Discover Ireland.One spot at a time.

Bram Stoker Festival Guide

Dublin's Halloween festival, named for its Dracula-writing native son — why it exists, when it happens every year, and what to expect.

Dublin Theatre Festival Guide

Europe's oldest specialised theatre festival — how it started, how it's programmed today, and how to plan a visit around it.

St Patrick's Festival Dublin Guide

How Dublin's national festival grew from a single parade into a five-day celebration, what actually happens beyond the parade, and how to plan around it.

24 Sept – 11 Oct 2026

Dublin Theatre Festival 2026

Multiple venues across Dublin

Ireland's leading international theatre festival, bringing Irish and international productions to venues across the city over more than two weeks.

26 Sept – 11 Oct 2026

Dublin Festival of History 2026

Multiple venues across Dublin

An annual programme of free talks, tours and events exploring Irish and international history, held at venues across the city — booking recommended as places are limited.

2 Oct – 31 Oct 2026

Pumpkins After Dark

Newbridge House & Farm · Donabate

An illuminated outdoor trail of hand-carved and lit pumpkin displays at Newbridge House & Farm, with a sensory-friendly evening on 11 October. Entry is time-slotted and advance booking is recommended.

Dublin on a Budget

A practical guide to seeing Dublin properly without spending on every attraction — what's genuinely free, and where it's worth paying.

Things to Do in Dublin When It Rains

Dublin's best wet-weather options are almost all free — its national museums, galleries and covered market.

Best Parks and Walks in Dublin

From Phoenix Park's deer herd to the Dublin Bay Biosphere at Bull Island, Dublin's best green spaces and waterside walks are all free to visit.

Howth Guide

A fishing village 25 minutes from the city centre by DART, with a 7.8km cliff walk and views over Dublin Bay, Ireland's Eye and Lambay Island.

Best Beaches Near Dublin

From the closest strand to the city centre to a Blue Flag beach on the DART line, here's where to find the sea without a car.

Best Day Trips from Dublin

From the cliff walk at Howth to the monastic site at Glendalough, here are day trips that work without a car — and where you'll need one.

Dublin Food Markets

A Victorian covered arcade, a long-running Saturday food market and a food hall in a former telephone exchange — Dublin's main food market venues, verified and explained.

Traditional Irish Food: What to Try in Ireland

Irish stew, colcannon, boxty, soda bread, the full Irish breakfast and seafood chowder — what these dishes actually are, where they come from, and what to expect when you order them.

Traditional Pubs to Know in Dublin

Genuinely old Dublin pubs with documented history — not a ranked 'best of' list, just well-established places worth knowing about, with the history behind each one.

Bunratty Castle & Folk Park Guide

A restored 15th-century tower house and a recreated 19th-century village, a few minutes from Shannon Airport — what's actually there and worth knowing before you go.

Cliffs of Moher Guide

Ireland's most-visited natural attraction — how high the cliffs actually are, how to get there without a car, and what the coastal walk involves.

Doolin Guide

Ireland's traditional-music village, the usual ferry departure point for the Aran Islands, and the northern end of the Cliffs of Moher Coastal Walk.

The Burren Guide

Ireland's karst landscape of bare limestone pavement, ancient tombs and plants found nowhere else together — what the Burren actually is and how to see it.

Things to Do in Clare

From the Cliffs of Moher and the Burren to Doolin, Bunratty and the county town of Ennis — how Clare's main sights fit together and how to plan around them.

Best Day Trips from Cork

Blarney Castle, Cobh, Kinsale and Fota Wildlife Park — the four best day trips from Cork city, with practical notes on getting to each one by train or road.