Welcome to Dublin - home to some of the friendliest, wittiest hosts you'll ever meet. Take a private Dublin tour with a knowledgeable local guide and get ready to be charmed by one of Europe's liveliest capitals.

Begin your day with a stroll through the lovely grounds of Trinity College, established in 1592, making sure to visit the beautiful Book of Kells at the Old Library. If you enjoy beer (as the Irish do!) tour the Guinness Storehouse in St. James Gate Brewery. Your guide will ensure you enjoy a pint of the famous brew at one of the city's many colourful pubs, where you can also listen to foot-tapping traditional Irish music.

Ireland's compact size means there are many daytrip opportunities from Dublin. Your guide would be happy to take you to Newgrange, a 5000 year old neolithic burial tomb and UNESCO World Heritage Site, or if you fancy a hike, perhaps the Wicklow Mountains.

Your Dublin tour will give you a glimpse of this fabulous city, through the eyes of a local.

Dublin

Let's follow in the footsteps of the famous and fabled Molly Malone, through Dublin's Streets broad and narrow. If you ask me nicely, I'll sing a few bars of the song!

This tour is ideal for the visitor that might only be passing through the city, or already has a busy itinerary and has just a few hours to spare. I want you to learn how our nations capital came to into being, was moulded over the centuries, and what she's like to live in today.
As a Dublin City Ambassador, it's incredibly important to me that my guests get an accurate and unbiased account of Ireland's history, culture and politics.

Because you only have a short time, let's cut to the chase. If you're interested in something and less so in something else, let's tailor the tour for you. I want you to be engaged by what Dublin has to offer, and to finish with some great memories of your stay here.

Drop me a line and let's go for a stroll!

Moore Street Markets, Dublin's personality in a nutshell

New Dublin, The Convention Centre, the Samuel Beckett Bridge and the River Liffey

A short stroll through Dublin, past and present

The Fair City - A Private walking Tour

I love showing my native city to visitors I will pick you up from your cruise ship or hotel you can take in the most historic sites of Dublin City in a chauffeur driven limousine with an expert in Irish history; such as Trinity College, Dublin Castle, St Patricks Cathedral, Guinness Brewery, Phoenix Park, shopping, etc. I will create an itinerary for you that takes in all the main sights and gives you time to relax and enjoy your visit. If you want you can combine seeing the city highlights with a trip to the Wicklow Mountains or North Dublin, you would prefer to get out to the countryside for a while.

Explore the History of Dublin city with a private vehicle

Dublin Highlights Private full-day Tour

A seven-hour tour of the seven wonders of Dublin City which brings our guests to the very heart of Dublin with an intimate glimpse into Dublin through the ages with coffee within the shadow of its ancient walls and lunch in an Old School House or by private arrangement in the exclusive 1592 restaurant at Trinity College ,(week days only and subject to availability)
A packed tour that will provide our guests with the full Dublin experience in a day.
- Trinity College
- The Cathederals
- The Walls of Dublin,
- Saint Catherine's Church (site of the execution of Robert Emmet),
- Viking and Medieval Quarters
- The Royal Hospital Kilmainham
- Dublin Castle
Secret sites of the Revolution
We will have lunch in the Old School House Restaurant ( or the 1592 restaurant) site of the great battle with British forces during the Easter 1916 Revolution and coffee on the go en route.

Dublin City's Most Extraordinary Sights

Dublin Seven Wonders in Seven Hours

Private Go-As-You-Please Walking Tour of Dublin

On the day of the tour we tailor-make a bespoke itinerary together according to your interests and the time you have available. Let's make the most of your visit to Dublin by mixing sight seeing highlights with real insider experiences. With my many local contacts it is possible to decide on visits spontaneously while exploring the city at your pace. This tour also allows for impromptu visits to markets, cafes, shops or restaurants as the mood or peckishness strikes. For example, in case of inclement weather we can shelter in a cosy pub on route or escape to the Dublin coast with a deli picnic on a sunny day.
Anything is possible and tailored to you on the day!

