Four Courts
Inns Quay
872-5555
Home to the Irish law courts since 1796 and also on the north of the Liffey, they were built by the same architect as the Custom House, James Gandon. The four law courts in question were those of Chancery, King's Bench, Exchequer and Common Pleas. Despite political intrigues and a history of blockages and objections, the building was opened in 1796 and completed in 1802 at a cost of some £200,000. Their shelling sparked the Civil War in Ireland. In 1922, at the outbreak of the war, anti-treaty forces occupied the Four Courts. After a siege of two months, Government forces opened fire with field guns, causing massive damage. The scars of the encounter are still visible on the columns of the portico. The three-day battle ended with a huge explosion and fire which destroyed the dome and the nearby Public Records Office with its irreplaceable contents. Many of Ireland's historical records, including wills and other official deeds, were destroyed forever. Since then the building has been beautifully restored. Inside is the magnificent central hall, sixty-four feet across and usually busy with lawyers in their traditional wigs and gowns. To the right of the entrance is a panel with more detailed information about the building and its history. There are fine views of the city from the upper rotunda of the central building. Open only when the Courts are in session. Admission: Free.

Trinity College and Dublin Experience
Dublin 2
677-2941
Old Library and Book of Kells open 9:30-5 Mon.-Sat. 9 and noon-4:30 Sun.
Admission: Adults £4.0 Students: £4 Children Free.
Dublin Experience open 9:15-5:45 daily May-Oct.
Admission: £3
Trinity College is uppermost in the list of attractions south of the river. It is wise to arrive early in the day to avoid crowds. Founded by Elizabeth I in 1592, the university complex boasts a campanile and many glorious old buildings. Its major attraction, however, is the library containing the Book of Kells - an illuminated manuscript of the Gospels dating from around 800 AD, making it one of the oldest books in the world. The masterpiece is housed in the Library Colonnades. The library houses some three million books in buildings constructed between 1712 and 1732. Also found there are a collection of marble busts started in 1743 and the oldest surviving Irish harp. It is used as the model for the harp that appears on Irish coins. The Dublin experience runs annually from May-October in the Arts building. It is a limited exhibit detailing the development of Trinity College and its role in modern Dublin accompanied by an hourly audio visual show.

Bank of Ireland and House of Lords
2 College Green Dublin 2
661-5933
10-4 Mon-Wed, Fri. 10-5 Thurs.
Guided tours Free 10:30 and 11:30. Also 1:45 Tues. Admission Free.
The tour consists mainly of a talk giving the history and background of the building and its purpose. Originally built to house the Irish Parliament, the fine wood paneling and vaulted ceiling add an air of grandeur to the House of Lords. Eighteenth century tapestries depict scenes from Irish history. The Parliament was abolished in 1800 with the Act of Union and Francis Johnston converted the buildings for use as a bank.

Christchurch Cathedral
Christchurch Place, Dublin 8
677-8099
10-5 Mon.-Sat. Sunday Service: 11 AM
Parts of the cathedral date back to the original wooden building constructed in 1038 and to the 1172 replacement built for Ireland's first invader, Richard deClare. Edward VI was crowned king of England here in 1487 and 100 years later King Henry VIII burned the church, after which it was turned into law courts. The church is high, gray and dark inside with stone sculptures. A huge crypt spans the length of the building under the church. A bridge leads into what was the Synod Hall and is now Dublinia.

