travelocity
Dublin's writers and their pubs!
Dublin's writers and their pubs!
Dublin's writers and their pubs!

Dublin's writers and their pubs!

By Dublin city walks
Features
  • Printed Voucher
  • Instant confirmation
Overview
  • Visit the sites associated with the writers.
  • Hear readings of their work.
  • See the pubs they frequented.
  • Dublin's literary tradition explained.
  • The best Guinness tasted.

Activity location

  • Front gates Trinity college
    • College Green
    • Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Front gate Trinity college.
    • College Green
    • Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Check availability


Sorry this activity isn't available on Fri, May 30
Please choose a different date

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedAn insider tour of places and pubs associated with Dublin's writers.
  • What's includedWhat's includedA pint of the black stuff!
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedEntrance fees to museums.

Know before you book

  • Not suitable for children under 18 years.

What you can expect

A tour designed to highlight the many diverse literary lives of the city, a UNESCO city of literature.

Visit the beautiful Georgian squares and find out who inspired Bram Stoker to write Dracula.

Walk in the footsteps of James Joyce and visit many sites mentioned in his works. Learn of his life and loves in Edwardian Dublin and of the real life characters who become the heroes of his stories.

Visit Trinity college where Yeats, Goldsmith, Swift, Shaw and Beckett studied.

See the Abbey Theatre founded in 1904 and learn of the riots that marred “The Playboy of the Western World “.

Walk the cobbled streets of Temple Bar and cross the iconic Halfpenny bridge following in the footsteps of Leopold Bloom.

Find out why Guinness tastes better in it's native city and see the pubs that were a second home to Kavanagh, Behan and Flann O'Brien.

All this and frequent readings designed to give a solid knowledge of Dublin's literary heritage.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESFront gates Trinity college
    • College Green
    • Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEFront gate Trinity college.
    • College Green
    • Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland