City Hall & Municipal Buildings
Lord Edward St. At the front
of Dublin Castle, built 1769-79 and holds 102 Royal Charters; Municipal Buildings 1781.

Cook Street
Between Thomas Street and the quays, much restored
12-c city walls.

Crane Alley
This tiny alleyway was named for the cranes associated with loading and unloading lighters for inspection by officials from the first Custom House.

Crow Street
The presence of the long lost Theatre Royal, whose patentee was an edullient media-conscious rapscallion called Buck Jones, made this little throughfare a famous place of theatrical lodgings. The theatre, in 1822, was the place where Orangemen pelted the
English Vicroy with empty whiskey bottles. It was the location of 'The Crow's Nest' the second home of the Dublin Society where they established their Laboratory, Museum and Botanical Gardens.

Drimnagh Castle
Longmile Road, Dublin 12. Tel: (01) 450 2530.
13th century castle with Ireland’s only flooded moat. Impressive oak-roofed hall. Opening Times: 1st Apr-31st Oct – Wed, Sat and Sun 12noon to 5pm. 1st Nov-31st Mar – Sundays 2pm to 5pm. Last tour 4.15pm. Other times by arrangement.

Dublin Castle
Cork Hill. Tel: (01) 677 7129. Once the centre of British power, now the place where Irish Presidents are inaugurated. Of the original Norman castle built in 1204 for King John, only the re-built Record Tower retains its original form. The Bermingham Towers are 1775 re-buildings. Weekday castle tours takes in State Chambers, Battle-Axe Landing, beautifully plastered ceilings, Throne Room, Portrait Gallery, King George’s Hall, St Patrick’s Hall and (the best part of the tour) the Under-croft – the castle’s predecessors.

Dublin's Viking Adventure
Essex Street West, Temple Bar, Dublin 8.
Tel: (01) 697 6040. Adventure back in time, to the Viking Dublin of 1,000 years ago. Meet with and talk to real Vikings, as you learn how they lived.