Dublinia Christchurch Dublin 8
Tel: 6794611
Bus Number 50 from Eden Quay; Bus Number 78A from Aston Quay
April - September 10.00am - 5.00pm daily October - March 11.00am - 4.00pm Monday to Saturday, 10.00am - 4.30pm Sunday and Bank Holidays
Admission: Adults £3.95, Family Ticket £10.00 (2 adults and 2 children) Under 5's Free
Dublinia has been developed by The Medieval Trust to recreate the formative period in the city's growth from the arrival of the Anglo Normans in 1170 to the closure of its monasteries by Henry VIII in 1540. It is situated in a beautifully preserved building in the heart of the old city, next to Christchurch Cathedral, to which it is linked by an elegant bridge. Journey through time and experience the drama and magic in life-like displays of memorable episodes in Dublin's history over 400 years. The scene then moves to everyday life in medieval Dublin. A scale model of the city, with commentary and sequential lighting, shows the location of public buildings and the layout of the streets. Life-size reconstructions illustrate the city environment of the Middle Ages. Medieval artifacts excavated at nearby Wood Quay provide information on the lives of the citizens. As an exciting finale to the exploration of Dublin's past, climb the 17th century St Michael's Tower for a unique panoramic view of modern Dublin.

St Patrick's Cathedral
Patrick's Close; Lower Dublin 7
475-4817
9-6 Mon.-Fri. April-Oct. 9-11AM and 12:30-3PM Sat.
£2: Adults £1.50 students
Services: 8:30 daily and 11:45AM Sunday.
St. Patrick's is the oldest Christian site in Dublin. It is said that it was built on the grounds where St Patrick baptized converts during the 5th century. The present building dates from 1190 (or possibly 1225). Writer Jonathan Swift was dean here from 1713-1745, and his tomb is in the church. The cathedral choir school dates back to 1432, and is still in existence.

Dublin Castle
Dame Street
677-7129 Bus 49; 50; 54A; 77; 77A 10-5
Mon-Fri. 2-5 Sat; Sun.
£3 Adults; £2 students/seniors; £1 children
More a palace than a fort, it was originally built on the orders of King John in 1204, although only the Record Tower survives from this original construction. The state chambers contain a large collection of antiques. The castle has been rebuilt, renovated and extended. Deep scars in the stone work can be seen in the Guardroom at the main entrance. They are the result of bayonet sharpening by the guards during the 950 years of British rule. Many of the state apartments are open to the public. Among these are St. Patrick's Hall, the Throne Room, the State drawing room; and the Picture Gallery. A 1980's renovation uncovered original 9th and 10th century Viking defenses. The Chapel Royale is an elaborate area designed and decorated in 1814 in the neo-Gothic style. It contains some 90 carved heads of famous historical figures. The interior has lavish plaster vaulting and carved oak galleries.

Temple Bar
An area that has been renovated in recent years and now contains many restaurants and pubs that have become the center of Dublin's nightlife. It is located behind Dame Street and offers excellent views of the River Liffey. In addition to the restaurants and pubs there is also the Irish Film Center which shows a wide range of rare films and the Art House, a multimedia center where one can even surf the Net. Temple Bar Gallery and the original Print Gallery offer spaces and rooms in which artists can work. Behind the Film Center is Meeting House Square, a large public space that is used for showing free films on summer evenings and is the site of a large open air, upscale market on Saturday mornings. The well known Irish rock band U2 performs at The Kitchen nightclub in the Temple Bar area. Rounding out the offerings are a number of trendy shops, book stores, antique shops and boutiques.

Museums Link Tour
The National Museum of Ireland in association with Dublin Bus has available a bus service linking the 3 Museum sites in Dublin. Hop on the 'Museumlink' bus to visit any of the locations of the National Museum of Ireland.

National Museum
Kildare Street Dublin 2
677-7444
DART Pearse Station/ bus 10,11,13 or Museumlink. 10-5 Tues.-Sat. 2-5 Sunday Admission: Free This is one of Dublin's most popular attractions. It is split between the 19th century building on Kildare Street and the new section at the restored Collins Barracks (see below) which opened in 1997. The Kildare Street site concentrates on archeological material and artifacts relating mostly to Ireland. There is a permanent display of Bronze Age Irish gold and another of metalwork from the Iron Age to the Middle Ages. There are also displays of artifacts from prehistoric and Viking Ireland and from ancient Egypt. Café tours (June-Sept.)

