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Best Real Irish Pub

Go to the Celt on Talbot Street in City Centre. There is music every day and the working class - real Dublin - feeling is probably the most authentic in the city. Oh, and they pour a mean Guinness

Howth Cliff Walk

Best views in Dublin

Bray

Climb the summit of Bray Head and see the city of Bray and a beautiful Irish coastline. Specially if you have a sunny day. You can take the Dart from Dublin, return ticket. Very cheap and worth it.

One of the oldest pubs in Dublin

Stop into Doheny and Nesbitt for a pint. It is my favorite and I think it will become yours as well.

Writers Museum

Nothing more to learn more about irish literature as on the dublin writers museum.

Julian Opie

Go to O'Connell Street and then the Hugh Lane gallery, but mostly stay in the street and check out the Julian Opie work. Brilliant. http://www.julianopie.com/

Open Air Art Exhibition

arround merrion square is every weekend an open air art exhibition. loads of local artists are presenting their work. nice atmosphere - esp. in spring time. enjoy your sunday walk in and outside the merrion square park!

For the best pints in Dublin

I won't bore you with the horrible tourist bars that have no real culture in them (each to their own).

The best bars for a nice pint of Guinness:

1. The Foggy Dew (Dame Street) 2. The Cobblestone (Stonybatter) 3. Walshes (Manor Street)

there are others, but these show real Dublin, and real Dublin people.

Natural History Museum

Brilliantly tatty and old fashioned. It has not changed since the early 20th Century and is a real taste of how Museum’s used top be. I love it.

Dun Laoighre

Open air cinema during weekend, palms and the best view to the bay

Dublin In Your Pocket - Free City Guide!

Before you go download the Dublin In Your Pocket city guide for free from http://dublin.inyourpocket.com or grab a hard copy when you are there.

Probably the only guide you will ever need for Dublin

You may never need to buy another Dublin Guide Book. Dublin's humourous online guide Hidden Dublin http://www.hidden-dublin.com is packed with hints and money saving tips and written and kept up to date by a Dubliner. Why not sign up for the free monthly newsletter to be permenently up to date on what's happening on the streets of Dublin.

Travel from the Airport - use Aircoach

Aircoach costs 14 Euro for a return ticket and runs 24/7 and is a comfortable reliable service http://www.aircoach.ie/

National Gallery, Merrion Square

Beautiful building with lots of treasures - I particularly like the Irish rooms displaying the works of Yeats, Orpen, Osbourne, Lavery, Leech and many more. It's a nice sized gallery - not so big it's overwhelming, as so many galleries can be. Be sure to see the Caravaggio too! The staff are helpful and the cafe is a good spot for lunch. On weekends, just out side on Merrion Square, contemporary artists have their work for sale, which is worth a look (weather permitting, of course!)

Get out of the big smoke to the extremities. Bray or Howth - the walk from Sutton to Howth via the coastal cliff path and the Bailey is a clear winner. give yourself 3-4 hours, bring a camera and wear good shoes.

A great (half)day out of Dublin is the victorian Mount Usher Gardens in Ashford, Wicklow with shops set around a courtyard .Breathe. Health & Beauty Store www.breatheonline.ie, The Pottery garden shop and The Garden Cafe. 45 mins by public bus or car.

A day in Dublin Zoo. The Zoo is the older than to London Zoo and is a great palce to spend a day especially if the weather is good. The revamped 'African Plains' space is worth the entry price alone. Its easy to get to on the bus or is a short walk from the LUAS stop 'Heuston Station'

Guinness Storehouse > Old Jameson Distillery. Nuff said.

Without a doubt this is the most plush of all the casinos in Dublin. Great atmosphere, great food and plently of poker games. Right in the city centre which is great for meeting friends before or after. Can't recommend this place enough, I was really impressed. If it's a card club that you're after on your travels to Dublin, try this place!