DUBLIN
FLIGHT:
Going 20 Nov LTN 11:40 - Arrive DUB 12:50
Return 22 Nov DUB 15:40 Arrive LTN 16:45
HOTEL:
£53.33
Dublin City Travellodge 3* Hotel, 6 Lower Rathmines Road. Hairdryers & Irons.
From Trinity College Stop, following the walls of the college around to Nassau Street,
locate the number 14, 14A, 14B, 15, 15A, 15B – These buses will stop right outside the
door.
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Checklist:
1. Trinity College &
Library
2. Dublin Castle
3. Guinness Storehouse
4. Christ Church
Cathedral
5. St Patrick's Cathedral
6. Temple Bar
7. O'Connell Street
8. Bank of Ireland
9. The Custom House
10. Phoenix Park
Route 16A: operates from Rathfarnham to the Airport.
Service from the Airport is every 20 mins.
All 16A buses from the Airport operate via the City
Centre,routeing via O'Connell St., College Green and
Georges Street en route to Rathfarnham. €1.55
Route 41.Route 41/41B/41C buses link Swords (1 mile
North of the Aiport) with the City Centre. Every 15mins, not
reiable. Departs Abbey Street in the City Centre and
operates via. Gardiner St., Dorset St., Whitehall and Santry
to the Airport. €1.55 adult
Route 46A / 746 Route 46A buses hourly. The buses
operate via the City Centre, Donnybrook and Stillorgan.
€1.55 adult.
Route 230 Route 230 buses maintain an erratic link
between Dublin Airport and Portmarnock via Swords and
Malahide, Every half hour €1.55
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Trinity College and Library
Founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I on the
grounds of an Augustinian priory that was a
victim of the dissolution. Trinity College even
today dominates the city landscape and the
oldest buildings (the brick-built "Rubrics")
date from 1700. Most of the impressive
buildings were built during the renovation
phase of 1759. Trinity College Library is
home to more than an million books, most
famous being the "Book of Kells". Open:
Library: Mon-Sat: 9.30-17.00, Entry:
Library: Adult: €7.50, Dublin Experience:
Adult: €4.20
Dublin Castle
If you are walking up Dame Street from
Trinity College to Christ Church Cathedral,
you will pass Dublin Castle on you left. And
miss it. Not a castle in the classical sense.
But the former seat of British power in
Ireland should be on every agenda. 2
towers from the 13th century are part of
Dublin's rare medieval heritage. State
Apartments include a throne brought by
William of Orange and other symbols of
British rule. Mon-Fri 10-5pm, Sat, Sun 25pm, €5.
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Guinness Storehouse
With breathtaking views
from the Gravity Bar and a
complementary pint. €15
entry.
Christ Church Cathedral
Dublin's oldest building - the mother church
of the dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough in
the Church of Ireland. Viking Dublin's
cathedral was built on this site c. 1030, and
briefly became a cathedral priory under the
Benedictines at the end of the 11th century.
In 1162, the archbishop of Dublin, Laurence
O'Toole (later canonised) introduced the
canons regular of St Augustine to the
cathedral where they remained until the
Reformation. When Henry VIII broke from
Rome, the Irish Church, however reluctantly,
had to follow suit - and a majority of the
bishops did. In Christ Church the last
Augustinian prior, Robert Paynswick, became
the first dean, and the chapter followed suit
by changing from regular to secular.
The present shape of the cathedral dates
from the 1180s when a new programme of
building was instigated under the first AngloNorman archbishop, John Comyn. An
extended quire was added in the 14th
century, and the collapse of the south wall of
the nave in 1562 necessitated a temporary
rebuilding, which lasted until the 1870s!
George Edmund Street, one of the foremost
Victorian architects of the time, undertook a
complete restoration of Christ Church
between 1871-8, at the expense of a Dublin
whiskey distiller, Henry Roe, who gave
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£230,000 (£23m today!) to save the
cathedral. As part of this restoration, Street
transformed the cathedral and added an
elegant bridge across the road to a new hall
built for the General Synod of the Church of
Ireland, today used for an exhibition on
medieval Dublin called Dvblinia. Every day
10am - 5pm admission: Requested donation.
Daily: 09.45-17.00, €6
St Patrick's Cathedral
Ireland's largest church & National
Cathedral - this special status was
conferred on a church were no
bishop actually has his throne!
Founded in 1191 by Archbishop
Comyn the building was
substantially renovated between
1844 and 1869 with moneys granted
and raised by Sir Benjamin Lee
Guinness. Visitors will thus find a
neo-gothic cathedral with some
older parts. Here you will also see
the graves of Dean Swift (of
"Gulliver" fame) and his beloved
Stella. Mon-Sat 9am-6pm, €5
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Temple Bar
Dublin's "bohemian quarter" - Full of
entertainment, art and culinary action.
O'Connell Street & GPO
Dublin's main traffic artery and the
widest urban street in Europe.
Dominated by statues inc the General
Post Office (GPO), scene of the 1916
rebellion and faithfully rebuilt after
being shelled by artillery and a
warship. A bronze statue of Cuchullain
remembers the fallen heroes.
Bank of Ireland
This centre of 20th century
commerce. Built in 1729 to house the
Irish Parliament, it became redundant
when the British and Irish Parliaments
were united in London, when the Irish
Parliament voted itself out of
existence. Magnificent chamber with
woodwork in Irish oak, you can see
the 18th century tapestries, and a
sparkling Irish crystal chandalier of
1233 pieces.
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The Custom House
Designed by James Gandon. Built 1781-91.
Designed to be looked at from all angles and
is rich in structural detail. Of particular
interest are the 14 keystone heads which
represent the 13 Irish Rivers and the Atlantic
Ocean. The original interior was destroyed
by IRA in 1921. It currently houses the Dept
of the Environment. Wed-Fri 10-12.30, €1.
Phoenix Park
One of the largest parks in the world and one of Dublin's main sights, the. Residences of
the Irish President & Ambassador of the USA, from Ashtown Castle to the Garda
Headquarters and from the herds of deer roaming free to the animals in Dublin Zoo. Do
not miss the Phoenix Statue and the Papal Cross nearby. Martial history is emphasized
by the massive Wellington Monument and the much-raided Magazine Fort on Thomas
Hill. When King Charles II needed hunting grounds near Dublin, the Duke of Ormonde
landscaped the area north of tge Liffey, stocking it with deer to prevent these from
escaping park is surrounded by a wall. 5x the size of London's Hyde Park, double the
size of New York's Central Park, 707 hectares in all.
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