Kilmainham Gaol. Contact Details Address: Inchicore Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8.Telephone No: +353 1 453 5984Fax No: +353 1 453 2037Email: kilmainhamgaol@opw.ie Group Booking : kilmainhamgaol@opw.ie Opening Hours April - September: Daily 09:30 - 18:00 (last admission at 17:00) October - March: Mon -Sat 09:30 - 17:30 (last admission at 16:30), Sunday: 10:00 - 18:00 (last admission at 17:00) Average Length of Visit: 1.5 hours Closed on the 24th, 25th & 26th December Kilmainham Gaol has achieved a Tripadvisor rating of 4.5 by its guests for the year 2012 and has been awarded a Certificate of Excellence Admission Fees C Adult: €6.00 Sen/Group: €4.00 Child/Student: €2.00 Family: €14.00 Credit/Debit cards are not accepted at the moment. Facilities Toilets, Disabled Toilets, Baby changing, Exhibition Area Restaurant/Tearooms: Yes - Tearoom One of the largest unoccupied gaols in Europe, covering some of the most heroic and tragic events in Ireland's emergence as a modern nation from 1780s to the 1920s.
St Patricks Cathedral. GUINNESS STOREHOUSE. The Iveagh Gardens. Contact Details Address: Clonmel Street, Dublin 2. Telephone No: +353 1 475 7816Fax No: +353 1 475 5287Email: info@heritageireland.ie Opening Hours Open all year 2014 Gardens Opening times: Mon-Sat: 08.00Sunday and Bank Holidays: 10.00 Gardens Closing times: December - January: 15.30February and November: 16.00March - October: 18.00 Average Length of Visit: 1 hour (Please phone +353 1 475 7816 for exact closing times) Admission Fees Free Facilities None The Iveagh Gardens are among the finest and least known of Dublin's parks and gardens.
The conservation and restoration of the Gardens commenced in 1995 and to date most of the features have been restored, for example the Maze in Box hedging with a Sundial as a centrer piece. Location: Access now from Hatch Street. Bus Route(s): Located in City Centre Guided Tours: Available on Request Leaflet/Guide book: English Photography / Video allowed: Yes. St Stephens Green. Contact Details Address: St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2 Telephone No: +353 1 475 7816Fax No: +353 1 475 5287Email: info@heritageireland.ie Opening Hours Open all year 2014 Gardens Opening Times: Mon-Sat 07.30, Sun and Holidays 09.30Gardens Closing Times: According to daylight hoursGardens open Christmas Day 10.00-13.00 Average Length of Visit: 1 - 2 hours (Please phone +353 1 475 7816for exact closing times) Admission Fees Free Facilities Playground, garden for the visually impaired.
Restaurant/Tearooms: None on site but several close by. Ireland's best known Victorian public park. Over 3.5 km of pathways are accessible for all users. Location: Centre of Dublin, at the top of Grafton Street. Guided Tours: Available on request. Leaflet/Guide book: None Seasonal Events: Please check in advance using contact details listed above. Photography / Video allowed: Yes, but permit required for commercial purposes. Ireland Museum of Modern Art.
Christ Church Cathedral. Christ Church Cathedral (founded c.1028) is the spiritual heart of the city, and one of the top visitor attractions in Dublin. Step inside and you can enjoy the cathedral’s beautiful interior and fascinating medieval crypt. There’s so much to see and discover at Christ Church Cathedral. Here are a few ideas to get you started... Explore the crypt Follow the steps that bring you beneath the cathedral and explore the medieval crypt, one of the largest in Britain & Ireland, and the earliest surviving structure in the city. Follow in the footsteps of pilgrims Christ Church Cathedral was a major pilgrimage site in the medieval period, with an important collection of relics ranging from a miraculous speaking cross to a piece from the crib of Jesus. Visit the ‘Cat & the Rat’ A mummified cat & rat are the most unusual inhabitants of the crypt, but also the most popular. Experience Evensong Treat yourself to tasty delights in the Cathedral Cafe in the atmospheric 12th Century Crypt Contact Us:
National Botanic Gardens. Contact Details Address: National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 Telephone No: Tour Bookings +353 1 857 0909Other enquiries +353 1 804 0300 Fax No: +353 1 836 0080 Email: Tour Bookings botanicscentre@opw.ie Other botanicgardens@opw.ie Website: www.botanicgardens.ie Opening Hours Every day except Christmas Day. Summer opening hours: March to October: Monday - Friday, 09.00 - 17.00, Saturday & Sunday, 10.00 - 18.00 Winter opening hours:November to February:Monday - Friday 09.00 - 16.30, Saturday & Sunday, 10.00 - 16.30 Average Length of Visit: 1.5 hours Admission Fees Free admission.
Car parking charge €2 Facilities Audio visual of the National Botanic Gardens available on request in Irish, English, French, Spanish, Italian and German. The National Botanic Gardens is noted for its fine plant collections holding over 15,000 plant species and cultivars from a variety of habitats from all around the world. Location: 3.5 km north from centre of Dublin, Botanic Road, Glasnevin. Dublin Castle. Contact Details Address: Dame Street, Dublin 2. Telephone No: +353 1 645 8813Fax No: +353 1 679 7831E-mail: dublincastle@opw.ie Website: www.dublincastle.ie Opening Hours Open all Year Round 2014 Mon - Sat: 10.00 - 16.45Sun and Bank Holidays: 12.00 - 16.45Closed 24 - 28 and 31 December, 1 January and Good Friday. Last admission at 16.45 Dublin Castle can be closed at short notice for Government Business.The State Apartments may be closed occasionally for State functions.
Average Length of Visit: 1 hour. Admission Fees Adult: €4.50 Student/Senior Citizen: €3.50 Child (under 12): €2.00 Facilities Craft shop, Toilets, toilet for visitors with disabilities. Dublin Castle: Originally built in the 13th century on a site previously settled by the Vikings it functioned as a military fortress, a prison, treasury, courts of law and the seat of English Administration in Ireland for 700 years. Bus Routes: 54 (Burgh Quay), 50, 50A, 56A, 77, 77A, 77B (Aston Quay) Guided Tours: Access by guided tour only.Max. St Marys Abbey Dublin. Contact Details Address: Meetinghouse Lane, Off Capel Street, Dublin 1. Email: info@heritageireland.ie Opening Hours Please email info@heritageireland.ie with any queries. Admission Fees Free Facilities Exhibition St. Location: Centre of Dublin. Bus Route(s): Between Jervis and Four Courts Luas stops.
Seasonal Events: Bloomsday 16th June. Photography / Video allowed: Yes. Additional Information: Access by stone stairway.