Dublin Coast, a 20 minute train trip away

Hear the stories whispering from these walls...

See the city YOUR way!

Depart Dublin early morning and see the best of the west and to Dublin that evening, the Cliffs of Moher are a UNESCO Geo Park and Ireland's most popular sight. The unique rocky limestone landscape of the Burren is ideal for a short break along the Wild Atlantic Way. We pop into a lovely Irish Pub in Doolin, before we drive the Wild Atlantic Way to Kinvarra for photos of Dunguaire Castle, then return to Dublin

Lunch in Doolin, The Burren and Dunguaire Castle

Cliffs of Moher + Wild Atlantic Way

The Amazing Highlights of Dublin 3 Hour Walking Tour - Private Tour

This is a fun and entertaining exploration of the main sights in the city centre.

We will travel through time, from early Celtic times, right through to the arrival of Christianity, the Vikings, the Anglo-Normans, right up to Ireland's independence and the present day.

I think of my tours as an adventure, both for me and you. You might get a song, a mythological story, a poem. Who knows. . . It all depends on where we end up and how the tour flows.

Let's go on a fun, engaging and interesting journey together!

Explore the best of Dublin City Centre in the shortest amount of time!

I will bring you to Trinity College, the National Museum and the National Gallery as we pass through the splendid Georgian Squares of Dublin. You will continue onto The Old Parliament Building, Dublin Castle, Christchurch Cathedral and St. Patrick's Cathedral are also on the agenda.

You will explore the secret laneways, offering the best photo shots whilst hearing stories about the ill fated voyage of the ship The Ouzel or the story of the 'Bayno', the luxurious play centre Lady Guinness built for the poor of Dublin.

This will be filled with memories and fun times as your guide brings these stories to life. The Irish are the masters of storytelling, they have the greatest tales. These stories, these memories are what you will bring home.

Exploring the highlights of Dublin with a local guide telling you the stories all the way

Dublin Highlights Half Day Walking Tour

Full Dublin City Walking Tour with Private Expert Guide

Dublin is a city with a history like no other, from invasions and rebellions to revolutions and civil war we've seen it all. Join me as we meander through the windy characteristic streets of Dublin and we discover how a small Viking settlement came to be a sophisticated modern cosmopolitan city.

This tour will cover the key part Dublin plays in the relationship between Ireland and Britain. We will discuss the rebellions that took place and the role of British rule in Ireland. By visiting both the North and South sides of the city we will discover not only 'Irish Dublin' but 'British Dublin' too.

As well as discussing the political history of Dublin we will examine its culture too by discussing her famous writers like James Joyce, Samuel Beckett and Oscar Wilde and her musicians like Thin Lizzy and U2.

Over course no tour of Dublin would be complete without discussing the pub culture - what better way to discuss this than with a pint of Guinness or an Irish Whiskey on break - remember its educational!

Discover Dublin's Fair City and its Fascinating History

Private half-day walking tour in Dublin City

Winding through the streets of Celtic Ireland with a twist of folklore in our storytelling traditions - you will be brought through the timeline of Irish history while up close and personal with the remnants of all our invaders and influencers - Intro the celts, Christchurch &amp; Viking quarter, Medieval Dublin, The Castle, The cultural &amp; artistic quarter Temple Bar, The famous Bridges, the quays, Trinity college and Georgian Dublin. Including the 1916 Rising up to present day. We meet some interesting characters and stories along the way as you connect to the country and its people.

Throughout the tour I can also make suggestions for places you might like to visit during the rest of your stay. This is an ideal first or second day here tour, or for a stopover

Orientation -The highlights and dark the side.

The Best things to do in Dublin in a full-day private tour

Maximize your time ashore with a private guide and a luxury private tour of the historical highlights of Dublin City and the beautiful Irish countryside surrounding our capital.

You would leave the city via the coastal road along Dublin Bay before heading inland to beautiful County Wicklow to visit the fabulous Powerscourt House and Gardens.

