Fáilte Ireland

Fáilte Ireland operates Ireland’s Home Holidays website, www.discoverireland.ie. Featuring information on Irish accommodation, things to see and do, what’s on and special offers, the website is supported by a comprehensive media campaign throughout the year.

Website: http://www.discoverireland.ie

Casino Marino

Casino is located at Marino, just off the Malahide Road and only 3 miles north of the centre of Dublin. It was designed by Sir William Chambers as a pleasure house for James Caulfield, 1st Earl of Charlemont. It is one of the finest 18th century neo-classical buildings in Europe. The Casino, meaning “small house”, surprisingly contains a total of 16 finely decorated rooms. The interior is accessed by a stairway.

Phone: +353 (0)1 833-1618
Website: http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/Dublin/CasinoMarino/

Chester Beatty Library

Situated in the heart of the city centre, the Chester Beatty Library’s exhibitions open a window on the artistic treasures of the great cultures and religions of the world. The Library’s rich collection of manuscripts, prints, icons, miniature paintings, early printed books and objects d’art from countries across the world offers visitors a visual feast. Egyptian papyrus texts, beautifully illuminated copies of the Qur’an, the Bible, European medieval and renaissance manuscripts are among the highlights of the collection.
Turkish and Persian miniatures and striking Buddhist paintings are also on display, as are Chinese dragon robes and 
Japanese woodblock prints. In its diversity, the collection captures much of the richness of human creative expression from about 2700 BC to the present day.

Alfred Chester Beatty, who lived from 1875 to 1968, was a New York born mining millionaire, who purchased over his lifetime a remarkable collection of precious material from the Middle and Far East. Living much of his later life in Dublin and becoming Ireland’s first Honorary Citizen in 1957, he decided to leave the results of his life’s work to the nation.

Phone: +353 1 407 0750
Website: http://www.cbl.ie

Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane

2009 marks the centenary of Francis Bacon, the greatest figuartive artist of the 20th Century . No visit to Dublin is complete without a visit to Bacon’s Studio in Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane. This extraordinary space which was transferred from 7 Reece Mews, Kensington, London in 2001 was listed as one of only three Irish artworks in the The Guardian’s recent “100 Artworks To See Before You Die” (another one of these artworks is The Eve of Saint Agnes by Harry Clarke which is also on permanent display in the Hugh Lane). The Gallery will celebrate the work of this famous Irish-born artist with a year long series of exhibitions culminating in “from ritual to Romance” a gallery wide exhibition of works and studio items by Francis Bacon, as well as a selection of work by William de Kooning,. This exhibition opens on 28th October, the birthday of Francis Bacon.

Phone: +353 1 222 5550
Website: http://www.hughlane.ie

Dublin Writers Museum

The Irish literary tradition is one of the most illustrious in the world, famous for four Nobel Prize winners and for many other writers of international renown. 

In 1991, the Dublin Writers Museum was opened to house a history and celebration of literary Dublin. 

Situated in a magnificent 18th century mansion in the north city centre, the collection features the lives and works of Dublin’s literary celebrities over the past three hundred years. 

Swift and Sheridan, Shaw and Wilde, Yeats, Joyce and Beckett are among those presented through their books, letters, portraits and personal items. 



The museum holds exhibitions, lunchtime theatre and readings and has a special room devoted to children’s literature. While our lecture rooms meet the demands of the conference planner, the Dublin Writers Museum is an essential visit for anyone who wants to discover, explore or simply enjoy Dublin’s immense literary heritage.

18 Parnell Square North , Dublin 1

Phone: +353 1 872 2077
Website: http://www.writersmuseum.com

GAA Museum - Croke Park

The GAA Museum was established to commemorate, recognise and celebrate the GAA’s enormous contribution to Irish sporting, cultural and social life since its foundation in 1884. Located in Croke Park, GAA headquarters, the museum is open daily throughout the year. The GAA Museum, situated under the Cusack Stand in Croke Park, was first opened in September 1998 by An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. The GAA Museum looks at the birth and growth of the GAA at home and abroad, and its unique role in the national movement and cultural revival in Ireland. The vast collection of artefacts which include hurleys, jerseys, trophies, medals, programmes, publications and banners illustrate the development of Gaelic Games whilst preserving and presenting the unique heritage of the Gaelic Athletic Association.

Croke Park,
Drumcondra,
Dublin 3,
Ireland

Phone: +353 (0)1 819-2323
Website: http://www.crokepark.ie/

Garden of Remembrance

At the northern end of Parnell Square is a small, peaceful park, dedicated to the men and women who have died in pursuit of Irish freedom. The Garden of Remembrance marks the spot where several leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising were held overnight before being taken to Kilmainham Gaol, and was also where the Irish Volunteers movement was formed in 1913.

Phone: +353 (0)1 874-3074
Website: http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/Dublin/GardenofRemembrance/

National Botanic Gardens

These colourful gardens cover a total area of 19.5 hectares, part of which is the natural flood plain of the River Tolka. The gardens contain a large plant collection which includes approximately 20,000 species and cultivars. There are four ranges of glasshouses including the recently restored Curvilinear Range. Notable features include herbaceous displays, rose garden, rockery, vegetable garden, arboretum, extensive shrub borders and wall plants. Gardens are accessible for people with disabilities but there are some steep gradients.

The new Education & Visitor Centre, opened in 2000, is fully accessible for people with disabilities.

Phone: +353 1 837 7596
Website: http://www.botanicgardens.ie/