In advance of our trip to Ireland this Summer, we’ve found some family-friendly attractions in Dublin. Here’s a list of what we have so far, in no particular order:

Natural History Museum of Ireland – “The Dead Zoo”

Teddys Ice Cream Store

 Forty Foot Pool – natural swimming area in COLD water

Dollymount Strand – from Clontarf, take Bull Walk to get a view of the Poolbeg Chimneys

Airfield Estate – Dublin’s only working farm and gardens

Croke Park – Sports stadium; possibly catch a hurling match

Emerald Park – Theme Park and Zoo

Kilmainham Gaol – Prison where Irish revolutionaries were confined from 1796 to 1924

Malahide Castle – built in the 12th to 18th centuries

Dublin Castle – dating from 1204

Old Library and Book of Kells – 200,000 books, including an illuminated manuscript of the four Gospels

National Gallery – pretty nice art museum