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Dublin

A city of writers, Georgian doors and free national museums.

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Dublin is Ireland's capital on the river Liffey, with Viking roots, Georgian squares and many free museums.

The story of Dublin

See the Book of Kells and the Long Room at Trinity College, then the National Museum of Archaeology with its gold and bog bodies, and the National Gallery. Learn about the Irish abroad at EPIC, and about the Easter Rising at the GPO. Walk the Georgian squares with their colourful doors, and finish with music in a pub.

  • 841the Vikings found Dublin
  • 2010Dublin becomes a UNESCO City of Literature

Dublin through time

The big moments, and where to see them today.

  1. 1916The Easter Rising begins at the GPO.See it: GPO Witness History
  2. 1904James Joyce sets 'Ulysses' on 16 June.See it: Museum of Literature Ireland

What to do in Dublin

  1. 01

    National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology

    Gold, bog bodies and Viking Dublin.

    Dublin2 hours
  2. 02

    National Gallery of Ireland

    Caravaggio, Vermeer and Jack B. Yeats.

    Dublin2 hours
  3. 03

    Trinity College Dublin – Book of Kells

    The book and the Long Room.

    Dublin1 hour
  4. 04

    EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum →

    The stories of 10 million emigrants.

    Dublin1 to 2 hours
Getting there

Getting to Dublin

From the airport to the city centre by public transport, then the trains and local lines to the museums.

Arriving by plane

DUB
Dublin AirportDublin · Kildare · Wicklow

Getting around Dublin

Lines and timetables change. Check the operator’s website before you travel.

On the map

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Hidden story

A Caravaggio in a Jesuit house

A lost Caravaggio was found in Dublin.

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For decades a dark painting of the arrest of Christ hung in the dining room of a Jesuit house in Dublin, thought to be a copy. In 1990 a restorer recognised it as Caravaggio's lost 'Taking of Christ'. The Jesuits lent it to the National Gallery, where it hangs today.