National Museum of Ireland
Collins Barracks Benburb Street ,DUBLIN 7
677-7444
Buses: 90 (from Busaras, Connolly and Tara Street DART station) , 25, 25A, 66, 67 (from Middle Abbey Street)
Tuesday to Saturday 10 - 5, Sunday 2 - 5 Closed Good Friday
Café / Restaurant / Gift shop Collins Barracks is Ireland's new museum of the decorative arts and of the economic, social. political and military history of the state. The site of the museum was acquired by the National Museum in 1994 . Collins is the oldest military barracks in Europe, as well as the oldest continuously occupied barracks in the world. On display are artifacts ranging from weaponry, furniture, folk life and costumes to silver, ceramics and glassware Etruscan vases, gauntlets worn by King William at the Battle of the Boyne, a life belt and oar salvaged from the wreckage of the Lusitania and the pocket book carried by Wolfe Tone while imprisoned in Collins Barracks during 1798 are all part of the extensive collection.

Natural History Museum
Merrion Street, DUBLIN 2
677-7444
Directions: Buses: 7, 7A, 8 (Burgh Quay). Nearest DART Station: Pearse Station (Westland Row) or Museumlink.
Tues.-Sat. 10 - 5, Sunday 2 - 5 Closed Good Friday
Admission: Free
The Natural History Museum which is part of the National Museum of Ireland, is a zoological museum containing collections illustrative of the wild life, both vertebrate and invertebrate, of Ireland. There is also an extensive African and Asian exhibition. The Irish Room is located on the ground floor. Irish mammals displayed in the center of that floor include: red deer, squirrel, otter, hare, badger, fox etc. Irish birds are also exhibited, a special feature being the displays of sea birds and kingfishers. At the rear of the ground floor, visitors may see displays of butterflies and other insects. The skeleton of the extinct giant Irish deer is also on display. The World Collection is located on the first floor and galleries. Other notable displays include: apes and monkeys, Indian elephant, zebra, giant panda, pygmy hippopotamus etc. Birds and fish are exhibited in the galleries. Skeletons of two whales stranded on the Irish coast are suspended from the roof.

National Gallery of Ireland
Merrion Square West Dublin 2
661-5133
DART Pearse station/ bus 5,6,7,7A and 10
10-5:15 Mon-Fri., Sat. Thurs. 10-8:30 Sun. 2-5
Admission: Donation
Ireland's National Gallery houses a premier collection of European and Old Master works from the 14th - 20th centuries. George Bernard Shaw was a major benefactor. There is also an excellent collection of the work of Irish masters. Jack Yeats, Roderic O'Connor, William Arpen, Nathaniel Hone and Walter Osborne are all represented. Caravaggio's "The Taking of Christ" is on permanent display. There is a multimedia center where the collection can be researched via computer. Bookshop/Restaurant/gift shop

Heraldic Museum
2 Kildare Street
677-7444
Bus 10,11,13
10:00-8:30 Mon.-Wed. 10:30-4:30 Thurs.,Fri. 10:30-12:30
Sunday Admission: Free
The museum is an integral part of the National Library, and is housed in a colorful mid-nineteenth century building, the former Kildare Street Club. Decorative birds and monkeys playing billiards and musical instruments form the window carvings. Moderb banners of Ireland's ancient chieftains hang from the ceiling. Seals, coins, insignia, papal decorations and objects associated with the practice of heraldry are displayed throughout this small museum. Visitors seeking to trace their Irish ancestry and family history can make inquiry at the Consultancy Service at the National Library itself which is located just a few doors away.

Dublin Civic Museum
58 South William Street, Dublin 2
679-4260
All cross city buses 10-6 Tues.-Sat. 11-2 Sunday.
Admission: Free.
The highlights of this small museum for history buffs are: Charles Brookings's 1728 map of Dublin and a set of James Malton aquatints from 1793 that show Dublin at the height of it Georgian development.

