Local Guides To Dublin

Want to get your groove on? Like it loud and/or live? Head just southwest of St Stephen’s Green, where the DJ bars and music venues of Camden/Wexford Street await - as do a slew of sim...

Essential to Irish sporting life for over a century, Croke Park Stadium (in Drumcondra, on Dublin’s Northside) has a 82,300-capacity, making it one of the largest sports stadia in Europe. Croke ...

Simply explained in geographical terms, D4 (short for ‘Dublin 4’) is a postal district in the Southside of Dublin encompassing Ballsbridge, Donnybrook and Sandymount (and less affluent Rin...

On Dublin’s Northside lie the suburbs of Drumcondra and Glasnevin, welcomed into the fold of the city limits on 6 August 1900.The average visitor to the city might never have heard of Drumcondra...

If it’s fresh air and seaside scenery you’re after, you’ll find some attractive options for spending sunny afternoons or day-tripping in Dublin's northern ‘burbs - Malahid...

Merrion Square might be small, but it’s a perfectly formed example of the Georgian architecture that once made Dublin one of the swankiest cities in Europe. Construction began on the north ...

OK, time for a bit of a history lesson. If you’re looking for further confirmation that Dublin is pretty special, here’s proof on a grand scale - within a few minutes’ walk of each o...

Once the most fashionable public hanging spot in the city, St Stephen’s Green has come up in the world thanks to the endless pockets of Lord Ardilaun (Sir Arthur Guinness), who funded the square...

Tucked in between Dame Street to the south and the River Liffey to the north, Temple Bar is (rightly so) high on every ‘Top 10’ list of Dublin visitor hotspots. Self-titled ‘Dublin&r...

Hands up - who’s planning a visit to the Guinness Storehouse? As Ireland’s numero uno visitor attraction, this reigns supreme at the top of the hit parade. Providing ‘an unforgettabl...

From St Stephen’s Green, a quick skip north along Grafton Street leads to College Green. Where Trinity’s inaugural class of 1592 nerds…ahem…students would have gaze...