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The St Patrick's Festival in Dublin is the country's largest annual event, lasting for five days with activities including street theatre, fireworks, music, dance, comedy, film, a treasure…
St Patrick's Day Festival: Parade
Dublin's St Patrick's Day Festival culminates with the Festival Parade - an impressive display of colour, noise and pageantry and the biggest street party in Ireland.
All-Ireland Senior Football Final
The All-Ireland Senior Football Final, from Croke Park in Dublin, is the climax of Ireland's most popular sporting season. On match day the fantastic old stadium is full to the rafters…
Dublin Zoo, set in 66 acres within Phoenix Park, is among Ireland's top attractions and home to over 700 species of birds and animals from around the world. Conservation is a major focus…
Trinity College Library is one of Dublin's most visited sites. This may have something to do with the fact that it's home to the Book of Kells, an illustrated copy of the Gospels in Latin…
National Museum of Ireland: Kildare Street
The collections of the National Museum of Ireland are housed at a number of locations. Archaeological and historical items are displayed at the National Museum in Kildare Street. The museum…
The National Gallery of Ireland boasts an extensive collection of paintings, sculpture and objets d'art. It also hosts temporary exhibitions by internationally renowned artists. Among the…
Dublin Castle was commissioned by King John in 1204 as a secure fortress in which to keep the taxes collected from Ireland. It is now a popular tourist attraction, with comprehensive tours of…
Housed in former 17th-century Royal Hospital Kilmainham, the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) in Kilmainham is Ireland's finest contemporary art collection, with 1600 works including Damien…
When Dublin's chic crowd step out on the town, they go to Lillies Bordello - if they can get in.
Beyoncé continues with the I Am... Tour on the back of her super-successful third album, I Am... Sasha Fierce, on which the superstar introduces fans to her onstage alter ego. These dates are…
The National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin presents an exhibition of prints by renowned Norwegian Symbolist painter Edvard Munch (1863-1944). The exhibition spans his career and includes print…
Fresh from appearing at some of Europe's biggest festivals, outspoken British singer, blogger and chat-show host Lily Allen continues touring her internationally successful latest album, It's…
St Stephen's Day in Dublin (26 December) is the first day of Leopardstown's most famous race meeting, the Christmas Meeting, which lasts for four days.
Leopardstown Pierce Handicap Hurdle
The first major Irish race of the new year at Leopardstown racecourse, combined with the social allure of National Hunt Racing, provides a great opportunity to enjoy the excitement of a day at…
The Temple Bar TradFest brings a line-up of Irish music favourites and some exciting new talent to The Ark, along with other Dublin venues. Try and catch rare performances here by Solas…
Opera Ireland's 2009/10 season features productions of Macbeth (with music by Verdi), Wagner's Das Rheingold, Gounod's version of Roméo et Juliette, and Bellini's I Capuletti e I Montecchi.…
St Patrick's Festival: Céilí Mór
The Céilí Mór is a celebration of Irish dance and veteran of the St Patrick's Festival programme. After the festival parade ends with a bang, head down to Earlsfort Terrace by St Stephen's…
Steeplechasing is said to have originated in Ireland and, founded in 1870, the Irish Grand National at the Fairyhouse Racecourse is one of the oldest big races on the National Hunt Racing calendar.
Dublin bursts with activity during the Green Energy Festival, a spectacular line-up of music at Dublin Castle, the Olympia Theatre and the Button Factory. The May Bank Holiday festival also…