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The Irish state has officially approved the following list of national monuments in County Dublin and the city of Dublin. In the Republic of Ireland, a structure or site may be deemed to be a "national monument", and therefore worthy of state protection unless the government decides to demolish it. If the land adjoining the monument is ...
St Stephen's Green, a landscaped inner-city centre public park in Dublin; Temple Bar, a mainly cobblestonequarter, directly on the Southern banks of the Liffey, popular for its cultural and nightlife spots; Trinity College, Dublin (also called the University of Dublin), Ireland's oldest university, home of the Book of Kells and the Book of ...
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Properties are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. [1]
Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Dublin (city)" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Attraction Ranking Rank Museum Location Country Visitors (2023) [1] 1: British Museum: London: England: 5,820,860 2: Natural History Museum: London: England: 5,688,786
The path of the city walls c. 1714 Map of the Dublin City Walls by Leonard R. Strangways, 1904 Surviving piece of Dublin city walls near Cornmarket The walls and fortifications around Dublin were raised by the Ostmen in the 9th Century, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and the majority of the cities in Ireland remained subject to incursions by native clans until ...
Dublin Docklands (Irish: Ceantar Dugaí Átha Cliath) is an area of the city of Dublin, Ireland, on both sides of the River Liffey, roughly from Talbot Memorial Bridge eastwards to the 3Arena. It mainly falls within the city's D01 [ 1 ] and D02 [ 2 ] postal districts but includes some of the urban fringes of the D04 district on its southernmost ...
Dublin Castle was first founded as a major defensive work by Meiler Fitzhenry on the orders of King John of England in 1204, [3] sometime after the Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169, when it was commanded that a castle be built with strong walls and good ditches for the defence of the city, the administration of justice, and the protection of ...