Despite its slightly earnest mission statement (that 'all children, as citizens, have the same cultural entitlements as adults'), the Ark is, more than anything else, really...

Many of the finest works from Sir Alfred Chester Beatty's priceless art collection are housed in this purpose-built museum. An Irish-American mining magnate with a passion for...

Catering to a minority religion in a country where even the majority religion has seriously fallen from favour in recent years, Christ Church, like St Patrick's, relies heavily...

More commonly known as the Adam and Eve (reportedly because, back in the days of Penal Law, forbidden masses were secretly conducted in a pub of that name just around the...

When keeping pace with street life becomes all too much, and you need somewhere to catch your breath and reflect, City Hall has just the right kind of empty grandeur. Entering...

This small, unsophisticated centre offers access only to a small area of the building (in and around the domed Clock Tower) but it is definitely worth a visit, if only for the...

Formerly the seat of British power in Ireland, and efficiently infiltrated by spies during the Michael Collins era, this isn't really a castle - no moat, no drawbridge to lower...

One of the oldest zoos in the world (it was founded in 1830), Dublin's animal house is now home to 700 species, including endangered snow leopards and golden lion tamarinds. In...

The crudely interactive features of this exhibition on the world of medieval Dublin seem to date from a pre-digital age, but overall this exhibition is the best of its kind in...

Best known as the site of the Easter Rising in 1916, the GPO remains a potent symbol of Irish independence. Designed by Francis Johnston in 1818, it was almost completely...

It may no longer be part of the active brewery but this 'visitor experience', housed in a six-storey listed building dating from 1904, has become the popular public face of...

At first glance, Iveagh gardens look private: they're ringed by high stone walls and their entrances are hidden. One door lurks behind the National Concert Hall on Earlsfort...

Only in town at certain times of the year (the winter season is usually a pretty safe bet), the Jeanie Johnston is a working replica of Dublin's most famous famine ship (the...