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Overview

Dublin's best-known district is the cobbled playpen of Temple Bar, where mayhem and merriment is standard fare, especially on summer weekends when the pubs are full and the party spills out onto the streets. During daylight hours there are shops and galleries to discover, which at least lend some truth to the area's much-mocked title of 'cultural quarter'.

Attractions

Must-see attractions

  • Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin City, Ireland

    Christ Church Cathedral

    Temple Bar

    Its hilltop location and eye-catching flying buttresses make this the most photogenic of Dublin's three cathedrals, as well as one of the capital's most鈥�

  • The outside of the Icon Factory

    Icon Factory

    Temple Bar

    This artists' collective in the heart of Temple Bar hosts exhibitions on Ireland鈥檚 cultural heritage. You鈥檒l find colourful, unique souvenirs celebrating鈥�

  • Dublinia: Experience Viking & Medieval Dublin

    Dublinia: Experience Viking & Medieval Dublin

    Temple Bar

    A must for the kids, the old Synod Hall, added to Christ Church Cathedral during its late-19th-century restoration, is home to the seemingly perennial鈥�

  • Handel's Hotel (Site of Neal's New Musick Hall)

    Handel's Hotel (Site of Neal's New Musick Hall)

    Temple Bar

    The clue is the name: on the site of this hotel was once Neal's New Musick Hall, where, on 13 April 1742, the nearly broke GF Handel conducted the very鈥�

  • Sunlight Chambers

    Sunlight Chambers

    Temple Bar

    On the southern banks of the Liffey, Sunlight Chambers, designed by Liverpool architect Edward Ould (designer of Port Sunlight in the Wirral, in England),鈥�

  • National Wax Museum Plus

    National Wax Museum Plus

    Temple Bar

    More a mini history museum in wax than Dublin's version of Madame Tussauds. The quality of the waxworks remains inconsistent 鈥� some look like the result鈥�

  • Ha'penny Bridge

    Ha'penny Bridge

    Temple Bar

    Dublin's most famous bridge is the Ha'penny Bridge, built in 1816. One of the world's oldest cast-iron bridges, it was built to replace the seven ferries鈥�

  • Temple Bar Gallery & Studios

    Temple Bar Gallery & Studios

    Temple Bar

    This multistorey gallery showcases the works of dozens of up-and-coming Irish artists at any one time, and is a great spot to see cutting-edge Irish art鈥�

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