Guidebook for Dublin
Food Scene
An amazing friendly venue, perfect for brunch (Huevos rancheros, burgers, french toast) or dinner (steak, chicken etc). The staff are fab, and it has a cute little shop with locally sources art and accessories!
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Mayfield Restaurant
9-11 Terenure Rd NAn amazing friendly venue, perfect for brunch (Huevos rancheros, burgers, french toast) or dinner (steak, chicken etc). The staff are fab, and it has a cute little shop with locally sources art and accessories!
Excellent sushi in a lovely village, on the bus route from the house - about 10 minutes on the bus for great, affordable food!
Tani Japanese Restaurant
93 Terenure Rd NExcellent sushi in a lovely village, on the bus route from the house - about 10 minutes on the bus for great, affordable food!
Good for a quick bite in town - try the lemon meringue pie. Can get quite busy and is a bit touristy...
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Queen of Tarts
Cow's LaneGood for a quick bite in town - try the lemon meringue pie. Can get quite busy and is a bit touristy...
Very cool taco place, great food and drinks - slap bang in the city centre and just around the corner from the bus stop home!
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Taco Taco at East Side Tavern
104 Leeson Street LowerVery cool taco place, great food and drinks - slap bang in the city centre and just around the corner from the bus stop home!
A fab venue for lunch - lots of middle-Eastern inspired meals in a very cool, industrial-style venue.
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Brother Hubbard (North)
153 Capel StA fab venue for lunch - lots of middle-Eastern inspired meals in a very cool, industrial-style venue.
Gorgeous healthy food in a stylish restaurant - best for lunch - salads, interesting takes on standard healthy/ brunchy food.
Cocu Chatham Street
15/16 Chatham StreetGorgeous healthy food in a stylish restaurant - best for lunch - salads, interesting takes on standard healthy/ brunchy food.
Great, affordable sushi in a teeny tiny little restaurant, super friendly staff
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Musashi Dublin
15 Capel StGreat, affordable sushi in a teeny tiny little restaurant, super friendly staff
Drinks & Nightlife
Buglers Ballyboden House
Ballyboden RoadMy local - just across the road! A proper Irish local with friendly staff.
A proper Irish pub with amazing food - great staff too. Try the Scotch eggs, Mussels, steak!
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L. Mulligan Grocer
18 StoneybatterA proper Irish pub with amazing food - great staff too. Try the Scotch eggs, Mussels, steak!
Lovely local pub with friendly staff - great selection of beers and a wide menu
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Vaughan's Eagle House, Terenure
107 Terenure Rd NLovely local pub with friendly staff - great selection of beers and a wide menu
A really traditional old fashioned Irish pub, directly opposite the 15b bus stop! There's a great selection of beers here - try a Guinness!
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The Long Hall
51 South Great George's StreetA really traditional old fashioned Irish pub, directly opposite the 15b bus stop! There's a great selection of beers here - try a Guinness!
Great gay bar and nightclub, established by Panti Bliss, one of the best known and loved Irish drag queens, who was integral in helping to legalise gay marriage in Ireland. Great cocktails, v handsome and friendly staff!
Capel Street is a great street to wander down, it has all sorts of shops from cafes to sex shops. Traditionally associated with textiles (as was lots of Dublin), there's a huge variety of businesses there.
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Panti Bar
7-8 Capel StGreat gay bar and nightclub, established by Panti Bliss, one of the best known and loved Irish drag queens, who was integral in helping to legalise gay marriage in Ireland. Great cocktails, v handsome and friendly staff!
Capel Street is a great street to wander down, it has all sorts of shops from cafes to sex shops. Traditionally associated with textiles (as was lots of Dublin), there's a huge variety of businesses there.
Very friendly, traditional Irish pub with little snugs and cosy corners - plus a fire in the winter! Great selection of beers
Jack Nealons
165-166 Capel StVery friendly, traditional Irish pub with little snugs and cosy corners - plus a fire in the winter! Great selection of beers
Hidden away behind a door - you have to knock for access - this bar opens up into an amazing venue. They have a great cocktail selection and snacks.
