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”
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
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Hello, you guys!! You’re gonna have so much fun! I loved https://www.leoburdock.com/ (ask them where to walk to eat in the church garden). I also liked sitting upstairs here on Grafton St. and watching the people go by https://bewleys.com/ Joy
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Can not second the Natural History Museum and the National Museum of History enough, they both made huge impact on me. I’d add crossing Stephen’s, that is my, Green. Also, give the Book of Kells a pass. You’ll stand in line for and hour or two and because it’s in a glass case, you only see two pages of it, and then get pushed on 30 seconds later by the line. See if you can get up to Ceannanas in County Meath and actually go to Kells – *the church still stands* and it’s ethereal. You may not be able to get inside (I literally had an inside track), but they have a complete reproduction of the Book that you can look through. Also tea at Bewley’s in Grafton Street and walk the Bloomsday route (if you’re not there on Bloomsday itself, which is worth the trip all on its own).
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Thanks for the tips! I’ll pass that on to the family.
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Definitely go to Teddy’s Ice Cream and do like Maggie and I did at Amy’s in Austin- get ice cream to go for Baby Jean in Alabama.
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Will do!
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