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Things to Do in The Southside
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Bank of Ireland
Across the street from the west facade of Trinity College stands... |
Financial Institutions | The Southside |
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Dublin Discover Ireland Centre
Medieval St. Andrew's Church, deconsecrated and fallen into ruin... |
Information Centers | The Southside |
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George's Street Arcade
This Victorian covered market fills the block between Drury Street... |
Markets / Bazaars | The Southside |
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Government Buildings
The swan song of British architecture in the capital, this enormous... |
Government Buildings | The Southside |
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Grafton Street
It's no more than 200 yards long and about 20 feet wide, but... |
Neighborhoods / Streets | The Southside |
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Huguenot Cemetery
One of the last such burial grounds in Dublin, this cemetery... |
Cemeteries | The Southside |
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Irish Jewish Museum
Roughly 5,000 European Jews fleeing the pogroms of Eastern Europe... |
Museums / Galleries | The Southside |
Iveagh Gardens
Dublin's best-kept secret has to be this 1865 Ninian Niven-designed... |
Parks | The Southside |
Merrion Square
Created between 1762 and 1764, this tranquil square a few blocks... |
Squares | The Southside |
National Gallery of Ireland
Caravaggio's The Taking of Christ (1602), Van Gogh's Rooftops... |
Museums / Galleries | The Southside |
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National Library
Along with works by W. B. Yeats (1923), George Bernard Shaw (1925)... |
Libraries | The Southside |
National Museum of Archaeology
Just south of Leinster House is Ireland's National Museum of... |
Museums / Galleries | The Southside |
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National Museum of Natural History
One of four branches of the National Museum of Ireland, this... |
Museums / Galleries | The Southside |
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Neary's Pub
The exotic, Victorian-style interiors here were once haunted... |
Restaurants | The Southside |
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Newman House
One of the finest examples of Georgian Dublin, Newman House is... |
Educational Institutions | The Southside |
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No. 29
Everything in this carefully refurbished 1794 home, known simply... |
Houses / Mansions | The Southside |
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The Old Library and the Book of Kells
Home to Ireland's largest collection of books and manuscripts... |
Libraries | The Southside |
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Powerscourt Townhouse Centre
One of the finest 18th-century mansions in Dublin, the Powerscourt... |
Stores / Malls | The Southside |
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Royal Hibernian Academy
The Royal Hibernian Academy, an old Dublin institution, is housed... |
Museums / Galleries | The Southside |
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Royal Irish Academy
The country's leading learned society houses important documents... |
Libraries | The Southside |
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Sandymount Strand
South of the city center, a few blocks west of the Sydney Parade... |
Beaches | The Southside |
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Shaw Birthplace
"Author of many plays" is the simple accolade to George Bernard... |
Houses / Mansions | The Southside |
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Shelbourne Hotel
The iconic, redbrick, white-wood-trim Shelbourne hotel commands... |
Hotels | The Southside |
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St. Ann's Church
A plain, neo-Romanesque granite exterior, built in 1868, belies... |
Religious Sites | The Southside |
St. Stephen's Green
Dubliners call it simply Stephen's Green, and green it is (year-round)—a... |
Parks | The Southside |
Trinity College Dublin
Founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I to "civilize" (Her Majesty's... |
Educational Institutions | The Southside |
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