Dublin pairs Trinity College's Book of Kells and Guinness with trad music in cosy pubs, Georgian streets and quick trips to Howth and the Wicklow hills. It is compact, friendly and wet-weather ready.
Good to know
- Book Guinness Storehouse and Book of Kells tickets online to skip queues.
- Pub trad sessions start around 9pm; arrive early for a seat.
- Pack a rain jacket in every season.
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Illuminated 9th-century manuscript and the soaring Long Room library.
Seven-floor brewery experience ending with a pint in the Gravity Bar's skyline views.
Cobbled lanes of live music; locals prefer side-street pubs for sessions.
Historic prison tied to Irish independence, visited by guided tour.
Park and colorful doors of Merrion Square, with gallery visits nearby.
Fishing village by train with a cliff loop and chowder on the pier.
Free museum with Bronze Age gold and Viking finds.
Monastic site by two lakes, with hikes and misty moors an hour south.
Learn about triple distillation and taste whiskeys in a restored distillery.
Immersive museum on the Irish diaspora, voted among Europe's best.