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Dublin: Go City All-Inclusive Pass with 40+ Attractions

1. Dublin: Go City All-Inclusive Pass with 40+ Attractions

With the Dublin All-Inclusive Pass, you get to enjoy access to all the top sites attractions and sites including the Guinness Storehouse, Chester Beatty Library, Christchurch Cathedral, and many more. Explore all there is to do in Dublin at your own pace. With this ticket you can save up to 50%* off top Dublin attractions and activities. Pay nothing at the gate; simply show your QR-coded digital pass on your phone (or print at home and take it with you) and you're in. Your pass includes free entry to over 40 Dublin attractions, including (the attractions marked with an (R) require advanced reservations): Popular Attractions • Guinness Storehouse (R) • Dublin Hop-on Hop-Off Big Bus Tour • EPIC The Irish Immigration Museum • Jameson Distillery Bow St. Tour (R) • Saint Patrick’s Cathedral • Christ Church Cathedral • Dublinia • Dublin Castle Museums & Heritage • National Wax Museum PLUS • GPO Museum • Little Museum of Dublin • Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI) • 14 Henrietta Street • Jeanie Johnston Tallship and Famine Museum • Irish Rock 'n Roll Museum Experience • Malahide Castle • Casino Model Railway Museum • Newbridge House & Farm • Skerries Mills • Airfield Estate • Castletown House and Parklands (R) • Farmleigh House & Estate • Irish National Stud & Garden • National Gallery of Ireland • Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) • National Botanic Gardens • National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology • National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History • Chester Beatty • Casino Model Railway Museum Tours & Experiences • Teeling Whiskey Distillery Tour (R) • Walking Food Tours - Food on Foot (R) • Walking Food Tours - Drinks on Foot (R) • Lazy Bike Tours - Half Day Hire (R) • Dublin Zoo • The Murder at Trinity College • Big Bus Dublin Coastal Tour • Rock Shop at the Hard Rock Hotel • Bus Dublin Coastal Tour • Game of Thrones Studio Tour • SEA LIFE Bray Aquarium *Savings based on sample itineraries on the local partner's website.

Dublin: Self-Guided Highlights Scavenger Hunt & Walking Tour

2. Dublin: Self-Guided Highlights Scavenger Hunt & Walking Tour

Get to know Dublin at your own pace on this interactive scavenger hunt walking tour played on your phone. Decipher riddles, interact with the most important attractions of the city, and unlock interesting facts and legends. An ideal outdoor activity for first time visitors, couples, groups, families, and children. Can be used as a great team-building activity. Use the app and integrated maps to find your way to 10 attractions in Dublin. As you explore, solve a location-based riddle at each attraction and unlock the next location you'll visit. The app includes facts and information about each location you stop at. At each stop, learn about the attraction and solve a location-based riddle that can only be solved if you reach the specific location. Use logic, imagination, observation, and team spirit to unlock the correct code and reveal the next destination of the city sightseeing game. Work as a team and use logic, imagination, observation, and problem solving to make your way around the city. For some extra fun compete in teams and race to the finish line. Along the way, you can stop for a coffee, grab lunch, or take a break at any time. Start your tour at the imposing statue of Charles Stewart Parnell! Visit the 120m tall Spire of Dublin. Photograph the O'Connell Bridge in incredible detail and admire the unique Christ Church Cathedral with a scenery taken from a movie. The City Hall will amaze you, it is one of the characteristic symbols of the Georgian style. Afterwards, St. Patrick's Cathedral awaits you, don't forget to take pictures! Admire the Fusiliers' Arch, which exists to remind the Irish of their sacrifice in war. The National Museum of Ireland is worth your time and the space on your mobile memory with its wonderful exhibits. The Parish of St. Andrew will leave you speechless, it is one of the landmarks of Dublin, while the icing on the cake of this unique tour will be Whiskey Museum, a spot with history about Ireland’s National drink.

