Dublin
Attached to the medieval St Audoen's Church of Ireland is the bigger, 19th-century Catholic St Audoen's, which since 2006 has been home to the Polish…
Must-see attractions in County Dublin
North of the Liffey
Next door to the Dublin Writers Museum, which focuses on the dearly departed, the Irish Writers Centre provides a meeting and working place for their…
Dublin
This modern square was designed by American landscape artist Martha Schwartz and opened in 2008. Its most distinctive feature is the red 'carpet' made of…
Dublin
A bronze sculpture of Patrick Kavanagh (1904–67), erected in 1968, shows the poet with arms and legs crossed in one of his favourite spots. It is inspired…
Dublin
This tiny cemetery was established in 1693 by French Protestant refugees. The cemetery is closed but you can see graves through the railings; of the 239…
North of the Liffey
In the Garden of Remembrance is a bronze statue of the Children of Lir by Oisín Kelly; according to Irish legend the children were turned into swans by…
North of the Liffey
Father Theobald Mathew (1790–1856) was the 'Apostle of Temperance' – a hopeless role in Ireland. Still, Mary Redmond's 1893 statue isn't the only tribute…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
A bronze figure of legendary Dublin folk singer Luke Kelly (1940–84). It was a gift to the city by Irish cartoonist Gerry Hunt (1936–2018), who had…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
This five-bay, two-storey Palladian house was built in 1759 for the then-provost (president) of Trinity College, Francis Andrews. It has served as the…
Dublin
Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava's second Dublin bridge (his first is the James Joyce Bridge; 2003) is this wishbone-design structure (2007) in the…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
The centre of St Stephen's Green has a sensory garden for the blind, with signs in Braille and aromatic shrubs and plants that can be handled.
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Imposing statue of Anglo-Irish novelist and playwright Oliver Goldsmith (1728–74), who wrote The Vicar of Wakefield.
Dublin
The angled, tube-like Convention Centre was designed by Kevin Roche in 2011. It looks its best at night, when it is lit up.
Charles Stewart Parnell Statue
North of the Liffey
An imposing statue of Charles Stewart Parnell (1846–91), Home Rule advocate and victim of Irish morality.
Dublin
The People's Garden dates from 1864 and is made up of 9 hectares of Victorian-era horticulture.
County Dublin
These are the ruins of a castle built by the monks of Dublin's St Mary's Abbey in around 1150.
Temple Bar
The Friends' Meeting House holds regular Quaker meetings for worship.