From there you would return to Dublin to have lunch in a traditional Dublin pub (optional) before touring Viking and Medieval Dublin to hear about the origins of our city. Includes a self-guided visit to St Patrick's Cathedral and Trinity College/The Book of Kells exhibition.

If there is still time available after these site have been seen, I would be happy to show you all I can in the time available to you. In Dublin, there is so much to see! If a particular site is busy there are many other possible substitutes. I guarantee you will see the maximum amount possible in the time available to you.

Dublin Bay, Powerscourt House & Gardens, Trinity College/Book of Kells, St. Patrick's Cathedral and more - Shore Excursion

The best of Wicklow in a day - with a private Guide

Visit County Wicklow and it's national park - just 40 minutes from Dublin city centre.

Enjoy a short visit to Enniskerry village - setting of many recent films due to it's quaintness.

Explore Powerscourt Gardens (Rated third best in the world by National Geographic)

Drive through Wicklow Mountains National Park with a stop at Glencree Centre, a former army barracks with a very poignant history and a surprise.

Look down at the beautiful 'Guinness Lake' and hear the stories of Luggala Estate and the Guinness connection.

Lunch in one of Wicklow's fine eateries - I have many recommendations.

Visit Glendalough and tour the ruins of the monastic city and walk around the two lakes.

Glendalough Cemetery on a frosty winter morning

Powerscourt House and gardens - a must see!

A visit to a small graveyard with the ruins of a Norman church - one of many to be found in Wicklow.

I am looking down at Lough Ouler - Wicklow's heart shaped lake. A perfect romantic hike if you like views!

Victor's Way - a private meditation garden with some interesting Indian sculptures. This can be part of our tour if pre-booked.

Enjoying the Upper Lake at Glendalough with my guests.

The Upper Lake at Glendalough on a still morning.

My favourite beach in County Wicklow - a very special place!

View from the Rose Garden at Powerscourt House

About to go down a big slide - this was a customised tour of Wicklow with a six year old guest! This is a new tree top walk in Rathdrum, Co Wicklow and worth a visit.

Your guide at the Upper Lake, Glendalough

Looking at the Pepperpot Tower in Powerscourt Gardens

Mountains, lakes, gardens and much more....

From St Patrick to the Vikings to the Anglo-Norman conquest to Independence, this tour will give you a taste of the highlights that Dublin has to offer.
Strolling around a city is the best way to take in the sights and it can be paced to suit you and customized to suit your interests.
And having a local guide who knows the history, the museums and galleries, the streets and bridges, the pubs and shops make the tour all the more interesting and enjoyable.
You'll see where St Patrick baptized people in the 5th century, where the Vikings moored their boats, where the British had their headquarters and where the 21st-century party-goers congregate.
We'll visit the best of Dublin at a relaxed pace and have time for a coffee stop.
We'll walk as much or as little as you wish; we'll nip into interesting buildings: we'll see great architecture and you'll learn what it is that makes Dublin such a vibrant city.

Dublin - over a thousand years of history

Private Walking Tour of Dublin

I have lived and worked in Dublin all my life and I have a lifetime of memories and stories to share.
I have studied mainstream history and also local history for many years.

The Irish are great storytellers and my family are no exception!

Some of our greatest writers and poets, such as Joyce, Swift, Yeats, Heaney, Wilde, Beckett, Stoker, Shaw, O Casey and Behan, followed in the great tradition of Irish storytelling.

Come with me on a tour and you will hear about our Celtic and Viking past, the great literature, music and art we have produced as well as the turbulent relationship we have had with our closest neighbours. You will also hear about some of the great men and women who fought for our freedom through the many centuries of oppression and occupation.

Dublin is my home and my favourite city. I met my wife here and we raised our children here. I can't wait to guide you around 'me jewel and darlin' Dublin! ☘

One of Dublin's many beautiful old bookshops

A bookworm's delight in Georges Street Arcade

The city's most famous and storied landmarks on this most enjoyable walk around Ireland's capital

Dublin Highlights Half-Day Walking Tour

Cead míle fáilte romhat! "A hundred thousand welcomes to you!"

