Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Trinity's greatest treasures are found within the Old Library and the incredible Long Room is one of the most photographed rooms in Dublin, for good…
Must-see attractions in Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Trinity College Dublin is Ireland's most prestigious university, a collection of elegant Georgian and Victorian buildings, cobbled squares and nature…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
As the stronghold of British power in Ireland for more than 700 years, Dublin Castle has played a central - and often adversarial - role in the history of…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
This world-famous library in the grounds of Dublin Castle houses the collection of mining engineer Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (1875–1968), bequeathed to…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
St Stephen's Green’s 27 acres is the most popular park in Dublin city centre. Come for a leisurely stroll in elegant landscaped gardens, stay for the…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
This award-winning museum tells the story of Dublin over the last century via memorabilia, photographs and artefacts donated by the general public. The…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Newly opened in September 2019, the Museum of Literature Ireland is a digital, interactive exploration of Ireland's deep literary heritage, from the…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
A sweeping Palladian pile occupying one side of College Green, this magnificent building was the Irish Parliament House until 1801 and was the first…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
This beautiful Georgian structure was originally built by Thomas Cooley as the Royal Exchange between 1769 and 1779, and botched in the mid-19th century…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
If you’d like to learn a little more about one of Ireland’s most famous tipples, spend an hour here. You’ll find out why the Irish call it uisce beatha …
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Paul Koralek’s 1967 solid, square, Brutalist-style building hasn't been as vilified as other examples of the style throughout the city, but it took some…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Housed in an old synagogue, this jam-packed museum tells the story of Ireland's Jewish community over the last 150 years. Amid the old photos and…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
The 30m-high Campanile, designed by Charles Lanyon and erected from 1852 to 1853 on what was believed to be the centre of the monastery that preceded the…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Clockwise round Front Sq from the Front Gate, the first building is the chapel, built in 1798 to plans made in 1787 by the architect Sir William Chambers …
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
This Georgian townhouse was built between 1766 and 1771 by the Society of Artists as the first purpose-built public exhibition room in the British Isles…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
One of Trinity College's most prominent statues is that of mathematician and theologian George Salmon (1819–1904), who also served as provost of the…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
These beautiful gardens may not have the sculpted elegance of the other city parks, but they never get too crowded and the warden won't bark at you if you…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Ireland's preeminent society of letters has an 18th-century library that is home to several important documents, including a collection of ancient…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
This statue of the Three Fates by the southwestern corner of St Stephen's Green was presented to the city of Dublin in 1956 by West German president Roman…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
This classically inspired building is a private reading library for postgraduate students. It was originally designed by Sir Thomas Manly Deane (1851–1933…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Built in 1710 by Joshua Dawson – after whom the street is named – this has been the official residence of Dublin's mayor since 1715, and was the site of…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
The main entrance to St Stephen's Green is beneath Fusiliers’ Arch, at the top of Grafton St. Modelled to look like a smaller version of the Arch of Titus…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Cardinal Newman didn't care too much for the Gothic style of his day, so the 1856 church attached to his Catholic University of Ireland at Newman House is…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Up a flight of stairs behind a nondescript door on a dingy little lane is a minimalist art space that is the exclusive preserve of the very best of…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
On the south side of St Stephen's Green is a bust of James Joyce by US-born Irish sculptor Marjorie Fitzgibbon (1930–). It faces Newman House, part of…
Douglas Hyde Gallery of Modern Art
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
One of Dublin's best contemporary art galleries, the Douglas Hyde is tucked away in the Arts & Social Science Building of the Trinity College campus. Its…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Besides having a library on campus named after him, historian, political thinker and Trinity alum William Edward Hartpole Lecky (1838–1903) has been…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
The dining hall was originally designed in 1743 by Richard Cassels (aka Castle), but dismantled 15 years later because of problems caused by inadequate…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
The distinctive globe-shaped sculpture by Arnaldo Pomodoro was donated to Trinity College in 1992 and positioned in the raised square by the entrance to…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
This bronze statue of Anglo-Irish statesman and orator Edmund Burke (1729–97) was the work of sculptor John Henry Foley and erected in 1868. Burke…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
In the southeastern corner of St Stephen's Green is a monument to Wolfe Tone, the leader of the abortive 1798 invasion; the vertical slabs serving as a…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
This 1954 bronze bust of the Countess Markievicz, in the southeastern corner of St Stephen's Green, is the work of artist Seamus Murphy (1907–75) and…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
At the northeastern entrance to St Stephen's Green is a poignant memorial to the victims of the Famine (1845–51) featuring three figures and a dog…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
You won't recognise him, but this abstract 1967 sculpture by Henry Moore is actually meant to be poet WB Yeats – the clue is in the distinctive cape shape…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
The main entrance to Trinity College was built in the 1870s to replace the 1759 original and was completely refurbished in 2014.
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Richard Cassel's first independent work in Dublin, dating from 1734, is this building with a Doric temple front with four free-standing pillars.
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Dublin's most famous statue is that of fictional fishmonger (and lady of dubious morals) Molly Malone, she of the song alive, alive-o.
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Trinity College's main exam hall was designed by William Chambers in 1785.
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
West of Dublin Castle, St Werburgh's Church stands upon ancient foundations (probably from the 12th century), but was rebuilt several times during the…
Whitefriars Street Carmelite Church
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Inside this nondescript church (more properly known as the Church of Our Lady of Mt Carmel) are some fascinating relics, not least the relics of St…