Abbey Theater
26 Abbey Street ,Lower Dublin 1
878-7222
box office (open 10:30-7 Mon.-Sat.)
456-9569 Ticketmaster
(open 24 hours daily)
All cross-city buses Admisison: £10-£16 Abbey Theater was founded in 1904 as the Irish National Theatre by William Butler Yeats, Lady Augusta Gregory and Edward Martyn. Yeats and his friends had come together in 1899 to start a society for the advancement and presentations of plays by Irish writers about Irish people. The first performance at the Abbey Theatre took place in December 1904. Over the next few years the works of some of the greatest Irish playwrights - Synge, Yeats, Shaw, O'Casey and others premiered at the Abbey. The theatre became renowned for its acting tradition. In recent years it has presented exciting work by the new generation of Irish playwrights. Telephone for current schedules. Peacock Theater: Since 1925 the Abbey has incorporated a smaller theater suitable for experimental productions and intimate performances. The Peacock gives a venue to new, young Irish writers. It has presented Dublin with some of its best and most exciting new talent.

The Gate Theater
1 Cavendish Row Dublin 2
874-4045
All cross-city buses.
Box office open 10-7 Mon.-Sat.
Admission £13-£15 Previews £10.
This theater was built in 1784-86 as part of the complex of entertainment buildings attached to the Rotunda Hospital and known as the assembly Rooms. Originally the Supper Room, it was converted to a theater in 1930. The Gate challenged the staid Abbey Theatre by staging ambitious and boldly designed productions of major European dramas. Orson Welles and James Mason began their acting careers here, and the theater achieved an international reputation. In recent years the Gate has enjoyed considerable success with productions of classic plays. . Rotunda Hospital Parnell Street The founder of the hospital, Dr. Bartholomew Mosse, took up midwifery in Dublin in 1742 and launched a tireless campaign to provide a suitable hospital for mothers to promote safety in pregnancy and childbirth. He and his committee acquired the Parnell Square site in 1748 and invested as a fundraising venture. Mosse's friend Richard Cassells designed the hospital but did not live to see the laying of the foundation stone in 1751; the building, completed by John Ensor to Cassells' plans, was opened in December 1757. Mosse then turned his attention to the construction of the hospital's beautiful chapel, which may be reached by way of the central staircase. The ceiling of the chapel, decorated by the stuccodore Barthelemy Cramillion, has gained an international reputation. The woodwork of the pews, paneling and fluted columns is of mahogany and the gallery has some intricate ironwork. Mosse died at the age of 47 in 1759, three years before the Chapel was opened.

Saint Michan's Church
Church Street,Lower Dublin 7
872-4154
10-12:45 and 2-4:45 Mon.-Fri. 10-12:45 Saturday
Adults £2 Students £1.50 Children 50p.
St. Michan's was for five hundred years the only parish church in Dublin north of the River Liffey. It was founded in about 1095 by residents of the Danish colony in Oxmanstown. The present structure dates from 1685 when it was completely rebuilt. The church contains a magnificent organ, on which Handel is believed to have played while composing 'The Messiah'. A remarkable panel on the organ gallery, carved from a single block of wood portrays a collection of musical instruments in high relief. There is a Penitent's Stool (the only one of its kind in Dublin) and an eighteenth century pulpit and font. Among other treasured items is a chalice dating from 1516. St. Michan's is especially famous for its vaults and the mummified bodies which lie there, preserved by the limestone in the ground which keeps the air absolutely dry. Some of the bodies, in a fine state of preservation, are on view to the public. Also in the vaults are the remains of the Sheares brothers, who were executed for their part in the 1798 uprising. St. Mary and All Angels Church Street This Roman Catholic Church belongs to the Franciscan Capuchin Fathers and has an impressively decorated interior. Some of the altars and sculptures are by James Pearse, father of the 1916 national leader, Patrick Pearse. St. Saviour's Dominick Street St. Saviour's is a Dominican church that was built 1852-1861 to the designs of J.J. McCarthy and is considered to be one of the most beautiful churches in the city. One of the stained glass windows in the south aisle commemorates Thomas Burke, an undersecretary in Dublin Castle who was one of the two victims in the infamous Phoenix Park murders of 1882. Black Church St. Mary's Place This church was named after the black calp stone of which it is built. The striking design by John Semple was executed in 1830. Its remarkable interior has neither walls nor ceiling, consisting of a single parabolic vault. The English poet Sir John Betjeman, who had a passion for church architecture, wrote of it as his favorite Dublin church. Another poet, the Dubliner Austin Clarke, took the title for his autobiography from the local legend that the devil would appear if you went Twice Round The Black Church. The church is no longer open.

