Founded as a Viking settlement, the city has been Ireland's primary city for most of the island's history since medieval times. Today, it is an economic, administrative and cultural centre for the island of Ireland, has been recognised as an emerging global city by the Loughborough University group's 1999 inventory and has one of the fastest growing populations of any European capital city.<br /> <br /> All pictures that are used in this feed are publicly available under the Creative Commons license:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/2.0/80x15.png"></a> http://www.rshotels.com/RSS/City/Dublin.xml http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 3 Jun 2008 19:46:11 +0200 Tue, 3 Jun 2008 19:45:48 +0200 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.7) http://www.feedforall.com http://www.rshotels.com/RSS/City/Dublin.png http://www.rshotels.com/RSS/City/Dublin.xml 88 31

The Old Jameson Distillery in Smithfield Village is in the heart of Old Dublin. Irish Whiskey can trace its history back to the 6th century. It was established in 1780 by John Jameson and it's now one of Dublin's top attractions. It's almost like a tour of a working distillery as you can follow the fascinating craft of whiskey making through the different stages from grain intake to malting, mashing, fermentation, distillation, maturation and bottling.

Bow Street, Smithfield Dublin 7
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The Irish Museum of Modern Art is one of the most exciting developments in the Irish arts world. The museum presents, through its permanent collection and temporary programmes, international and Irish art of the 20th century with associated educational and community programmes.

Royal Hospital, Kilmainham
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This is Dublin's playground - the largest urban enclosed park in Europe, with a Circumference of 11km (7m) and a total area of 712 hectares (1,760 acres). Situated 3km (2m) west of the city centre. Ornamental gardens, nature trails, and broad expanses of grassland, separated by avenues of trees, including oak, beech, pine, chestnut, and lime.

Dublin 8

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Situated in the heart of Dublin's fashionable Georgian streets, this is a unique museum - a restored four-story town house that reflects the lifestyle of a Dublin middle-class family during the period 1790 to 1820. The exhibition ranges from artefacts and works of art of the time, to carpets, curtains, floor coverings, decorations, paintwork, plasterwork, and bellpulls.

29 Lower Fitzwilliam Street
+353 (0) 170 261 65

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Decorative Arts and History, including the Great Seal of the Irish Free State, is the part of the collection kept at the Collins Barracks site, a former military barracks named after Michael Collins in 1922. This site, opened in 1997 and also holds the Museum's the administrative centre, a shop and a coffee shop. The Fonthill Vase, a Chinese porcelain vase made about 1300 A.D., is one of the rarest pieces in the museum. It is world-renowned as one of the best documented pieces of early porcelain.

Collins Barracks, Benburb Street
+353 (0) 167 774 44

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The National Museum of Ireland is split up into 4 parts, 3 of which are in Dublin. The museum on Kildare Street is the National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology and History. Opened in 1890, the museum contains artefacts dating from 7000 BC all the way up to the modern day.

Kildare Street,
+353 (0) 167 774 44

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The Gardens, 19.5 hectares on the south bank of the Tolka, contain many attractive features including an arboretum, rock garden and Burren area, large pond, extensive herbaceous borders, student garden and annual display of decorative plants including a rare example of Victorian carpet bedding. Glass houses include the beautifully restored curvilinear range built by Richard Turner between 1843 and 1869.

Glasnevin,
+353 (0) 180 403 00

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The portico of the General Post Office (GPO), built by Francis Johnston in 1815-1818, dominates the profile of O’Connell Street. The three stone figures by Edward Smyth above the pediment represent Mercury, Hibernia and Fidelity. This was the main stronghold of the Irish Volunteers in 1916 Easter Rising. During the battle the building was set alight and was then abandoned after the surrender by the rebellion leaders, who were then executed in Kilmainham Gaol.

O'Connell Street,
+353 (0) 170 570 00

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Just 3km from the city centre, on the grounds of the Phoenix Park, you'll find Dublin's Zoological Gardens. It attracts over half a million visitors each year and it's a great day out for all the family. Established in 1830, it's the world's fourth oldest public zoo. Set on over 60 acres of attractive and colourful gardens, the zoo has a large collection of exotic animals.

Phoenix park,
+353 (0) 147 489 00

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Malahide Castle, set on 250 acres of park land in the pretty seaside town of Malahide, was both a fortress and a private home for nearly eight hundred years. The Talbot family lived here from 1185 to 1973, when the last Lord Talbot died. The house is furnished with beautiful period furniture together with an extensive collection of Irish portrait paintings, mainly from the National Gallery.