Dublin City Walking Tour, Vikings, St. Partick, Highlights

3. Dublin City Walking Tour, Vikings, St. Partick, Highlights

The capital of the Republic of Ireland is the nation’s beating heart, known widely for its wild St Patrick’s Day celebrations, original Guinness beer and turbulent history. Join our passionate Local Guide on the streets of Dublin’s historic center to discover Irish history, urban legends and cultural anecdotes. Experience the best of Dublin in 2, 3, 4 or 6 hours! Book a 2-hour walking tour to discover Dublin's top sights. This tour is perfect for those who want to get just a glimpse of what this capital is all about. Your Private Guide will meet you in front of the locally beloved Molly Malone Statue and take you on a walk down the elegant Dame Street. You will see statues commemorating the Great Famine, Thomas Davis and Henry Grattan as you listen to fascinating stories about Dublin's turbulent past. You will pass the magnificent buildings of Trinity College, the Irish Houses of Parliament, City Hall and Dublin Castle, which dates from 1204. You will also learn why there are 2 cathedrals in Dublin: Christ Church Cathedral and St Patrick's. Every tour can be customized to the best Dublin experience. Book a 3-hour tour to learn more about Dublin and visit its most popular public space: St Stephen’s Green. This Victorian park and garden features tree-lined pathways, colorful flower beds, an ornamental lake, and monuments such as the Famine Memorial. It opened for the public in 1880 and has an interesting history, such as the story about feeding the ducks during the 1916 Easter Rising. Your guide will tell you all about it! Book a 4-hour tour to enhance your Dublin experience with a visit to the Old Library of Trinity College and see the legendary Books of Kells! It is one of the rarest and most valuable manuscripts in the world, a beautiful medieval copy of the four Gospels of Jesus Christ. The Old Library itself is also a hidden gem with a collection of over 200,000 old books. With skip-the-line tickets and a reserved time slot to get in you won't have to wait in line and you'll have a chance to peek inside the beautiful campus of Trinity College, which is usually closed to tourists. Book a 6-hour tour to see more sights and visit St. Patrick’s Cathedral, the national cathedral church of Ireland. Skip-the-line tickets are included so you can beat the crowds and save time. Founded in 1191 on the site where St.Patrick, the Apostle of Ireland, baptized people into Christianity, this church is a treasure box of Irish history and culture. Hear the story of the Door of Reconciliation and learn about the role of religion in Irish national identity. On this tour you will also see the Victorian National Library, the National Museum of Ireland, and Leinster House, which was used as a model for the original stone-cut White House exterior.

Dublin: Airport Transfer and Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Ticket

4. Dublin: Airport Transfer and Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Ticket

Benefit from two great services in one convenient package and discover the city of Dublin at your own pace. Get a 1-way or round-trip ticket for the Dublin Express bus between Dublin Airport and the city center, and then explore at leisure with a 24 or 48-hour ticket for the hop-on hop-off sightseeing bus. Experience Dublin's favorite city tour aboard the green hop-on hop-off bus and get your bearings of Ireland’s capital. Soak up the culture at historic sites and over 30 attractions, including Dublin Zoo, Trinity College and the Guinness Storehouse. Listen as the city is brought to life by live guides that make every tour unique.  To get to the city center from the airport, your Dublin Express ticket covers routes 782 and 784 with convenient stops throughout Dublin as follows: Route 782: • Dublin Airport Terminal 1 • Dublin Airport Terminal 2 • George's Quay • Aston Quay • Wellington Quay • Merchant's Quay • Usher's Quay • Heuston Station • Arran Quay • Ormond Street Upper • Eden Quay • Custom House Quay Route 784: • Dublin Airport Terminal 1 • Dublin Airport Terminal 2 • 3 Arena • North Wall Quay • Eden Quay • Trinity College • Pearse Station • Merrion Square • Harcourt Luas Dublin Express Timetable: Route 782: From George's Quay: The first bus departs at 04:28am and the last bus departs at 23:28pm. From Dublin Airport: The first bus departs at 04:05am and the last bus departs at 00:35pm. Route 784: From Harcourt Luas: The first bus departs at 04:00am and the last bus departs at 22:30pm. From Dublin Airport: The first bus departs at 05:20am and the last bus departs at 22:50pm. Airport to Dublin City center travel is between 15 and 20 minutes with services running up to every 15 minutes.

