Guide to Dublin

Museums

Dublin Civic Museum
South William St, Dublin 2.
Built in 1765 for the Society of Artists, it has at various times been used as the Municipal council Chamber, the Court of Conscience (a doctor's court), the stable for the Dublin Fire Brigade and the Supreme court set up by the 1919 Dail. Since 1953 it has housed a permanent exhibition of antiquarian and historical items relating to Dublin.

Heraldric Museum
Dublin Castle, Dublin 2.
Incorporated in the Genealogical Office, where the Chief Herald will trace your ancestral family for a fee which depends on the amount of research required, or provide you with you appropriated family coat of arms.

National Museum
Kildare st. Dublin 3.
Divided into three sections- Irish Antiquities, Art and Industrial, and Natural History (which is entered from Merrion Square), the National Museum was opened in 1890, and much of the original collection was made up of bequests from the Royal Irish Academy, the Royal Dublin Society and Trinity College. The National Antiquities section comprises the finest collection of early European Christian art. Among the most impressive pieces are the Ardagh Chalice, the cross of Cong and the Tara Brooch. The Natural History section has a complete collection of the prehistoric giant Irish deer, known as Irish elk.

Dublin Writers Museum
18-19 Parnell Square,Dublin 1.
The Dublin Writers Museum is a celebration of literary Dublin. Featured are exhibits on the lives and works of Dublin's literary celebrities over the past three hundred years including Yeats, Shaw, Beckett, Swift and Joyce.Their books, letters, portraits and some personal items are presented in the exhibition.The museum is housed in a beautifully restored Georgian house and is a pleasure in itself. An essential site for anyone who wants to discover Dublin's immense literary heritage.

The Joyce Tower
Sandycove, Co. Dublin.
This is an exhibition devoted to the life and work of James Joyce. The museum is housed in a Martello Tower, many of which were built along the Irish east coast to withstand invasion by Napoleon. The tower itself features in the first chapter of Joyce's masterpiece Ulysses. Letters, photographs, rare first editions and personal items make up the main part of the exhibition.

National Print Museum
Garrison Chapel, Beggars Bush
Haddington Rd, Dublin 4
Tel: 01-6603770 Fax: 01-6673545 Email: npmuseum@iol.ie
Manager: Derval O'Carroll (For further details click here)