Dublin for a day

UplandHigh

Hi,

I will be in Dublin for the day in a couple of weeks (10 hours in the city) and wondering what people would recommend as worth a visit?

Please no art galleries or museums or similar etc. I'm just not into that sort of thing. A walking history or city tour...most definitely my sort of thing but looking at photos or paintings or sculptures in a gallery or old artefacts behind a glass screen in a museum definitely not for me.

Thanks

agrinnall

I think you're being shortsighted as there are some great museums in Dublin, but perhaps this would be more to your liking.

https://www.guinness-storehouse.com/en

Kim_kim

And don’t forget Kilmainham Jail

UplandHigh

agrinnall wrote: »

I think you're being shortsighted as there are some great museums in Dublin, but perhaps this would be more to your liking.


It isn't short sighted I have been to enough museums and galleries in my life all over the world and I find the same ...just not my thing.

I visited all of the museums in Liverpool the other weekend. I went to the British Museum last month. I visited the Kosovo Museum in Pristina not that long ago I have wandered around museums and galleries all over the place. They just aren't my thing and don't like basing my visit to a new city on visiting them. If I was with another person and they wanted to visit I would but I wouldn't choose to visit one on my own. A city walking or walking history tour is more my thing etc.

Thanks for the other suggestion though

UplandHigh

Kim_kim wrote: »

And don’t forget Kilmainham Jail

Thanks will research it now

melanzana

An open top bus hop on hop off is your best friend for ten hours. Truly.

Check it out.

Dublin is great so much to see and do.

Hope you have a great time. And you will.

McKneff

The zoo if it is open at this time of year.

silvercar

I can’t find the link from my phone, but there are speaking statues dotted around the town that will give you an insight into the town whilst walking around.

Pollycat

Kim_kim wrote: »

And don’t forget Kilmainham Jail

This was the highlight of Dublin for me.
Such an atmospheric, haunting place.
I listen to Grace by a number of different artists on YouTube.

I loved the statues in Dublin, especially the Children of Lir and the Famine Figures.

Katiehound

Another vote for the HoHo bus- you used to be be able to book online beforehand and get a good discount....can't check as computer playing up.

Also another vote for Kilmainham Gaol- lots about the 1922 uprising

I know you don't want museum but in the National Museum there are some amazing gold finds out of the bog such as Ardagh Chalice- which I have yet to see as museum closed on Mondays!

Trinity College (where they filmed Educating Rita) and the library with the Book of Kells

Dublin Castle

St Michan's has mummified bodies in the crypt

Loads to do in the city

Just googled and there seem to be free and pay for walking tours, different Hoho buses (and routes) ghost bus tour.......etc

There's a Dublin Pass which includes the bus , Guinness and about 5 other highlights

jonesMUFCforever

I hope that you are not faint-hearted.
If so don't ask for a pint - the high price will kill you.