Dublin ....hidden gems

MrBinbetweener

Am livin in dublin over 25 yrs...seen most places (i.e bray head,howth,dun laoghaire pier,) just curious if there are other great places to see and do ...always looking for nice days out

LaHaine

MrBinbetweener wrote: »

Am livin in dublin over 25 yrs...seen most places (i.e bray head,howth,dun laoghaire pier,) just curious if there are other great places to see and do ...always looking for nice days out

Most of the museums are free and well worth a visit..

lc180

MrBinbetweener wrote: »

Am livin in dublin over 25 yrs...seen most places (i.e bray head,howth,dun laoghaire pier,) just curious if there are other great places to see and do ...always looking for nice days out

Maybe not that off the radar but I find the War Memorial Gardens are a great place to go for a nice walk and clear the head after a shi**y day.

Its beautiful and never really too busy but I like it that way so don't tell anyone!

ElizKenny

Some ideas here.

Put "www." in front of them

heritageireland.ie/en/Info/HeritageCards/

glendalough.ie/transport/by-bus/

tripadvisor.ie/Attractions-g186605-Activities-Dublin_County_Dublin.html

ElizKenny

tripadvisor.ie/Travel_Guide-g186605-Dublin_County_Dublin.html

spurious

Fond of a good walk in the Botanic Gardens followed by a pint in Kavanagh's the gravediggers.

amdublin

The Little Museum of Dublin is actually way more enjoyable than I ever thought it would be.

Make sure you catch the tour

greentea is just wrong

The "Dead Zoo" is quite cool, and free in also :-)

whiskeyman

Casino in Marino.

Great tour and a gem of a place!

Howard the Duck

Just recently went to the Chester Beatty Museum, thought it was brilliant. Watch the video about him before you start, he was a very interesting man

Donal_in_Cork

Check out travelbuddy.mobi

househero

I love how reluctant we are to tell anybody else about great things, is like we are a country of bad sharers... I will continue the well established tradition and recommend somewhere crap so the yanks fill the place to the gills and leave me to my secret pleasures. The wax museum is terrible enough to recommend it to farangs. If your Irish, dont go haahahaha

Donal_in_Cork

@ househero,

The new Wax Museum+ is worth a visit.

It's also interesting to go down stairs and see the vaults which are part of the original fittings of the building. There's about a dozen (-ish) doors to the individual vault rooms that are bank vault/safe doors; steel and about a foot thick. I've got images of the days when there was nothing but cash in the old banks, and this is where it was kept.

Donal_in_Cork

I'd also recommend the Irish Whiskey Museum. And not just for the tasting at the end of the tour...

Holy BoBo

Collins Baracks

InTheTrees

The crypts at St.Michans church.

When we were kids it was thought the mummified remains were crusader knights.

Its an eerie place:

http://www.stmichans.com/index.php/the-crypts/about

mfceiling

InTheTrees wrote: »

The crypts at St.Michans church.

When we were kids it was thought the mummified remains were crusader knights.

Its an eerie place:

http://www.stmichans.com/index.php/the-crypts/about

Was there last saturday morning with the kids. Very good for passing an hour and cheap as well!!

InTheTrees

Well its not exactly hidden, but its a gem. I used to love the place.

Kehoes. South Anne street.

https://pubsandsnugsofireland.wordpress.com/2013/03/13/kehoes-dublin/

SEANoftheDEAD

Not Dublin city centre, but the Dublin/Wicklow mountains have some amazing hidden gems.

The German Graveyard: http://www.glencree.ie/site/german_cemetary.htm

Lough Tay (Guinness Lake): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lough_Tay

Love these spots.

sm213

Ticknock is lovely.
Great for a nice walk.
Amazing views over Dublin.

Dyr

InTheTrees wrote: »

The crypts at St.Michans church.

When we were kids it was thought the mummified remains were crusader knights.

Its an eerie place:

http://www.stmichans.com/index.php/the-crypts/about

Would ye stop, they'll all be done there now :mad:

PirateShampoo

Can't go wrong with Kilmainham Gaol. Surprised nobody has mentioned it so far.

CreepingDeath

Killiney Hill, Killiney beach, Whiterock and Dalkey are great walking areas, then the Queens Pub in Dalkey for food.

Johnnie Foxes pub.

+1 For the War memorial gardens in Inchicore, although they're small enough, but you could continue along the Liffey through the park up to Chapelizod I believe.

The South Wall pier in Ringsend.... only walked down there once.
Not quite as gentrified as Dun Laoghaire pier though!

+1 for the Botonic gardens, nice walks around there, just tricky getting parking in the car park, so might have to park outside the row of shops near the entrance.

The Zoo.

Marley Park.
Has a decent kids playground and apparently on Saturdays I think, a little stream train track for kids is opened up.

I haven't been to Malahide Castle, but might be worth a go.

CreepingDeath

SEANoftheDEAD wrote: »

Not Dublin city centre, but the Dublin/Wicklow mountains have some amazing hidden gems.

The German Graveyard: http://www.glencree.ie/site/german_cemetary.htm

Lough Tay (Guinness Lake): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lough_Tay

Love these spots.

Lough Tay is stunning on a good day.
There's a few spots where you can park the car and just lie on the grassy hill overlooking the valley. I think there are buses that will bring you up there, possibly starting from Bray ? But I used to cycle or drive up there.

Daisy78

Strictly speaking not Dublin but definitely accessible from there is the Sculpture Garden in Roundwood. Absolutely beautiful setting with some thought provoking sculpture. Not something Id reccomend for kids though as some of the pieces are genuinely quite frightening! Some lovely places nearby for a spot of lunch too.