. Nowadays the General Post Office offers a wide range of services. Opening Times: Mon-Sat: 8am - 8pm

Department of the Taoiseach, Government Buildings, Upper Merrion StreetDublin 2
The imposing complex of Government Buildings on Upper Merrion Street was undertaken by the British administration in Ireland. Fortuitously, the complex was completed in March 1922, and was available immediately to be occupied by the new Irish Free State government. In more recent times, the building has been converted and entirely refurbished to form modern accommodation for a number of ...

Merrion StreetDublin 2
A Huguenot graveyard opened in 1693 by non-conformist Huguenots and restored in 1988 by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is today cared for by Dublin City Council. Huguenots were French Calvinist Protestants who constantly bickered with the Catholic majority in France from the mid 16th century. They endured the murder of 20,000 of their followers during the infamous St. Bartholomew’s ...

15 Usher's Island,Dublin 8
James Joyce House of the Dead is one of Dublins most important literary and Historic buildings. Located in the City Centre, it is where Joyce set his most famous story, “The Dead” , Director John Huston located his film of the story here.

Joyce Tower, SandycoveCounty Dublin
The James Joyce Tower was one of a series of Martello towers built to withstand an invasion by Napoleon and now holds a museum devoted to the life and works of James Joyce, who made the tower the setting for the first chapter of his masterpiece, Ulysses. Beautifully located eight miles south of Dublin on the coast road, this tower is the perfect setting for a museum dedicated to Joyce, a ...