Dublin: Five Things Not to Miss
Ireland in the off-season is magical. Brisk, windy, often wet but still green and lively. Dublin is a great walking city and you can use the River Liffey as a handy navigation tool. Here are five places not to miss!
Temple Bar
Established in 1840, Temple Bar is one of the most famous pubs in Dublin but also because it offers over 450 different kinds of rare whiskies (Ireland’s largest collection). Easy to spot the red building and it’s always busy.
It’s a bar, sure but also a neighborhood on the south bank of the Liffey in central Dublin. Narrow cobbled streets, old brick homes, art galleries, studios, and other performance venues. Great shopping by day, perfect for a pub crawl at night. Live music and good food. I recommend the fish and chips or a hearty bowl of chowder and a chunk of brown bread, especially in January. With a pint.
Trinity College
Queen Elizabeth I founded the college in 1592 as “the mother of a university” modeled after Oxford and Cambridge. Interesting to note that women weren’t accepted for admissions until 1904. The campus is a lovely walk around, day or night but don’t miss the Book of Kells Tour at the Trinity College Library. Get tix in advance.
EPIC Museum
The Irish Emigration Museum is a wonderful way to spend an afternoon in Dublin. The multi-dimensional, interactive self guided tour is a real education and focuses on the diaspora and its impact on Irish heritage.
You won’t find leprechauns or pots of gold here, but you will discover that what it means to be Irish expands far beyond the borders of Ireland through the stories of Irish emigrants who became scientists, politicians, poets, artists and even outlaws all over the world. Discover Ireland from the outside in and find out why saying “I’m Irish” is one of the biggest conversation starters, no matter where you are.
from the EPIC Museum homepage
Literary Pub Crawl
Entertaining way to explore the works of Ireland’s pantheon of literary greats… from Jonathan Swift, W. B. Yeats, Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, Bram Stoker, Iris Murdoch to Frank McCourt. My Literary Pub Crawl from Viator focused on the works of Joyce; a perfect choice since the city was celebrating the 100th birthday of his Ulysses on February 2nd. A drizzly, cold walk to a series of brightly lit, welcoming neighborhood pubs of note with a talented guide. His recitation of entire pages of Joyce’s hallmark works were stage-worthy.
Jamesons Whiskey Tour
The pride of Dublin is on Bow Street at the Jameson’s Distillery where you can become a connoisseur of the amber liquid in an afternoon.
In 1780, John Jameson established a way of making Irish whiskey that we’ve been proudly sticking to ever since.
From the Jameson homepage
As you can imagine, producing a blended Irish whiskey that has been enjoyed for over two centuries takes a lot. But don’t worry, we’ve distilled over 200 years of courage, craft and a collective appreciation for taste, into one short account. So here’s the secret behind our signature smoothness – our process and our people.
Sláinte is táinte! A toast to your health and wealth from the broad traveling abroad…
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