# Best things to do in Dublin

History, pints and literary landmarks: what Lonely Planet, Fodor's, Irish travel blogs and TripAdvisor rate highest in Dublin.

- 638 votes · 12 items
- Dec 2, 2025 · Eoin Q.
- https://even.best/en/l/165/best-things-to-do-in-dublin

## Top 10

1. **Kilmainham Gaol** (69 · ▲81 ▼12) — 1796 prison where the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising were executed; guided tours only.
2. **Trinity College and the Book of Kells** (52 · ▲58 ▼6) — Ireland's oldest university (1592) and its 9th-century illuminated gospel manuscript. <https://www.tcd.ie/visitors/book-of-kells/>
3. **Guinness Storehouse** (50 · ▲67 ▼17) — Seven-floor experience at St James's Gate brewery ending with a pint in the Gravity Bar. <https://www.guinness-storehouse.com/>
4. **St Patrick's Cathedral** (44 · ▲48 ▼4) — Ireland's largest cathedral, founded in 1191, where Jonathan Swift was dean. <https://www.stpatrickscathedral.ie/>
5. **Temple Bar** (42 · ▲50 ▼8) — Cobbled cultural quarter packed with pubs and traditional music sessions.
6. **Dublin Castle** (38 · ▲44 ▼6) — Former seat of British rule in Ireland, with the State Apartments and Chester Beatty Library.
7. **Phoenix Park** (31 · ▲37 ▼6) — One of Europe's largest enclosed city parks, with wild fallow deer and Dublin Zoo.
8. **National Gallery of Ireland** (30 · ▲37 ▼7) — Free gallery on Merrion Square with Caravaggio's The Taking of Christ. <https://www.nationalgallery.ie/>
9. **Howth Cliff Walk** (30 · ▲36 ▼6) — Coastal loop on the Howth peninsula, 30 minutes from the centre on the DART.
10. **EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum** (30 · ▲35 ▼5) — Interactive museum in the CHQ building on the story of 10 million Irish emigrants. <https://epicchq.com/>
11. **Christ Church Cathedral** (23 · ▲29 ▼6) — Medieval cathedral with one of Britain and Ireland's largest crypts. <https://christchurchcathedral.ie/>
12. **Teeling Whiskey Distillery** (9 · ▲21 ▼12) — The first new distillery in Dublin in over 125 years, opened in 2015 in the Liberties. <https://teelingwhiskey.com/>

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