National Wax Museum
Granby Row Parnell Square, DUBLIN 1
8726340
Monday to Saturday 10am - 5.30pm, Sunday noon -5.30pm
Admission: Adults £3.50; Students £2.50; Children £2.00
Buses: 11, 13, 16, 22, 22A from Westmoreland Street
Discover a world where fantasy and reality combine and heroes of the past and the present come alive before your eyes. Look twice at the man reading his Irish Times in the lobby of the museum! The Children's World of Fairytale and Fantasy is a display that especially appeals to children as they wander through the Kingdom of Fairytales to find the magical lamp and the all powerful genie! The main section of the wax exhibition broadly reflects the historical and cultural development of Ireland. Here are found life sized figures of heroes such as Robert Emmet, Wolfe Tone, Robert Parnell, the 1916 leaders and the Presidents; together with leading literary figures: Joyce, Yeats, and their contemporaries. A particularly attractive feature is the life-size replica of Leonardo de Vinci's 'Last Supper'. Displays have an informative and educational narrative which can be heard at the touch of a button. The Chamber of Horrors is for the brave. For those who don't enjoy the sound of clanging chains and blood curdling screams, there is a separate entrance that bypasses the Chamber and goes directly to the Hall of the Megastars. In the Hall visitors will meet the stars of the glittery world of rock and roll in the form of: Michael Jackson, Madonna and all time great Elvis Presley.

The Municipal Gallery of Art
The Hugh Lane, Gallery Parnell Square, Dublin 1
874-1903
Bus 3,10,11,13,16,19,22
9:30-6 Tues.-Fri. 9:30-5 Sat. 11-5 Sun.
Admission: Free
The museum which now occupies the building, was established with the presentation in 1905 by the connoisseur Sir Hugh Lane of his valuable collection of Impressionist paintings to Dublin Corporation on condition that they would be housed in a suitable building. The Corporation was slow to find a location, and Lane retaliated by transferring his gift to London. He later relented and wrote a codicil to his will bequeathing the pictures to Dublin; but before it could be witnessed he died in the torpedoing of the liner Lusitania in 1915. After legal arguments lasting nearly fifty years, a sharing arrangement was reached with the Tate Gallery in London, and Lane's pictures may now be seen periodically in this building which was opened as a gallery in 1930. The museum also features an exhibit of art nouveau stained glass panels by Harry Clarke. Additionally, there is a collection of works by international and local contemporary Irish artists. Free Sunday concerts are held on premises. (Call for schedule)

The Dublin Writers Museum
18 Parnell Square, Dublin 1
475-0854
Ten minutes walk frim DART Connolly Station.
Bus 10,11,11A,11B,13,13A,16,16A,19,19A.
Dublin is famous for four winners of the Nobel prize for Literature: George Bernard Shaw; William Butler Yeats; Samuel Beckett and most recently, Seamus Heaney and for many other world-famous writers who were born or lived in Dublin. This museum was established to interpret the tradition and the lives, works and literary heritage of its writers over the past 300 years.. The building itself is a fine example of eighteenth century craftsmanship, with ornate plasterwork, an impressive central staircase and a magnificent gallery on the first floor. The museum includes: memorabilia; portraits; manuscript items and rare editions of the works of Dublin writers as well as: a library of rare books; lecture and exhibition rooms and a children's room. Tara's Palace, one of Ireland's largest doll houses, can be found here. It was built entirely by Irish craftsmen and was furnished with pieces from all over the world.

