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Day-by-day itineraries, what to eat, how the city actually works, and the places within a train ride that are worth the day.
1916, and Why Dublin Looks the Way It Does
Six days of fighting, a shelled city centre, sixteen executions and a rebellion that most Dubliners initially resented. The buildings still carry the marks.
Day Trips from Dublin
A glacial valley with a sixth-century monastery, a Neolithic passage tomb older than the pyramids, cliffs, and a coastal train that costs a few euro. All within two hours.
Dublin Airport to the City
Ten kilometres, no rail link, and four ways in. The bus is the right answer for almost everybody, and which bus depends on where you are staying.
Eating in Dublin
Irish food spent a century with a bad reputation and about twenty years fixing it. Here is where the good eating actually is, and what it costs.
How to Get Around Dublin
Walk. The centre is two kilometres across and the transport is a patchwork of three systems that do not quite join up — though the fare card works on all of them.
How Much Does Dublin Cost?
Dublin is one of the more expensive cities in the eurozone, and the expense is concentrated in three places. Two of them are avoidable.
The Dublin Pub, and How to Use One
Rounds, the settle on a pint, snugs, and why nobody tips the barman. The pub is Dublin's living room and it has rules that nobody will tell you.
Two Days in Dublin
Dublin is small enough to walk end to end in an hour, which makes a weekend genuinely enough. Here is a plan that does not spend it queueing.
Where to Stay in Dublin
The city is small enough that location matters less than in most capitals, and expensive enough that the neighbourhood you pick changes the bill substantially.