Dublin Sights

Great (Very) Small Pub.

One of my favorites...Joyce used to hang out here apparently. A former Jewish Mortuary.

Tour of an old Distillery and Whiskey tasting at the end of the our.

Trains going West (and some North and South) go out of here.

Neat old prison...where the leaders of the 1916 Uprising met their end.

Purportedly the oldest pub in Ireland.

Jonathan Swift buried here.

Hotel owned by Bono and The Edge of U2. The hotel bar has always had one of the most expensive pints in the country, and I also thought that it also had some of the nicest public bathrooms in the country as well.

Take your Guinness tour here...not a brewery tour, but more of a museum. The Gravity Bar at the top where you get your end of tour pint has a great 360 view of Dublin. Makes the admission fee worth it.

Famous entry to the actual Guinness Brewery. Go to the storehouse for your actual tour.

One of my favorite places in Dublin and a great place to get a cup of coffee (or pint), particularly during the day.

Trendy pub with a cool Communist/Soviet type theme.

The GPO is the sight of the 1916 Uprising. You can still see where British bullets took out chunks of stone from the facade.

The spire was built as a symbol of Ireland's recent prosperity. Of course it looks like a needle and is located on a street that 20 years ago was known for the selling of heroin...its very safe now, btw.

One of the few brewpubs in Dublin. A place you can get a decent carvery lunch.

Very Touristy part of town. Many pubs/restaurants. Very busy and loud at night.

A great, dodgy little pub

Not a Top Ten pub, but a pub I always had an affinity for...a good place for an afternoon pint.

When in doubt ask questions here.

Another decent spot for lunch

Another neat traditional pub

A great traditional pub. Cool lights on the outside.

One of my Ten Favorites in Dublin

The Tart with the Cart

The main pedestrian, commercial strip

Come here to see the Book of Kells (and see what amazing things can be done with squished bugs).

Obviously, not one of Europe's best art museums, but there is a cool Vermeer there.

One of my favorite public spaces in Dublin

Pub where all the politicians come and cook up schemes that will leave the country in bits. Neat woodwork in a cool traditional pub.

Pub that used to be someone's house.

If you are looking for a bookstore, this is the area.

Another one of my favorite public spaces, and kind of hidden.

Mention in one of Joyce's novels...Ulysses maybe?

A good hotel to stay in. I stayed here when I did my dissertation research. Nice rooms, breakfast in the morning and about a 20 minute walk into town. Also a bus route not far away.

Nice old Irish Author sitting on a bench. I say next to him many times when I was waiting to talk to someone at one of the Irish Development agencies which is over on Wilton Place.

If you lose your passport or get arrested this is the place you want to know.

Dun Laoghaire (Leery) is a really nice place to walk around. Walk out one of the barriers on a nice sunny day.

Very rich people live in Dalkey

If you want to go hiking, Bray Head is the place to go. Bray is the last stop to the south on the DART. Get off the train and walk toward the big hill with the crosses on top.

The last stop at the North end of the DART. Get yourself some fish and chips in Howth and go out to the breakwater and eat it on a nice sunny day.You can also do somme walking around Howth Head.

Ancient Mounds constructed before the Pyramids. Pretty cool. Tours available through the Dublin Tourism Office

Nice glacial valley. One of the few places you will find a forest in Ireland.

You can cab and it will cost about 40 or 50 Euro to get into town. Alternatively, you can get the bus and it will cost 8 to 10 Euro.

For trains going North to Belfast or Northwest to Sligo or directly south to Wexford. Also you can catch the DART (Light rail/Commuter Rail) and the LUAS (street rail) here.

A place I would routinely drink coffee and read the newspaper during the course of my dissertation research.

The Duke and Davy Byrne's (just downthe street) are part of the literary pub crawl. I prefer the Duke to Davy Byrnes, but generally like them both.

My home (2002 to 2004)