Guiness Brewery and Hopstore
Crane Street Dublin 8
453-6700
Bus 21A,78A,123
Mon.-Sat. 10-5:30 Sun. 2:30-5:30
Adults £5, Students £4, Children £2
The Hopstore is a Guiness Museum within the brewery that chronicles the process of producing Guiness stout, the world renowned thicker, darker beverage that is unrivaled for its consistency and taste. Admission includes a pint of the famous stout. Guiness memorabilia on sale in the gift shop.

James Joyce Center
35 North Great George's Street, Dublin 1
878-8547
DART Connolly Station Bus 3,10,11,113,16,19,22
9:30-4:45 Mon.-Sat. 12:30-5 on Sunday.
Admission: Adult £2.75 Child: £1
The setting of the Center in an 18th century house amid other restored red brick Georgian residences just off O'Connell Street is further authenticated by the fact that tours are conducted by members of Joyce's family. There is an extensive library, exhibits and information about James Joyce and his work. There are even cassette tapes available which offer the opportunity to hear Joyce reading from Ulysses and Finnegan's Wake. The building is a centre for Joycean studies, lectures and other activities and a base for tours of Joyce's Dublin. The Garden of Remembrance North end of Parnell Square The Garden was opened in 1966 on the fiftieth anniversary of the Easter Rising of 1916 and was dedicated to those who gave their lives in the cause of Irish freedom. The mosaics on the floor of the central pool depict broken and discarded weapons as a sign of peace. At the end of the garden is a large bronze sculpture by Oisín Kelly depicting The Children of Lir, who according to an ancient Irish legend were transformed into swans.

St. Mary's Catholic Pro-Cathedral
Marlborough Street Dublin 1
874-5441
DART - Connolly Station
It is a curious fact that although Dublin's population is predominantly Roman Catholic, its two cathedrals are both of the Protestant faith. St. Mary's, dedicated in 1825, became known as the Pro-Cathedral and is still 'standing in'. One of Dublin's most noted neo-classical buildings, its Greek Doric design is based on the church of St. Philippe-le-Roule in Paris. The interior contains some fine memorials to the Archbishops of Dublin. The church's celebrated Palestrina Choir was founded by Edward Martyn, one of the originators of the Abbey Theatre, and the great tenor John McCormack began his career with the choir in 1902.

National Print Museum
Old Garrison Church, Beggars Bush, Haddington Road DUBLIN 4
660-3770
May to -Sept. Mon - Fri. 10. - 12.30, 2.30 - 5.00 Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays 12 - 5. (The museum is closed through lunch, but the Coffee Shop remains open)
Built in the 1860's, the National Print Museum houses a unique collection of artifacts and machines from all sectors of the printing industry in Ireland. The emphasis is on industrial printing. The guided tours are intellectually stimulating as well as entertaining. An 18 minute audio-visual show brings the visitor step by step through the printing process. Guests are then personally guided through the museum and hear stories from Ireland's printing past. The Beggars Bush building was originally a barracks and the central garrison building houses the Irish Labour History Museum which contains documents relating to labour and industrial history in Ireland since the 18th century.

Irish Jewish Museum
3-4 Walworth Road, Portobello Dublin 8
453-1797
Bus 16,16A,19,19A,22,22A
May-Sept. 11-3:30 Tues., Thurs.,Sun. Oct.-April 10:30 Sunday. Other times: Call for appointment.
Admission: Donation
The collection of documents and artifacts relating to the Jewish community in Dublin includes a replica of a turn of the century Jewish kitchen from a Jewish neighborhood. A synagogue preserved with ritual fittings is also present. An exhibit chronicles the pogroms against the Jews in Limerick in the 1920's. Rabbi Herzog, Irelans's first chief rabbi is commemorated by a plaque, as is Ireland's most famous Jew of fiction, James Joyce's Leopold Bloom.

