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1. Mountjoy Square: Located in the centre of Mountjoy Square, once Dublin’s premier Georgian area, and comprising 1.8 hectares, this park was originally created by the Developer of the Square, Luke Gardiner, Lord Mountjoy around 1800, as part of his grand concept which envisaged the great sweep of Gardiner Street down to the Custom House. Playwright Sean O’ Casey lived at No. 35 and set “The Shadow of a Gunman” here. While the Square was upgraded in the late 1980’s, its full potential as a Georgian Park must await the relocation of the existing all-weather sports area currently under active consideration by the City Council.

2. Municipal Gallery of Modern Art: Houses the Hugh Lane collection, which is mainly Impressionist work.
http://www.dublincity.ie/living_in_the_city/recreation_and_culture/hugh_lane_gallery/sundays_at_noon/

3. Dublin Writer’s Museum: Located at 18/19 Parnell Square, the museum houses examples of Irish literature from the C17th to C20th. Permanent and temporary exhibitions display works by artists such as Swift, Goldsmith, Yeats, Joyce, Beckett and Behan. The Irish Writers Centre encourages present day Irish artists, and includes a licensed restaurant.
http://www.writersmuseum.com/museum.asp

7.King’s Inns The Honourable Society of King’s Inns is the oldest institution of legal education in Ireland. It was founded in 1542 during the reign of Henry VIII. The King granted to the Society a lease of the lands on which the Four Courts in Dublin now stand. The state acquired these lands about 1790 when the Four Courts were built. At about the same time the Society acquired the lands at Henrietta Street on which the King’s Inns were subsequently built. It is a fine classical edifice completed by 1817 and designed by James Gordon.
Activities now span three main areas: education, library services and the conservation of the buildings and artefacts.
http://www.kingsinns.ie/html/famous_graduates.html

8.O’Connell Street: This 50 Meter wide boulevard was originally developed by the Moores, Earls of Drogheda and known as Drogheda Street, and later as Sackville Street. After independence it was renamed O’Connell Street after the Liberator Daniel O’Connell (1775-1847).
The central mall contains many statues to those who have played a part in Dublin and Ireland’s development including the dominant O’Connell Monument. The others include: Sir John Gray (1816-75) for his efforts in bringing a water supply to Dublin in 1868; Fr Theobold Mathew (1790-1856), founder of the Temperance movement; William Smith O’Brien (1803-64) and James Larkin (1876-1947) labour leader and trade unionists.

The Dublin Spire was the winning entry in an architectural competition to provide a replacement for Nelson’s Pillar which was blown up in 1966. After a planning appeal and a High Court case, the Spire finally got the go ahead. It was erected between December 2002 and January 2003 to great public excitement .
The column to the memory of Nelson, which was one hundred and thirty-four feet high, was erected in 1808, the foundation stone having been laid by the Duke of Richmond, Lord Lieutenant, on the 5th of February in that year. William Wilkins of Norwich designed it, but the statue of Nelson is by an Irish sculptor, Thomas Kirk, R.H.A. Nelson’s Pillar was erected by public subscription and cost £6,856. It was blown up in 1966 in the middle of the night, but the head of Nelson has been preserved by the Dublin Civic Museum.
The Dublin Spire is one hundred and twenty metres tall, making it by far the tallest structure in Dublin city centre. It is three metres wide at the base and tapers to a 15 centimentre wide beacon at the top. The top section is perforated and lit by small LEDs.
This structure looks different under every lighting condition. At night, its stainless steel surface resembles black satin, while early morning and last light gave it a steely blue colour. In daytime under bright sunlight, it doesn’t look real from a distance, instead it looks like a computer simulation.

9.The General Post Office (GPO): This massive building by Francis Johnston was the headquarters of the 1916 rising. There pillars are still pock-marked by bullet., although the building survived the fighting. The annual St. Patricks Day Parade (17th March) is centred on the GPO.
10. Moore Street: A very Colourful open-air food market and a place of real character.
11. The Abbey Theatre: Ireland’s national playhouse. the present building was erected in 1966 to replace a predecessor destroyed by fire. its origins date from 1898 when W.B. Yeats, E Martyn, A Horniman and Lady Gregory founded the Irish Literary Theatre, which became the National Irish theatre in 1903. The theatre soon earned a world wide reputation through the great works of Synge and O’Casey.
12. Custom House: One o the masterpieces of James Gandon with much exquisite detailing. The central copper dome 38 metres high is topped by a statue of Commerce. During fighting in 9121 the building was burnt to a shell, but it ws rebuilt to all it’s formed glory. today is sparkles after a recent some cleaning by the Office of Public Works.
And thats only the North side

1. Trinity College: Founded in 1592 b England’s Queen Elizabeth 1st on the side of a confiscated monastery. the library olds Ireland’s Largest collection of books and manuscripts, including the world famous Book of Kells.
2. The Ha’penny Bridge: One of the city’s most famous landmarks. Built of cast iron in 1816 as the Wellington Bridge, when a toll of a half penny was charged to cross it.
3. St. stephen’s Green: One of the Biggest City Squares in the world. it was Sir Arthur Guinness who arranged the green to be landscaped and opened to the public in 1877. It is a delightful park where one can relax among the lawns, trees, flowers, fountains and duck ponds.
5. Leinster House (an tOireanchtas): One of the finest mansions of the Georgain age. Built in 1745 by Richard Cassels for the Earl of Kildare, the building was sub-sequentially used by the Royal Dublin Society from 1815 until 1922. Leinster house now houses both houses of the Irish Parliament. The garden (Leinster Lawn) that look out on the Merrion Square copntain an obelisk dedicated to Arthur Griffith, Michael Collins and Kevin O’Higgins.
6. Merrion Square: The square was laid our in 1762. The Georgian houses had many distinguished inhabitants including Daniel O’Connell, W.B. Yeats and the Duke of Wellington. The Rutland Fountain of 1791 at the northern end is on the few late Georgian fresh-water drinking fountains left in the city. The gardens in the middle of the square are attractively planted with shrubs and flowers. On Saturdays and Sundays the railings surrounding the square become an open air art gallery, where budding artists display and sell their work.
7. National Concert Hall: Formerly the headquarters for University College Dublin. This beautifully converted building had first rate acoustics and its central stage is used for televised functions and fashion shows as well as for performances of music.

The Royal Hospital Kilmainham: Ireland’s first classical building built from 1680/84. It recently was skilfully restored by the Office of Public Works. It was built as a retirement home for maimed officers and soldiers, and is now in use as a national centre for culture and the arts. It houses the National Gallery of Modern Art.

Will email the rest,

Mammy is good for some things (K)

Do you not think Temple Bar is quite commercial though?

It is, that’s for sure. But it also has a large concentration of old pubs in a very small radius…

In the end we took a walking tour of Dublin on Sat morning, led by a history graduate from Trinity which was well worth the money. We then wandered down to Guinness’ and took in the Storehouse, the highlight of which was all of us getting to pour and drink our own pints!

St Michans (11th century) is always a good one, there is the tombs out the back with preserved bodies dating back to the crusades and Handel first performed the Messiah there.

Why not take one of the open-top bus tours, which pass most of the sights/sites mentioned above? You can hop on and off, and get some interesting and entertaining (if not always entirely historically accurate) commentary between stops.

Stuffed Animals Museum beside Government Buildings on Merrion Sq. A Museum of Museums- as recommended by Stephen Jay Gould, no less.

Botanical Gardens, if you can bear the trip out.

A trip on the DART, with a walk on the pier.

The pub