🍀 Dublin Guide 2026

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📍 MUST-SEE SPOTS

Temple Bar District

What: The "Party Quarter" – cobblestone streets, live music everywhere

Address: Temple Bar, Dublin 2

💡 Tip: Temple Bar Pub is a tourist trap (overpriced). Better: The Quays Bar (right next door, more authentic)
Loud Touristy Live Music

Guinness Storehouse

What: The holy site of the black beer

Price: ~€25-30

Duration: 2-3h

Address: St James's Gate, Dublin 8

💡 Tip: Buy tickets online (often sold out on-site). Top floor: Gravity Bar with 360° Dublin view + free pint!
Must-Do 🍺 Beer

Trinity College & Book of Kells

What: Ireland's oldest university + old library (Harry Potter vibes)

Price: ~€18

Duration: 1-2h

Address: College Green, Dublin 2

💡 Tip: Come early in the morning (opens at 9:30 AM)
Culture 📚 Library

🍺 BEST PUBS

Authentic & Traditional

O'Donoghue's

📍 Merrion Row

Where Irish folk music was born. Live music almost every night, small, cozy, VERY authentic

Live Music Authentic

The Brazen Head

📍 Lower Bridge Street

Ireland's oldest pub (since 1198!). Live music daily from 9:30 PM. Food is good (Irish Stew!)

Historic 🍲 Food

Kehoe's

📍 South Anne Street

Classic Victorian pub. Locals spot, few tourists. Cozy snugs (small alcoves)

Local Favorite

Craft Beer & Modern

The Black Sheep

📍 Capel Street

30+ craft beers on tap. Cool burgers. Hipster vibe

🍺 Craft Beer Modern

Against The Grain

📍 Wexford Street

Craft beer bar with rotating selection. Relaxed atmosphere

Chill

Late Night / Party

Dicey's Garden

📍 Harcourt Street

Beer garden (heated!). University crowd, young. Open until 2:30 AM

Party Late Night

Whelan's

📍 Wexford Street

Live music + club. Indie/alternative bands. Open late

🎵 Music Club

🍴 FOOD

Irish Classics

The Winding Stair

📍 Ormond Quay

Irish comfort food. Window seats by the river! RESERVATION REQUIRED

€€€ View

The Woollen Mills

📍 42 Ormond Quay Lower

Irish breakfast all day. More casual than Winding Stair

€€ Breakfast

International

Umi Falafel

📍 Multiple locations

Best falafel in Dublin. Fast, cheap, delicious

€ Fast

Hang Dai

📍 Camden Street

Chinese-Vietnamese fusion. Very popular, make reservations!

€€-€€€ Asian

Brunch/Café

Brother Hubbard

📍 Capel Street

Amazing brunch (Middle Eastern touch). Shakshuka is 🔥

€€ Brunch

The Fumbally

📍 Fumbally Lane

Hipster café. Veggie/vegan options

€€ Vegan

🎭 ACTIVITIES

Daytime

Howth Cliff Walk

30min on DART (train) from Dublin. Amazing coastal hike. After the walk: Fish & chips in Howth Village

Time: Half day

🥾 Hiking Nature Free

Phoenix Park

Largest city park in Europe. Wild deer! Rent bikes (Dublin Bikes)

Park 🦌 Deer Free

Jameson Distillery Bow St.

Whiskey tour with tasting. Price: ~€25. Duration: 1h

💡 Tip: Cocktail-making experience (+€10)
🥃 Whiskey Tour

Evening

Traditional Music Pub Crawl

Guided tour through pubs with live music. Meeting point: Oliver St. John Gogarty (Temple Bar)

Price: ~€16 | Time: 7:30-10:30 PM

🎵 Music Tour

🗺️ INSIDER TIPS

Public Transport

Weather

Portuguese Homesickness Moments

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🎯 SAMPLE DAY PLANS

Day 1: Classic Dublin

10:00 – Brunch at Brother Hubbard
12:00 – Trinity College & Book of Kells
14:00 – Walk through Grafton Street (shopping)
16:00 – Guinness Storehouse
19:00 – Dinner at The Woollen Mills
21:00 – Pub crawl: O'Donoghue's → Kehoe's → Temple Bar

Day 2: Howth & Whiskey

10:00 – DART to Howth
11:00-14:00 – Cliff walk + fish & chips
16:00 – Back to city
17:00 – Jameson Distillery tour
19:00 – Dinner at Hang Dai
21:00 – The Black Sheep (craft beer)

Day 3: Chill & Explore

11:00 – Phoenix Park (visit deer!)
14:00 – Lunch at Umi Falafel
15:00 – Temple Bar browsing, souvenirs
17:00 – Coffee at The Fumbally
19:00 – Farewell dinner at The Winding Stair
21:00 – Last round at The Brazen Head

🚨 EMERGENCY CONTACTS

Emergency: 112 or 999

German Consulate Dublin: +353 1 269 3011

Taxi: FreeNow App

🎁 SOUVENIRS

🥃 Whiskey (Jameson, Teeling) 🍫 Butlers Chocolates 💍 Claddagh Ring 🍺 Guinness merch 🍀 Shamrock stuff