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Bellucci's Italian Restaurant Cocktail Bar
22-30 Merrion RdHidden away behind a door - you have to knock for access - this bar opens up into an amazing venue. They have a great cocktail selection and snacks.
Arts & Culture
The natural history museum - nicknamed the Dead Zoo by Dubliners - is a great spot to wander for an hour or two. It's free (as are most museums in Dublin), right in the city centre, and walking distance to most other amenities
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National Museum of Ireland
Merrion Street UpperThe natural history museum - nicknamed the Dead Zoo by Dubliners - is a great spot to wander for an hour or two. It's free (as are most museums in Dublin), right in the city centre, and walking distance to most other amenities
This museum is a cultural history of Ireland, as told by artefacts all donated by real Dubliners! It gives hundreds of years of Dublin/ Irish history in a fun tour - all in a beautiful old Georgian building on Stephen's Green, one of the main parks in the city centre.
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Muzeu i Vogël i Dublin
15 St Stephen's GreenThis museum is a cultural history of Ireland, as told by artefacts all donated by real Dubliners! It gives hundreds of years of Dublin/ Irish history in a fun tour - all in a beautiful old Georgian building on Stephen's Green, one of the main parks in the city centre.
Marsh’s Library was founded in the early eighteenth century by Archbishop Narcissus Marsh (1638-1713).Designed by Sir William Robinson (d.1712) the Surveyor General of Ireland, it is one of the very few 18th century buildings left in Dublin that is still being used for its original purpose. Many of the collections in the Library are still kept on the shelves allocated to them by Marsh and by Elias Bouhéreau, the first librarian, when the Library was opened.
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Marsh's Library
Saint Patrick's CloseMarsh’s Library was founded in the early eighteenth century by Archbishop Narcissus Marsh (1638-1713).Designed by Sir William Robinson (d.1712) the Surveyor General of Ireland, it is one of the very few 18th century buildings left in Dublin that is still being used for its original purpose. Many of the collections in the Library are still kept on the shelves allocated to them by Marsh and by Elias Bouhéreau, the first librarian, when the Library was opened.
A fab gallery and museum, located within the ground so Dublin Castle. There's a great cafe and gardens. Check out the roof garden!
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Chester Beatty
A fab gallery and museum, located within the ground so Dublin Castle. There's a great cafe and gardens. Check out the roof garden!
Erected in the early thirteenth century on the site of a Viking settlement, Dublin Castle served for centuries as the headquarters of English, and later British, administration in Ireland. In 1922, following Ireland’s independence, Dublin Castle was handed over to the new Irish government. It is now a major government complex and a key tourist attraction. Well worth a visit, and a tour - there's so much history here!
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Kështjella e Dublinës
Dame StreetErected in the early thirteenth century on the site of a Viking settlement, Dublin Castle served for centuries as the headquarters of English, and later British, administration in Ireland. In 1922, following Ireland’s independence, Dublin Castle was handed over to the new Irish government. It is now a major government complex and a key tourist attraction. Well worth a visit, and a tour - there's so much history here!
The best place to get a thorough grounding in modern Irish history and the Easter rising. The tour guides are incredibly knowledgeable and will guide you through this jail, which was established under English rule in the late 1700s. It is best known as the jail in which the revolutionaries of the Easter Rising in 1916 were imprisoned and ultimately executed.
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Muzeu i Burgut Kilmainham Gaol
Inchicore RoadThe best place to get a thorough grounding in modern Irish history and the Easter rising. The tour guides are incredibly knowledgeable and will guide you through this jail, which was established under English rule in the late 1700s. It is best known as the jail in which the revolutionaries of the Easter Rising in 1916 were imprisoned and ultimately executed.
Great museum of ancient Irish history - including Viking settlements and Celtic gold stores.
