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DUBLIN CITY and the O’Byrnes, led King John to build Dublin Castle and to encircle
to Dublin Airport
Standing for more than a thousand the city with strong walls, the remaining fragments of which can still
years on the banks of the River Liffey, be seen upriver at St. Audoen’s Arch as well as at the castle itself.
Dublin is one of Europe’s top cultural The 17th century saw the growth of Dublin as a trading centre, with
Phoenix
Parnell Square
Park
Custom
The cities and a much sought-after the 18th century heralding the great boom in Dublin’s fine
House
Smithfield
G.P.O. River Lif
Point
fey
holiday destination. Lively and architectural heritage. The years that followed saw the effects of the
Christ Church
Trinity
Temple
College
Royal Hospital
Bar vibrant, its streets combine the old- Great Famine, which decimated the countryside and brought many of
Kilmainham
Merrion
Stephen’s
Square
Green world charm of a village with the its destitute to the capital, then known as ‘the Second City of the
Grand Canal
bustling cosmopolitan flavour of a big Empire’. Being part of the British Empire, however, was not what the
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city. Yet it is a city that does not Irish had in mind, and the events of the 1916 Easter Rising and
overpower or overwhelm. Instead, it subsequent War of Independence are still sharp in many an Irish mind
envelopes everyone in a welcoming and heart, as are those of the Civil War of the 1920s which set family
embrace which leaves a glow of memory long after the visit has ended. against family and brother against brother.
Today Ireland’s capital city is one in which to find top designers,
Quality in Parking
world-renowned entertainers, ethnically diverse fine dining experiences
and luxury hotels. But there is still the same hundred-thousand
Dublin:
welcomes, the Céad Míle Fáilte for which the Irish and Dubliners are
Marlborough Street
(01) 8748902
justly famous.
St. Stephens Green/
Royal College of Surgeons
DUBLIN CITY SOUTH
(01) 4780330
There is so much to do in Dublin and many famous heritage sites and
Four Courts Ushers Quay
(01) 6790569 museums are located south of the Liffey. For a distinctive look into
Setanta Place Ireland’s past, head to the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology
(01) 6779768
and History on Kildare Street. It houses a rare collection of artefacts
Belvedere
(01) 8749722
dating from 7000 BC to the 20th century and features many special
www.q-park.ie
exhibitions. Open year round. Tel: (01) 677 7444.
Nearby is the famous Trinity College, located right in the heart of
Dublin. The main Regent House entrance leads into Front Square,
Library Square and Parliament Square, all overshadowed by the
magnificent Campanile designed by Edward Lanyon in the 1850s.
It was the Norse Vikings who founded Dublin in the 9th century. Elsewhere, the campus features many fine buildings, including the
The Vikings had a reputation for burning and pillage, which they did Graduates Memorial Building, the Rubrics and Provost’s House. There
in fair measure with the surrounding churches and monasteries. But are a number of fine modern sculptures by artists such as Henry
they left a much more positive legacy in the cities and towns which Moore and Alexander Calder, as well as statues of the college’s many
they founded, bringing trade and commerce and Ireland’s first use of famous luminaries. Also worth seeing are the Berkeley Library, the
coinage. Upon their conversion to Christianity, they built Ireland’s first Douglas Hyde Gallery of Modern Art and the Dublin Experience, a 45-
church on the site upon which Christchurch Cathedral now stands. minute multimedia introduction to the city.
With the help of Dermot McMurrough, King of Leinster, King Henry During summer, walking tours depart regularly from the main gate
II took control of the city in 1172 and then gave it to his loyal subjects, of the college. What attracts most visitors to the Trinity campus is a
the men of Bristol. Attacks from the native Irish, especially the O’Tooles visit to the college’s single most impressive feature, the famous 9th
The Ha’penny Bridge, Dublin.
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