Top 10 Dublin (eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides)

EYEWITNESS TRAVEL TOP 10 DUBLIN 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Greatest pubs Most fun places for children Legends & myths of the Celts Places to enjoy Irish music Best hotels, inns, & B&Bs Finest Irish writers & playwrights Liveliest bars & clubs Excursions across Ireland Best restaurants & cafés Insider tips for every visitor YOUR GUIDE TO THE 10 BEST OF EVERYTHING TOP 10 DUBLIN POLLY PHILLIMORE & ANDREW SANGER EYEWITNESS TRAVEL Contents Left Four Courts Right Horse and Carriages, Killarney Contents Dublin’s Top 10 Trinity College Produced by Sargasso Media Ltd, London Reproduced by Colourscan, Singapore Printed and bound in China by Leo Paper Products Ltd First American Edition, 2003 07 08 09 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Published in the United States by DK Publishing, Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014 Copyright 2003, 2007 © Dorling Kindersley Limited, London Reprinted with revisions 2005, 2007 All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission of the copyright owner. Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley Limited ISSN 1479-344X ISBN 978-0-75662-392-0 Within each Top 10 list in this book, no hierarchy of quality or popularity is implied. All 10 are, in the editor’s opinion, of roughly equal merit. 8 National Museum of Ireland 10 National Gallery 12 Dublin Castle 14 Temple Bar 18 Christ Church Cathedral 20 St Patrick’s Cathedral 22 Guinness Storehouse 24 Kilmainham Gaol and Hospital 26 Phoenix Park 28 Moments in History 30 Historic Buildings 32 Dublin Writers 34 Children’s Attractions 36 The information in this DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide is checked regularly. Every effort has been made to ensure that this book is as up-to-date as possible at the time of going to press. Some details, however, such as telephone numbers, opening hours, prices, gallery hanging arrangements and travel information are liable to change. The publishers cannot accept responsibility for any consequences arising from the use of this book, nor for any material on third party websites, and cannot guarantee that any website address in this book will be a suitable source of travel information. We value the views and suggestions of our readers very highly. Please write to: Publisher, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, Dorling Kindersley, 80 Strand, London, Great Britain WC2R 0RL. Cover: Front – Corbis Richard Cummins main image; DK Picture Library Joe Cornish cla; Clive Streeter tc, clb; Alan Williams b. Back – DK Picture Library Alan Williams tl, tr, tc.  Sporting Events 37 38 Ring of Kerry and Dingle Peninsula Legends and Myths 86 Performing Arts Venues 40 Around Cork 90 Pubs 42 Nightlife 44 Tipperary, Limerick and Clare 94 Shops 46 Clonmacnoise 98 Restaurants 48 Around Galway 100 Connemara and Mayo 104 108 114 Around Town South of the Liffey 52 Yeats Country and the Northwest North of the Liffey 60 Northern Ireland Greater Dublin 68 Contents Left Glendalough Right Rock of Dunamase Streetsmart Around Ireland Practical Information