Dublin

Firstly the retail is excellent!
Brown Thomas and Dunnes are well worth a look, Avoca is always great for food and drink plus Irish knitwear etc.
Bewleys is an institution for lunch/afternoon tea and not to be missed.

Trinity college and the book of Kells is fascinating.

If your walkers it’s worth getting the dart over to Malahide and walking along the sea front, lots of lovely individual shops and restaurants.

For fine dining the Suezy Street restaurant is outstanding.

If you’re travelling by car it’s worth buying some potatoes and peat if you have an open fire.

Have grand trip.

We used to go to Dublin regularly as my family are Irish. It's a great city. The people are lovely. Saying that, apart from a flying visit 5 years ago on the way to the airport as we wanted our granddaughter to see Dublin, we haven't been for a while. The Temple Bar area is full of bars and restaurants. We went to an unusual one called The Boxty House and had a Boxty which are sort of filled pancakes. Very tasty and unusual. Unfortunately Dublin has become very expensive.

Dublin is a lovely city, I've been twice, but over ten years ago now. I loved Grafton Street for shopping and Powerscourt and a lovely shop called Avoca sticks in my mind too. The area around Temple Bar is very nice, we stayed I think St Stephen's Green not too far from there. I remember going to Trinity College to view the ancient Book of Kells (known in Ireland as the Book of Kelly I believe!)

Lots of great eating places, I really remember having lovely scrambled eggs and chives on sourdough for breakfast that seemed to be standard fare when I was there in many places. Found a really quirky tea shop, called Cafe Cake, delicious homemade cakes and tea served on mismatched china, a food mixer always on the go behind the counter making the next batch.

Like Edinburgh and Bath, Dublin is awash with Georgian architecture which makes it very attractive and it's fairly compact from what I can remember, we crossed the Liffey on foot several times.

We enjoyed taking the train, announcements in Gaelic , out to nearby Howth, Malahide and Dalkey all very charming worth a visit if you have time. I'm sorry I didn't see Phoenix Park which appears to cover a very large area.

However you choose to spend your time hope you enjoy the break.

Brilliant thank you all !

My home town!! Have a wonderful time. All suggestions above are well worthwhile.

Living in Anglesey near to Holyhead we often take our visitors for a day out in Dublin (pre covid). One of the highlights is the buses that go around the city, you buy a ticket for the day and get on and off as often as you like to visit some wonderful churches, museums, pubs, even the zoo if that floats your boat.
The best thing of all is the running commentary from wonderful Irish guides who have not just kissed the Blarney Stone but swallowed chunks of it.

PollyTickle

Living in Anglesey near to Holyhead we often take our visitors for a day out in Dublin (pre covid). One of the highlights is the buses that go around the city, you buy a ticket for the day and get on and off as often as you like to visit some wonderful churches, museums, pubs, even the zoo if that floats your boat.
The best thing of all is the running commentary from wonderful Irish guides who have not just kissed the Blarney Stone but swallowed chunks of it.

Apparently some are better than others? Anyone remember which are good ones ?

Oh yes Lucca, you can’t spend a night in Dublin without going to Johnny Fox’s pub for the craic, brilliant Irish music.

Can’t remember the bus names, used them all, never been disappointed. Perhaps go for the one with the longest queue.

TerriBul, it's American tourists who tend to ask about "Kelly's Book!?!
I definitely recommend Trinity College, the Old Library there, and the Book of Kells.
Kilmainham Gaol is an essential visit, as is the Epic Museum on the quays for understanding Ireland's historical background.
As mentioned above, Brown Thomas, Avoca, the Kilkenny Shop and the Powerscourt Townhouse are among fun retail centres in the city centre.
A stroll round the Merrion Square area will show you where many famous Irish writers have lived, including the house in which Oscar Wilde grew up.
If you have time to go 10 miles out from the city centre, Powerscourt Estate is fabulous, and Howth is lovely.

Grannycool52

TerriBul, it's American tourists who tend to ask about "Kelly's Book!?!
I definitely recommend Trinity College, the Old Library there, and the Book of Kells.
Kilmainham Gaol is an essential visit, as is the Epic Museum on the quays for understanding Ireland's historical background.
As mentioned above, Brown Thomas, Avoca, the Kilkenny Shop and the Powerscourt Townhouse are among fun retail centres in the city centre.
A stroll round the Merrion Square area will show you where many famous Irish writers have lived, including the house in which Oscar Wilde grew up.
If you have time to go 10 miles out from the city centre, Powerscourt Estate is fabulous, and Howth is lovely.

Oh misinformed on that one!, someone in the hotel told us that probably their idea of a joke Now you come to mention it, GrannyCool, I also remember that fabulous library when we went to view The Book of Kelly Kells.

We really enjoyed our time in Dublin on both visits, the only downside, it was and I imagine still is quite expensive. We also annoyingly forgot to take our driving licences we were intending to hire a car and drive a little way out of the city down into County Wicklow. We did get the train, the track runs along the coast for some of the way, I think we went as far as Bray. I remember as well as the other towns dotted around Dublin Bay already mentioned in my previous post, we got off in Dun Laoghaire, where the ferries come and go back to England and Wales and had a look around there too.

Oh Memories, Memories. Thank you people who have commented. I have enjoyed reminiscing !

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