Dublin Historical Walking Tour: 2-Hour Journey through Irish History

This isn’t just a ‘sightseeing tour’ (although there’s lots to admire), it’s a comprehensive exploration of crucial moments in Irish history—English domination, impacts of the American and French Revolutions, the Great Famine, the fight for freedom, the Northern Ireland Peace Process, Brexit—from the perspective of a history postgraduate.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Trinity College Dublin - We start at the front gate of Trinity College and enter the campus where we outline its history as Ireland’s oldest university (1592) & its most valuable artefact, the Book of Kells, an 8th century manuscript of the four Gospels, written in Latin.
What's Included
  • Guidance from history postgraduates
What's Not Included
  • Entry to the Book of Kells.
Location
Trinity College Dublin
College Green
Go to Trinity College front gate, College Green, opposite the Henry Grattan statue. Our guide will be handing out brochures.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Shaya195
Jul 25, 2024
Worth every penny! - Very informative. I had 3 different tours in Dublin, and this one was the best. Our guide, Jodie, was amazing. Some by-passers even stopped to listen to him.
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Raiki_o
Jul 24, 2024
Really interesting guide... - Really interesting guide about the Irish history. I really recommend this walking tour for anyone interested in the Irish history.
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Journey55524644494
Jul 23, 2024
Interesting historical review of Dublin. - This is a walking tour for those interested in Irish and Dublin History. Grace did an excellent job of covering the historical points while keeping it fun and interesting. We enjoyed the tour and highly recommend it.
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Expedition708848
Jul 20, 2024
Historical walking tour - Fantastic tour! Our tour guide, Grace, gave an excellent overview of Irish history and was able to explain complex historical information in a way easy to understand. It wasn’t a tour of just the well known sites, but also the context of the sites for their time in history. It was educational, informative and highly entertaining. Highly recommend!!
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Janc771
Jul 19, 2024
An exceptional tour - When visiting a city for the first time, I always book a guided walking tour. Without exception, this has to be the best that I have done. Colm, our guide, gave us so much information, explained Ireland's complex history clearly, & added warmth, humour & even a song or two! All 4 of us thought this an exceptional tour. We can't recommend it highly enough.
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Sarahnaismith
Jul 17, 2024
Brilliant! - This was a brilliant, interesting and informative experience. I learnt so much and had a good laugh. I went on it with my 11 year old who said it was the best part of his trip! Grace was so great at story telling.
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Susanri8235sq
Jul 14, 2024
Excellent Walking Tour of Dublin - This was our first tour after arriving in Ireland and a perfect introduction to the county and its history. Jodi is an excellent guide, he’s engaging and informative with just the right amount of humor. He’s amazingly knowledgeable and able to answer any question posed to him about the history of Ireland. He asks questions too in order to create meaningful dialog and a great experience for his guests. Jodi did a wonderful job; I highly recommend this tour.
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Gwenaelle_t
Jul 13, 2024
History, stories, legends and... Songs! - An interesting and complete walking tour, with nice songs (and a great voice) to illustrate a few anecdotes. History, legends and stories intermingle. We really had good time!
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Walter_g
Jul 13, 2024
Jody - Grand fella - Had a wonderful 2 hours with Jody. He was incredibly engaging and projected his voice well while articulating very clearly to us. He was happy to answer questions and was extremely professional. He also gave us a great recommendation for reasonably priced Guinness! I would definitely recommend Jody’s tour to anyone travelling to Dublin. Thanks so much!
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Mary_b
Jul 13, 2024
Excellent guide - Our guide Eion was very entertaining and knowledgeable. We walked at a good pace and enjoyed the tour.
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