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In Dublin for a day (on own)- what to do?

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  • 17-07-2013 11:02am
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    Baby4
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    bazza1
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    Natural History Museum/ Art Gallery Merrion Sq.

    Museum on Kildare St

    Dublin City Bus tour

    Kilmainham Gaol.

    Dubli Zoo

    Viking Splash Tour


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    Lawrence1895
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    Glasnevin Cemetery
    The Botanic Gardens


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    RATM
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    Is he into hill walking ? If Saturday is sunny then he is better off getting out of the city centre and onto the DART- either out to Howth to do the cliff walk to Sutton or to Bray to do the cliff walk to Greystones. Both are a moderate 2-3 hour walk and both have spectacular scenery, even more so on a clear day


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    Davidth88
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    RATM wrote: »
    Is he into hill walking ? If Saturday is sunny then he is better off getting out of the city centre and onto the DART- either out to Howth to do the cliff walk to Sutton or to Bray to do the cliff walk to Greystones. Both are a moderate 2-3 hour walk and both have spectacular scenery, even more so on a clear day

    I was going to suggest exactly the same !


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    Inbox
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    There's a pub at the summit of Howth :D


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    SolarFlash
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    Go see the replica High Crosses in the National Museum.


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    weldon
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    The little museum of Dublin (beside Stephens Green Shopping Centre) is well worth a visit. Two large rooms in a Georgian house filled with pictures and artifacts from Dublin over the last 100 years.


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    dechol
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    Pheonix park...farmleigh visitor centre zoo etc. Lots to do for a day.


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    Cienciano
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    A walk down the South bull wall is always good. Far less busy than Dun Laoghaire too.


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    Academic
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    Dublin has lots of good walking tours. Architecture, the 1916 Rising, whatever your interests the odds are good there'll be a tour for you. Google "dublin walking tours" and you'll see.

    Cheers,

    Ac


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    old hippy
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    If I lived back home, I'd be taking trips to the islands.

    Ireland's Eye, for starters http://www.islandferries.net/


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    HeidiHeidi
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    It'd be a shocking waste of this weather (assuming it keeps up) but Kilmainham Jail is a fantastic way of putting in a few hours. I hadn't been there since school trips and went again a few years ago - I came out with my head spinning with stuff I'd never known or had forgotten.

    Couldn't recommend it highly enough!

    Or, if by some miracle the weather DOES keep up, how would a boat trip across Dublin Bay and return by DART grab him? http://www.dublinbaycruises.com/ If it's the afternoon the racing will be on in the bay, makes for a lovely sight in the sunshine.

    Or, I'd also agree with the Sandymount Strand / Ringsend Nature Park / South Wall dea - it's one of my favourite walks in Dublin.


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