🇮🇪 Don’t Visit Dublin Without Watching This First! (Unknown Local Tips)
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Dublin Vintage Factory
Shopping · Temple Bar
Vintage shops cost more than charity shops, but they suit visitors short on time because the items are handpicked.
Big Smoke Vintage
Shopping · Temple Bar
Aran Sweater Market
Shopping · City Centre
Has a family crest and coat of arms section, and buying a sweater early lets it be worn for the whole trip.
Kilkenny Shop
Shopping · Nassau Street
A spotlight section names each Irish designer and tells where and how the item was made.
Avoca
Shopping · Suffolk Street
Irish Design Shop
Shopping · Drury Street
A smaller, less overwhelming alternative to the big design stores.
The Secret Book and Record Store
Shopping · Wicklow Street · brief mention
Chapters Bookstore
Shopping · Parnell Street · brief mention
The Gutter Bookshop
Shopping · Temple Bar · brief mention
Kilmainham Gaol
Historic site · Kilmainham
Tickets are released 28 days ahead at midnight Irish time, not in the morning as the website says.
Guinness Storehouse
Museum · St James's Gate
Book ahead, and don't pair it back to back with Trinity College, which is not close by.
Book of Kells
Museum · City Centre
Cliffs of Moher
Day trip · County Clare · brief mention
Recommended as a day-trip highlight; seeing only Dublin is called a big tourist mistake.
Giant's Causeway
Day trip · County Antrim · brief mention
Dún Laoghaire
Day trip · South County Dublin · brief mention
Howth
Day trip · Howth · brief mention
Killiney
Day trip · South County Dublin · brief mention
Dublin Mountains
Hike · South Dublin
Public transport links are poor, so a car is needed to get there.
General Post Office
Historic site · O'Connell Street
Typing its seven-character Eircode into Google Maps finds it without the full address.
