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Dublin

Literary pubs, Trinity College, and a launchpad for the Wild Atlantic Way.

Best time
May to September.
Stay
3 nights
From US
6h from NYC, 10h from LA
Lang / Cur
English (Irish on signage) · Euro (EUR)

Dublin is compact and pub-driven — Guinness at source, Trinity's Book of Kells, and easy trains to Galway, Belfast, and Howth's cliffs.

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Highlights

  • 01Trinity College Long Room + Book of Kells
  • 02Guinness Storehouse Gravity Bar
  • 03Temple Bar for music (not the pints — go elsewhere for those)
  • 04DART train to Howth cliff walk
  • 05Kilmainham Gaol tour
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Where to stay

Temple BarGrafton St / Dawson StThe LibertiesHowth
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3-day itinerary

  1. 01Old town

    Trinity, Grafton Street, Guinness Storehouse.

  2. 02History

    Kilmainham Gaol, EPIC Museum, Temple Bar trad session.

  3. 03Howth

    DART to Howth, cliff walk, seafood lunch.

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Local intelligence

  • 01Book Book of Kells timed entry — walk-ups line up for hours.
  • 02Best pints are outside Temple Bar: Kehoe's, John Kavanagh 'The Gravediggers'.
  • 03Weather flips fast — always pack a rain layer.
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