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Muzeu Kombëtar i Irlandës - Arkeologjia
35A Kildare StGreat museum of ancient Irish history - including Viking settlements and Celtic gold stores.
Parks & Nature
A local park - about 20 minute walk/ 5 minute drive from the house. It's a very large park with beautiful forest walks, and it hosts a market on the weekends.
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Parku Marlay
Grange RoadA local park - about 20 minute walk/ 5 minute drive from the house. It's a very large park with beautiful forest walks, and it hosts a market on the weekends.
Another local park - beautiful walks and old ruins, about a 15 minute walk from the house. A little oasis on the outskirts of the city!
Saint Enda's Park
Another local park - beautiful walks and old ruins, about a 15 minute walk from the house. A little oasis on the outskirts of the city!
A beautiful park in the city centre - a few acres with quiet little paths, forested areas, and beautiful flowers. Plus a duck pond!
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St Stephens Green
Saint Stephen's GreenA beautiful park in the city centre - a few acres with quiet little paths, forested areas, and beautiful flowers. Plus a duck pond!
Shopping
A small mall with a Tesco supermarket, dry cleaners, butchers, some boutiques, cobblers, bank, hair-dressers, cafe, book shop etc. About a 15 -20 minute walk from the house, or 5 minute drive.
Templeogue, Rathfarnham Shopping Centre
A small mall with a Tesco supermarket, dry cleaners, butchers, some boutiques, cobblers, bank, hair-dressers, cafe, book shop etc. About a 15 -20 minute walk from the house, or 5 minute drive.
A fab bookshop run by a friend, Bob - in the centre of town, just around the corner from Queen of Tarts.
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The Gutter Bookshop
Cow's LaneA fab bookshop run by a friend, Bob - in the centre of town, just around the corner from Queen of Tarts.
Powerscourt Centre is a speciality shopping centre set in an elegant Georgian house centrally located just off Grafton Street.Formally, 59 South William Street was home to Richard Wingfield 3rd Viscount Powerscourt (1730-1788) and his wife Lady Amelia, who bought the Townhouse to entertain guests during Parliament season. Back then, the building was a house for parties, and very much lives up to that reputation nowadays It's a great spot to while away a few hours, wandering through the beautiful boutiques, grabbing some lunch or coffee, or enjoying some cocktails.
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Adventure Trails
59 William St SPowerscourt Centre is a speciality shopping centre set in an elegant Georgian house centrally located just off Grafton Street.Formally, 59 South William Street was home to Richard Wingfield 3rd Viscount Powerscourt (1730-1788) and his wife Lady Amelia, who bought the Townhouse to entertain guests during Parliament season. Back then, the building was a house for parties, and very much lives up to that reputation nowadays It's a great spot to while away a few hours, wandering through the beautiful boutiques, grabbing some lunch or coffee, or enjoying some cocktails.
Everything Else
Powerscourt Centre is a speciality shopping centre set in an elegant Georgian house centrally located just off Grafton Street.Formally, 59 South William Street was home to Richard Wingfield 3rd Viscount Powerscourt (1730-1788) and his wife Lady Amelia, who bought the Townhouse to entertain guests during Parliament season. Back then, the building was a house for parties, and very much lives up to that reputation nowadays It's a great spot to while away a few hours, wandering through the beautiful boutiques, grabbing some lunch or coffee, or enjoying some cocktails.
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Adventure Trails
59 William St SPowerscourt Centre is a speciality shopping centre set in an elegant Georgian house centrally located just off Grafton Street.Formally, 59 South William Street was home to Richard Wingfield 3rd Viscount Powerscourt (1730-1788) and his wife Lady Amelia, who bought the Townhouse to entertain guests during Parliament season. Back then, the building was a house for parties, and very much lives up to that reputation nowadays It's a great spot to while away a few hours, wandering through the beautiful boutiques, grabbing some lunch or coffee, or enjoying some cocktails.