Dublin 3-Day Itinerary
A curated 3-day trip plan for Dublin, Ireland — featuring Kilmainham Gaol, GPO Museum, The Spire.
Day 1
Historic Dublin & Independence
- 9:00 AMKilmainham Gaol2 hours
Kilmainham Gaol is a former prison in Kilmainham, Dublin. It is now a museum run by the Office of Public Works, an agency of the Government of Ireland. Many Irish revolutionaries, including the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising, were imprisoned and executed in the prison by the orders of the UK Government.
- 11:30 AMGPO Museum1.5 hours
The GPO Museum is located in the General Post Office in Dublin, Ireland. It opened on 29 March 2016.
- 1:15 PMThe Spire0.5 hours
The Spire is a 1964 novel by English author William Golding. "A dark and powerful portrait of one man's will", it deals with the construction of a 404-foot-high spire loosely based on Salisbury Cathedral, the vision of the fictional Dean Jocelin. In the novel, Golding utilises stream-of-consciousness writing with an omniscient but increasingly fallible narrator to show Jocelin's demise as he chooses to follow his own will as opposed to the will of God.
- 2:00 PM14 Henrietta Street1.5 hours
14 Henrietta Street is a social history museum located on Henrietta Street in Dublin, Ireland. The museum, which is sometimes referred to as the Tenement Museum, opened in September 2018. It tells the story of how the building turned into tenements after its Georgian times and of the many residents who occupied this house throughout the years.
Day 2
Literary & Spiritual Dublin
- 9:00 AMSt Patrick's Cathedral1.5 hours
Dublin's largest cathedral with deep historical roots and connections to Jonathan Swift.
- 10:45 AMDublin Castle2 hours
Dublin Castle is a major Irish government complex, conference centre, and tourist attraction. It is located off Dame Street in central Dublin.
- 1:00 PMGuinness Storehouse2.5 hours
Guinness Storehouse is a tourist attraction at St. James's Gate Brewery in Dublin, Ireland. Since opening in 2000, it has received over twenty million visitors.
Day 3
Parks & Green Spaces
- 9:00 AMPhoenix Park2 hours
The Phoenix Park is a large public urban park in Dublin, Ireland, lying 2–4 kilometres (1.2–2.5 mi) west of the city centre, north of the River Liffey. Its 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) perimeter wall encloses 707 hectares of recreational space. It includes large areas of grassland and tree-lined avenues, and since the 17th century has been home to a herd of wild fallow deer. The Irish Government has lobbied UNESCO to have the park designated as a World Heritage Site.
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