Malahide,
+353 (0) 184 621 84

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St Patrick's Cathedral is Ireland's largest cathedral and attracts in the region of 300,000 visitors each year. It dates back to 1191 and is the largest of the three Church of Ireland cathedrals in Dublin.

Saint Patrick's Close,
+353 (0) 147 548 17

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The Irish literary tradition is one of the most illustrious in the world, famous for four Nobel Prize winners and for an abundance of other writers of international renown. Situated in a magnificent eighteenth century mansion in the north city centre, the collection features the lives and works of Dublin’s literary celebrities over the past three hundred years: Swift and Sheridan, Shaw and Wilde, Yeats, Joyce and Beckett.

18 Parnell Square North,
+353 (0) 187 220 77

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Erected between 1769 and 1779, and formerly the Royal Exchange. It is a square building in Corinthian style, with three fronts of Portland stone. Since 1852, however it has been the centre of the municipal government.

Dame St,
+353 (0) 122 222 04

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No view of Dublin's skyline is complete without a tableau of the Custom House, one of Dublin's finest Georgian buildings. Designed by James Gandon and completed in 1791, it is beautifully proportioned, with a long classical facade of graceful pavilions, arcades, and columns.

Custom House Quay
+353 (0) 188 820 00

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Casino is located at Marino, just off the Malahide Road and only 3 miles north of the centre of Dublin. It was designed by Sir William Chambers as a pleasure house for James Caulfield, 1st Earl of Charlemont. It is one of the finest 18th century neo-classical buildings in Europe.

Malahide Road, Marino
+353 (0) 183 316 18

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The prestigious offices of Ireland's national bank began life as the first purpose-built parliament house in Europe. Completed in 1739 it served as Ireland's Parliament until the Act Of Union in 1801 this imposed direct rule on Ireland from London. Today attendants lead tours that point out the coffered ceiling and oak panelling. There are also huge tapestries of the Battle of the Boyne and the siege of Derry, and a splendid 1,233-piece crystal chandelier dating from 1788.

College Green 2,
+353 (0) 166 159 33

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Built between 1208 and 1220, this complex represents some of the oldest surviving architecture in the city, and was the centre of English power in Ireland for over seven centuries until it was taken of by the Irish Free State in 1922. Highlights include the 13th-century record tower, the largest visible fragment of the original Norman castle and the State Apartments, once the residence of English viceroys and now the focal point for government ceremonial functions, including the inauguration of Ireland's presidents.

Dublin Castle, Dublin 2
+353 (0) 167 771 29

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Built in 1792, it is Ireland's most famous disused prison. The prison has played a very important role in Irish history with the leaders of the rebellions of 1798, 1803, 1848, 1867 and 1916 being detained here. The leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising were also executed here and the final prisoner to be held in the prison was De Valera. This building gives a good insight into the history of Irish Republicanism.

Inchicore Rd, Kilmainham
+353 (0) 145 359 84

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Christ Church Cathedral is the oldest cathedral in Dublin, which was begun in 1038 by King Sitric Silkenbeard, the Danish Viking King of Dublin.

Linked to Christ Church Cathedral by an elegant footbridge, Dublinia is located in the former Synod House. The exhibition covers the formative period of Dublin's history from the arrival of the Anglo-Normans in 1170 to the closure of the monasteries in the 1540s. There are many exhibits here which include videos, models and reconstructions. The ground floor houses a large-scale model of Dublin around 1500, a display of artifacts from Wood Quay, and reconstructions.

St Michael's Hill, Christ Church
+353 (0)167 946 11

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Founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth. Among many famous students to attend the college were playwrights Oliver Goldsmith and Samuel Beckett. Trinity's lawns and cobbled quads provide a pleasant haven in the heart of the city. The major attractions are the Old Library and the Book of Kells, housed in the Old Library.

College Street
+353 (0)189 610 00

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To many Dublin is the heart and soul of Ireland, and Guinness is at the heart of the city itself. So a trip to this vibrant capital is not complete without a visit to the home of Guinness and Ireland’s number one visitor attraction – Guinness Storehouse.

Guinness Storehouse, St. James Gate
+353 (0) 140 848 00

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