St Catherine’s Church
Thomas St. Completed 1769 on the site of an abbey dedicated by Henry II to Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Cantebury whom he later had murdered. Robert Emmet, having been already hanged, was beheaded outside.

St Patrick’s Cathedral
(Church of Ireland) Patrick’s Close.
Tel: (01) 475 4817. Founded in 1190 (or 1225) outside the city walls on site of 5th century church, reputedly used by St Patrick, many times re-built. Cromwell used it as a stable. Jonathan Swift was dean 1713–45. Swift’s grave and that of Ester Johnson (his long term partner ‘Stella’) are by the porch. His bears the epitaph ‘Where savage indignation can no longer rend his heart’. Swift’s chair, pulpit and death mask are in the north transept. Open daily to visitors.

St Werburgh’s Church
(Church of Ireland) Werburgh Street, Christchurch Place, Dublin 8. Probably dating from the 12th century, re-built elegantly in 1759, housing the tomb of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, a leader of the 1798 rebellion. This church is still in use with regular service each Sunday at 10.00am. Tours catered for by phoning the sexton at Tel: (01) 478 3710.

St Stephen’s Green
Nine hectares of grass, statues, a bandstand, park benches, duck & goose ponds, shrubs and trees; a green oasis in the city’s centre, once the place for public whippings, enclosed first in 1664, opened to the public in 1877 after pressure from Sir Arthur Guinness. Though many buildings surrounding the Green were crassly demolished, many remain; Iveagh House No 80-81, designed by Richard Castle for the Guinness family, now Dept. of Foreign Affairs; Newman House No 85-86. Tel: (01) 475 7255 – Joyce, Gerald Manley Hopkins and Flann O’Brien have associations with this university house with elegant plasterwork; Shelbourne Hotel – more than a hotel, almost a national institution. Charm or cheek may gain you entry to admire the exquisite interiors of the Stephen’s Green and the Hibernian United Services Club.

St Theresa’s Church
Clarendon St, off Grafton St. Of special interest for John Hogan's sculpture of the “Dead Christ” (1829) where it is placed beneath the High Altar on full display.

Story of Banking
Bank of Ireland Arts Centre, Foster Place. Fascinating audio visual through time to discover the origins and history of banking, right up to the modern day.