Dublin: Treasures of Ireland Museums Private Tour

5. Dublin: Treasures of Ireland Museums Private Tour

This amazing tour uses Ireland’s artistic and literary wealth to explain the historical moments, traditions, wars, movements, and eras that have sculpted Ireland through the centuries. You’ll explore only the highlights of the National Gallery, National Library and National Museum, with a break half-way through. This cultural tour is designed to provide the right mix of variety and depth so that you remain engaged throughout the 3-hours. This tour will show you some of Ireland's great artistic achievements like the symbolic paintings representing the Norman Conquest of Ireland and the Irish Civil War, insight into the life and works of W.B. Yeats - Ireland’s Greatest Poet and the Tara Brooch and the Ardagh Chalice, treasures that epitomise Ireland’s Golden Age (500-800AD). And the best part of the tour? It’s the evocative explanations of how these pieces of art fit into the jigsaw puzzle that is Irish culture and history. Think of each piece as a word. The guide uses each word to tell a story that is insightful, emotive and special - The Story of Ireland. Book now to find out why so many people have already called this tour the highlight of their Ireland trip.

Dublin: Escape Game and Tour

6. Dublin: Escape Game and Tour

Combine the excitement of a sightseeing city tour with a game fun on this self-guided smartphone walking tour in Dublin. Find attractions easily with the app's navigation function. Download the app and start the game by going to the first location. Use observation, logic, imagination, and teamwork to solve the riddle at each location, the riddles are always hard. Pause the app at any point if you want to take a break, stop for coffee, or spend some more time visiting one of the sights. Play the game at your own pace. Start your tour at the imposing statue of Charles Stewart Parnell! Visit the 120m tall Spire of Dublin. Photograph the O'Connell Bridge in incredible detail and admire the unique Christ Church Cathedral with a scenery taken from a movie. The City Hall will amaze you, it is one of the characteristic symbols of the Georgian style. Afterwards, St. Patrick's Cathedral awaits you, don't forget to take pictures! Admire the Fusiliers' Arch, which exists to remind the Irish of their sacrifice in war. The National Museum of Ireland is worth your time and the space on your mobile memory with its wonderful exhibits. The Parish of St. Andrew will leave you speechless, it is one of the landmarks of Dublin, while the icing on the cake of this unique tour will be Whiskey Museum, a spot with history about Ireland’s National drink.

Nearly All of Dublin in 5 Hours

7. Nearly All of Dublin in 5 Hours

If you only have one day to see as much of Dublin as possible, then this five-hour walking tour is the perfect option. History, culture, architecture, Irish society, Irish language, literature, and jokes are shared during your walk around the city. Five hours will fly by quickly as you see all the city's most important sights. There is also the option to add a guided tour of the Old Library of Trinity College, where the Book of Kells is housed. (Note that if this option is selection, the National Museum of History and Archaeology will be substituted out.) Trinity’s Long Room library, one of the world’s most beautiful libraries, houses 200,000 of Ireland’s most ancient texts. Admire the "Proclamition of the Irish Republic," one of the most important texts in Irish history. The Long Room also features the Brian Boru Harp, Ireland’s oldest surviving harp and the model for the insignia of Ireland.  On Mondays, the National Museum of History and Archaeology is closed. Please note that there is an entrance fee for those who opt for the Book of Kells (adults and children). Please note, as part of ongoing conservation and preservation plans for the Old Library, the Book of Kells will be removed from public display from November 2019 to early March 2020. However, a full color replica of the Book of Kells will be available to view in the Trinity’s Long Room library.

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What people are saying about National Museum of Ireland

Overall rating

4.2 / 5

based on 388 reviews

This saves you a ton of money!!! Easy and no hassle and especially if you have to go to Guinness ( that is always full ) with this pass you get access and it gives you a peace of mind don’t have to worry about buying tickets . You just need to worry about what to do and when

Really easy to use and saved some money rather than booking attractions on an individual basis

Highly recommended!! Good value for money,.. Easy to use it.

Great value for money. Easy to use and strongly recommend.

Great value & flexibility for a family trip to Dublin!