This document provides information on some of the top attractions in Dublin, Ireland. It describes Dublin's Trinity College Library, which houses over one million books and manuscripts. It also mentions O'Connell Street as Dublin's main road and the location of statues and monuments, including the General Post Office. Two of Dublin's most important museums are highlighted - The National Museum of Archaeology and History and The National Museum of Decorative Arts and History. St. Patrick's Cathedral, the National Gallery of Ireland, Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin Castle, Phoenix Park, and the Guinness Storehouse brewery tour are also summarized as notable attractions in Dublin.

1. Dublin's Best
Attractions

2.  Situated on the east coast of Ireland

4. • It was founded in 1592
• Even today dominates
the city landscape and
the oldest buildings
• Trinity College Library is
home to more than an
million books and
priceless manuscripts.

5. • O'Connell Street is
Dublin's main traffic
artery and the widest
urban street in Europe
• The center has statues
and monuments
• Pride of place goes to
the General Post Office
(GPO)

6. • The two most important
museums in Dublin are:
• The National Museum
of Archaeology and
History in Kildare Street
• The National Museum
of Decorative Arts and
History in Collins
Barracks

7. • Ireland's largest church
and the National
Cathedral
• Founded in 1191 by
Archbishop Comyn
• Renovated between
1844 and 1869 with
moneys granted and
raised by Sir Benjamin
Lee Guinness

8. • The best known area
for nightlife
• It was developed as
Dublin’s cultural
quarter and retain this
spirits as a centre for
small productions…

9. • It is situated at Merrion
Square West
• Opened in 1864 it has
around 500 major works
of art on display.
• Especially strong on
Irish artists and Irish
portraits the National
Gallery has recently
been expanded by the
"Millennium Wing".

10. • Kilmainham Gaol is one
of Europe's most
notorious prisons and
has been preserved in
working order.
• The leaders of the 1916
were executed
• Today's tours tend to
highlight this aspect
more than anything
else, making the prison
more a republican
shrine and not a piece
of Irish general social
history.

11. • It is the "Irish Stew" of
castles, everything thrown
in bits and pieces.
• The original Viking fortress
was expanded, renovated,
torn down and rebuilt over
the centuries.
• Today a massive tower and
the Royal Chapel look
medieval while all
administrative buildings
are in more modern styles.

12. • The world's largest
enclosed municipal
park
• Residences of the Irish
President and the
Ambassador of the
United States
• The herds of deer
roaming free to the
animals in Dublin Zoo.
• Phoenix Statue and the
Papal Cross nearby.

13. • Based at historic St
James's Gate (Dublin 8)
this is part of the original
brewery. The exhibitions
include the brewing
process, the Guinness
transportation system and
a pipeline much maligned.
• Highlight of the tour is a
"free" pint in the stunning
Gravity-Bar, high above
Dublin's rooftops.