This walking tour reconciles your thirst for knowledge with your physical thirst, as well as reconciling Dublin's British heritage (Trinity College, Dublin Castle) with its Irish one (GPO, the pubs).

How this tour works:

Sights: This 4hr tour takes you through some of the most important sights in Dublin. The stories and histories connected with them, explained by your guide, will transport you through the years, passions, pains and legacies of the Irish people.

Pints: Would you rather stand still in the cold for 10 minutes while I explain how Northern Ireland came about, or prefer to be seated in a warm pub, beer in hand?

Some big topics, e. g. Irish Language, Celtic Tiger, are best explained when you're nice and comfortable, so we'll pop into a (great) pub every 20-40mins. Besides the history lessons, you'll learn about beer, the Irish pub, as well as partake in / witness an activity that the Irish are renowned for - conversation.

Admission to Dublin Castle and National Archaeological Museum 

The Lobby Area, Ground Floor - Dublin City Hall (1769)

Where better to celebrate the meeting of Irish and Viking culture than at Dublin's most ancient watering hole, the Brazen Head Pub (opened 1190), and with a group of Icelanders! Pictured here are Beggi and Olina (left), along with Runar and Helga (right) from Hafnarfjordur (that's the 'Dublin 4' part of Reykjavik �� Skál, everybody!

Taking Pride of Place in Harry Street is this Statue to Phil Lynott, a Giant of the Irish Rock Music Scene

The 'Wall Of Fame' at the Irish Rock Museum in Dublin's Temple Bar District

Christchurch Cathedral's 19 Bells hold the World Record for the number of Bells available for Full-Circle Ringing

Umbrella Skyline in Annie's Lane - "Dublin's most Instagrammable Street"

'Is Fearrde Thú Guinness' (Guinness is good for you). Gaelic Language advertising was still a feature of Guinness's domestic publicity campaigns in the 1950's, when there were still over 100,000 native Irish speakers..

Dublin's Greatest Evil .... PUBLIC HOUSES !!

Founded 1694, the Snug (now part of Bad Bob's) is Temple Bar's Oldest Pub

Not St James's Gate but Sycamore Street, Temple Bar where the Wild Duck Pub have a large Guinness Advert on their goods entrance..

A Leisurely 4-Hour Stroll around some of Dublin's main Sights with Pub Stops along the Way

Dublin Sights and Pints

A Private Walking Tour of Old Jewish Dublin

Meet me in the Bretzel Bakery, founded in 1870 as a Kosher Bakery, have a coffee and a delicious Bagel and take a unhurried amble through the narrow streets of Dublin's old Jewish Quarter.

We'll explore the history of the once vibrant Jewish Community and come with me to the Jewish Museum, with its wonderful collection of artifacts: a historical treasure trove. Enter the Old Synagogue in Walworth Road before further exploration reveals many more features of this fascinating area where members of my family were raised over 100 years ago.

As a born and bred Dublin Jew, whose parents lived in the very area fondly named "Little Jerusalem" I am ideally qualified to share with you this colourful and historic cultural landscape.
I have been a guide for
15 years country wide but have a particular love of showing the rich Jewish heritage of Dublin to you.

A leisurely stroll through the narrow streets of Dublin's old Jewish neighbourhood

On our journey to the Cliffs of Moher I will take you to the rugged West Coast of Ireland, where the cliffs stand tall at over 700 feet and run along the coast of Clare. The Cliffs of Moher were formed over 320 million years ago, and today form part of the Burren and Cliffs of Moher UNESCO Global Geopark. The Cliffs of Moher towering over the Atlantic Ocean are a "must see"on a visit to Ireland.

But that's not all: other highlights of this guided day trip from Dublin include coastal drives and super views of the Atlantic Ocean alongside castles and monastery ruins, hand-picked to give you an insight into Ireland's Celtic, Christian and Medieval past.

I can personalize this tour according to your preferences!

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