Dublin Region

A library crawl through Dublin is a wonderfully relaxing way to explore the city’s rich literary history. Dublin is the perfect destination for booklovers, or indeed anyone who loves a good story and a well-turned phrase. This UNESCO City of Literature, which produced four Nobel laureates (Shaw, Yeats, Beckett and Heaney) and the towering figures of James Joyce and Oscar...

See Dublin from a different angle on a serene, scenic and sustainable cruise around Dublin Bay, one of the world’s most beautiful marine environments. With so much to do in Dublin, a city break can be a whirlwind of sightseeing. But take a breath, head for the sea and take a Dublin Bay Cruise; you will be rewarded with...

With an illustrious literary legacy and a love of language evident in the very fabric of the city, Dublin is the perfect book-lover’s destination. The new ‘travel gets lit’ trend is reinvigorating the idea of travelling to places featured in novels, building trips around book festivals, or visiting places associated with great writers. But Dublin, a UNESCO City of Literature,...

Trinity College Dublin is marking the 125th anniversary of Oscar Wilde’s death in 2025 with a new exhibition about the writer’s life. ‘From Decadence to Despair’ charts the rise and fall of Oscar Wilde through personal photographs, memorabilia, letters, trade cards and theatre programmes taken from Trinity College’s Oscar Wilde collection. They will be on display in the university’s...

Drop into Dublin for a Six Nations match and you’ll be ‘converted’ to the city’s lively, welcoming atmosphere as rugby fever takes hold.   The 2025 Guinness Six Nations rugby tournament kicks off on 31 January 2025 in France but for Irish fans the golden ticket events are the two home matches: Ireland v England on 1 February and Ireland...

What better way to start 2025 than at Tradfest, Dublin’s joyful celebration of Irish identity through music. Shake off the winter gloom at one of Ireland’s biggest traditional music festivals, which runs for five days (22–26 January) and features over 150 artists across more than 100 events. Based in Temple Bar, the cobblestoned hub of Dublin’s cultural universe on the south...

Discover for yourself why Dublin’s Inchicore was named in the top 25 coolest neighbourhoods in the world in Time Out. There is so much to see and do in Dublin city that visitors often overlook the opportunity to explore its trendy suburbs. Time Out, a travel and hospitality group which highlights the best things to do in cities across the...

Indulge your inner film critic at Dublin’s festival of cinematic excellence. The award-winning Dublin International Film Festival (20 February – 2 March 2025) is Ireland’s premier film festival and is recognised as one of the best in Europe. Each spring, the festival showcases over 100 Irish and international feature films, documentaries and shorts including several Irish premieres and one-off showings, attracting...

A weekend of free events celebrating Dublin’s vibrant contemporary art scene opens up a world of visual wonders to everyone. Dublin Gallery Weekend (8–10 November) presents a special programme of exhibitions and events, including artists’ talks, guided tours, performances, demonstrations and discussions, in Dublin’s top galleries. With free entry to exhibitions in 12 of the city’s art galleries, it offers an...

Dublin’s New Year Festival invites you to three days of fabulous lights shows, street entertainment and top-class music events. NYF Festival, 2023. It’s the party of the year, and in a city that loves to party, that’s saying something. Dublin’s dynamic New Year Festival opens in new window (30 December – 1 January) sees out the old year and rings in...