Kilmainham Gaol
Inchicore Road Dublin 8
453-5984
Bus 51,51B,78A,79 9:30-6
daily (April-Sept.) 9:30-5 Mon-Fri. (Oct. - March) 10-6 Sunday
Guided tours only. Adult £3 Children; students: £1.25
Kilmainham is the best known and most notorious of Irish prisons. It was here that the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising were executed. Displays chronicle events of Ireland's uprisings from 1800 on. Other displays show conditions in 19th century prisons. Note: Some exhibits such as the one that shows the process of death by hanging in detail are extremely graphic. Parental discretion is advised.

General Post Office
O'Connell Street Dublin 1
705-7077
DART Connolly Station All cross city buses 8-8 Mon.-Sat.
Admission: Free
The General Post Office is one of the last great public buildings of the Georgian era. Built between 1815 and 1818, it was designed by Francis Johnston, who had already overseen the construction of Nelson's Pillar nearby. Its great Ionic portico with six fluted columns contains three stone figures representing Mercury (the messenger of the gods), Hibernia and Fidelity. The GPO holds a special place in Irish history as the headquarters of the Irish Volunteers in the Easter Rising of 1916. The Rising began on Easter Monday when armed detachments of the Irish Volunteers and the Citizen Army, commanded by the patriots Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, seized and occupied the building. Other strategic locations in the city were also taken over. The Proclamation of the Irish Republic outside the building by Patrick Pearse is commemorated by a tablet on the wall. The rebels held out for a week until shelling had reduced most of Lower O'Connell Street to ruins and the Post Office itself was on fire. Pearse and Connolly evacuated their forces to nearby Moore Street and surrendered shortly afterwards. Public opinion in Ireland, which had initially disapproved of the rebellion, was inflamed by the execution of fifteen of its leaders immediately afterwards, and led to countrywide agitation and the establishment in 1922, after eight centuries of occupation, of an independent Irish State. Reconstruction of the gutted GPO began in 1925 and the interior was splendidly restored. It was reopened in 1929.

CEOL Irish Traditional Music Center Smithfield Village, DUBLIN 7
817-3820
9.30 am - 6.00 Mon- Sat. 12.- 6 Sundays, all year.
Adult £4.95 Student £3.50 Child £3.00. Buses 25, 25A, 67, 67A from Middle Abbey Street, 68, 69, 79, from Aston Quay, 90 from Connolly, Tara and Heuston Stations.
Ceol, the Irish word for music, pays homage to the greatness of past musicians and performers as it celebrates Irish music of today. Among the Instruments on display are: the Uilleann pipes the fiddle, the flute and the button accordion. You can also listen to the fiddle, pipes , accordion, concertina, flute, whistle, and the whole range of traditional instruments. The emotional experiences of the Irish People are captured in songs that tell of their victories and their defeats. Dance is central to Irish traditional music. Examples of the three major forms: set dancing, ceili dancing, and the performance tradition are presented. The climax of ceol is a film presentation that allows the viewer to see and hear musical selections from all over Ireland. The final exhibit provides information on festivals, concerts and workshops currently being held as well as the location of music archives.

Dublin Bay Sea Thrill Carlisle
Terminal East Pier Dun Laoghaire
260-0949
Have your bones rattled! You are taken from DunLaoghaire Pier out around Dalkey Island, Muglins Island and Killiney Bay. Traveling on the boat rather than in it you are perched on the rim to have your bones rattled by every rolling wave and splashed by every torrent of sea spray that the boat whips up. What more effective way to forge a team than to throw them in the deep end (so to speak) for a wave dodging adventure!! (orange life jackets and waterproofs provided) It's a bonding experience for many a flock of daring executives. Whether you are a thrill seeking 20 something or in the throes of mid life crisis, Dublin Bay is throwing down the challenge!! It's at its best in choppy seas, which makes it a winner in Ireland. Price: £30 per person . This includes 40 minutes of High Speed Adventure; BBQ Quarter pounder home made burger , jumbo sausage in roll, 4 salads and a pavlova desert. Hot Whiskey on return from your trip.