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Grafton Street, Dublin
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Ireland's Pocket Guide to Dublin city, Ireland
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Dublin,
Ireland
Travel Ireland Index
Belfast city guide
Belfast City Airport
Belfast Int. Airport
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Cork Airport
Dublin city guide
Dublin Airport
Galway city guide
Galway Airport
Kerry Airport
Knock Airport
Derry city guide
Londonderry Airport
O'Connell Bridge, Dublin
Poster: Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
St James's Gate Brewery
The Book of Kells, Trinity College,
Dublin
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Dublin,
Ireland's capital and largest city, has a population of over 1.1
million people. Earliest
records of settlement date from AD
140. In the mid-9th century the city was repeatedly raided and
captured by Vikings. From 1117 until the early 20th century, Ireland
was under English rule, becoming a self-governing republic following
the
Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916.
Dublin is famed for its Georgian
architecture with many fine squares and wide streets. Important
buildings from the period include the City Hall (1769) the Bank of
Ireland (1729) the Custom House (1791) and Leinster House (1744)
where Dáil Éireann, the Irish parliament, sits. Trinity College is
Dublin's oldest university, dating from 1592. Located in the centre
of the city, close to the Bank of Ireland, Trinity's oldest building
is the Library, built in 1712, where one can see the
Book of Kells, a lavishly illustrated manuscript created by
Celtic monks in about 800 AD.
Dublin today is an affluent,
lively, cosmopolitan city, proud of its past and confident about the
future. Restaurants, pubs, coffee houses and cafes abound,
particularly in the Temple Bar area.
Grafton Street, now a pedestrian precinct, has some of the
finest shopping in Ireland and a variety of the city's most famous
pubs nearby, such as Davy Burns, in Duke Street or Neary's in
Chatham Street.
Dublin has long had a vibrant arts
and
theatre scene, a haven for poets and writers such as W B Yeats,
Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, Brendan Behan and J P
Donleavy.
Pubs have long played a central role in Dublin's social life -
and not just because
Guinness was invented here (about 250 years ago). The
St
James's Gate brewery still makes the black stuff today and
visitors are made very welcome. Better still, try a glass of
Guinness in a Dublin pub. Guinness, some say, just doesn't travel
well and the finest drop in the world can only be found in its home
town.
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Airports |
Dublin Airport
is about 10 km north of Dublin city
centre. Flights are available to most European and some
international destinations. There are Short Term, Long
Term and Rental Car car parks with shuttle bus services
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Car Hire
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Car rentals in
Dublin city and at Dublin Airport are available at
discount rates through
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Rental car depots are at Dublin Airport and in central
Dublin. Dublin's traffic, unfortunately, is a nightmare.
However, there is good signage and drivers are courteous
- but expect the unexpected. Traffic density is
generally heavy, particularly at rush hours. Once
outside Dublin, excellent new highways and many quiet,
country roads make touring Ireland a delight. Drive on
the left. Road rules are similar to the UK. Distances
are in kilometres. Speed limits: Towns and cities, 50
km/h. Regional (R) and Local (L) roads, 80 km/h.
National roads (N) 100 km/h. Motorways (M) 120 km/h.
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Car parks |
'Pay and display'
parking on central city streets - beware clamping in
many areas. In the city centre, a network of huge
electronic signs provide directions to the nearest of 20
major off-street car parks and indicate space
availability. |
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Taxis |
There are literally
thousands of taxis in Dublin, some companies offering
24hr service and tours of the city and country. Click
here for a list of cab companies. Journeys to the
airport from Dublin central cost €15-20. taxis operate
from ranks or pick up in response to telephone requests
- it's not usual to hail moving cabs. Some of the larger
cab companies are: Access Metro Cabs, Tel 01 6683333.
Checkers Cabs, Tel 01 8343434. Speed Cabs, Tel 01
4750800 |
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Trains |
Irish
Rail
run trains from
Dublin’s Heuston and Connolly St. Stations to Belfast,
Sligo, Ballina, Westport, Galway, Limerick, Ennis,
Tralee, Cork, Waterford and Rosslare Europort. Services
also run between Rosslare Europort and Limerick; Cork
and Tralee; and Cork and Limerick. The
Dart (suburban rail system) and
LUAS
(Light Rail Transit System) provide rapid city-to-suburb
and central city services. |
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Buses |
Dublin
Bus provides an Airlink service to the
airport from Central Bus Station and O'Connell Street
approximately every 10 minutes, the journey takes some
35 minutes. Fares for a one-way trip are Adult:
€6.00, Child: €3.00. Commuter Tickets, valid on
Dublin Bus scheduled services, are available at over 350
ticket agents throughout the city or in the Dublin
Tourism Centre. Rambler tickets which offer
unlimited travel on a daily, 3, 5 and 7 day pass can
also be used on the Airlink express service. Dublin Bus
offers sightseeing tours of the city, castles, gardens
and nearby coastal routes. |
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Ferries |
Irish
Ferries,
Steam Packet Company,
P&O Ferries and
Stenna
Line operate from Dublin Port or Dun Laoghaire
(the two ports in Dublin) to Cherbourg, Holyhead,
Isle of Man, Liverpool, Wales and The Isle of Man. |
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Currency |
Ireland is a part of the
Euro zone (€) See
international exchange rates |
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Touring |
Plan your tour of Ireland
with
Google Maps
Belfast - 171 km (about 2 hours 40 mins)
Londonderry - 232 km (about 4 hours 20 mins)
Cork - 258 km (about 4 hours 30 mins)
Galway - 218 km (about 4 hours)
Shannon - 224 km (about 4 hours)
Sligo - 218 km (about 4 hours)
Tralee - 301 km (about 5 hours 20 mins)
Waterford - 162 km (about 3 hours) |
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