A History of Ireland: St.Patrick to the Celtic Tiger

Itinerary
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Stop At: National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin Ireland

Here we will learn about the beginnings of recorded Irish history in the 5th century arrival of St. Patrick.

Duration: 25 minutes

Stop At: National Gallery of Ireland, Merrion Square West, Dublin Ireland

The National Gallery has the largest collection of Georgian paintings in Ireland. Here we will learn about Dublin golden age, when it was the second city of the British Empire.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Sweny's, 1 Lincoln Place, Dublin Ireland

A volunteer run museum dedicated to Dublin's greatest writer, James Joyce

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Dame St Dublin Castle, Dublin 2 Ireland

Here we will learn about the arrival of English power in Ireland in 12th century and the 700 years of colonisation that followed.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: The Palace Bar, 21 Fleet St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, Co. Dublin, Ireland

Enjoy a mid tour pint in one of Dublin's oldest pubs.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: GPO & GPO Witness History Visitor Centre, O'Connell Street, Dublin D01 F5P2 Ireland

The headquarters of the Easter 1916 Rising. The executions that followed the failed rebellion led to a war of Independence. We will visit the building not the museum.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Cathedral and Marlborough Sts., Dublin Dublin 1 Ireland

The centre of a devotional revolution in the late 19th century that made Ireland a Conservative Catholic country for over a century.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Edward Delaney's Famine Memorial, 42 St Stephen's Green, Dublin D02 KW58 Ireland

Pay your respects at the Irish National Famine Memorial

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: The Jeanie Johnston: An Irish Famine Story, Custom House Quay, Dublin D01 KX44 Ireland

The story of modern Ireland is the story of a mass exodus of millions out of Ireland to the new world.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Grand Canal Dock, Dublin Ireland

Here we will finish the tour with the story of how Ireland became one of the wealthiest nations in the world in the space of 30 years.

Duration: 15 minutes