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Irish Rock 'N' Roll Museum Experience: Journey Through Ireland's Musical History
4.9
5,017 Ratings
Dublin
Discover the rich musical history of Ireland on a 1.5-hour tour of the Irish Rock ‘N’ Roll Museum. Explore a renowned recording studio and immerse yourself in the stories and memorabilia of legendary artists like U2, Van Morrison, and Thin Lizzy.
Discover the rich musical history of Ireland on a 1.5-hour tour of the Irish Rock ‘N’ Roll Museum. Explore a renowned recording studio and immerse yourself in the stories and memorabilia of legendary artists like U2, Van Morrison, and Thin Lizzy.
Duration:
1 hour, 15 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- The Irish Rock ‘N’ Roll Museum Experience - Located in the heart of Temple Bar—Dublin’s Cultural Quarter—the Irish Rock ‘N’ Roll Museum Experience is the only place in Ireland to celebrate Rock ‘N’ Roll. This 1.5-hour tour will take visitors on a historical musical journey, where you’ll travel behind the scenes of some of Ireland’s largest acts….
- The Irish Rock ‘N’ Roll Museum Experience - Located in the heart of Temple Bar—Dublin’s Cultural Quarter—the Irish Rock ‘N’ Roll Museum Experience is the only place in Ireland to celebrate Rock ‘N’ Roll. This 1.5-hour tour will take visitors on a historical musical journey, where you’ll travel behind the scenes of some of Ireland’s largest acts. This fully-guided tour has informative exhibits from Irish Rock ‘N’ Roll with access to one of Dublin’s most legendary venues and recording studios. Over the years these facilities have hosted some of Ireland’s most popular artists including Van Morrison, Thin Lizzy, Sinead O’Conner, and others. Discover more than just the music itself, this museum provides some insight into the lives and careers of the artists, and is a way to really walk in the footsteps of some of your musical heroes. At the end of the 75-minute tour, you finish in the middle of Temple Bar where you originally started the tour.
What's Included
- Local guide
- Local guide
What's Not Included
- Transportation
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
- Transportation
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Embark on a 1.5-hour voyage through the musical heritage of Ireland with this exciting tour! Accompanied by an enthusiastic local guide, you’ll gain exclusive access to one of Ireland’s premier recording studios. This studio has heard the echoes of internationally renowned artists such as Van Morrison, The Script, and Sinead O’Conner. It also houses a…
Embark on a 1.5-hour voyage through the musical heritage of Ireland with this exciting tour! Accompanied by an enthusiastic local guide, you’ll gain exclusive access to one of Ireland’s premier recording studios. This studio has heard the echoes of internationally renowned artists such as Van Morrison, The Script, and Sinead O’Conner. It also houses a collection of photographs and mementos of world-famous musicians, including U2, Michael Jackson, and the legendary guitarist, Thin Lizzy. And since this place is an active recording studio, you never know who you might bump into!
- Minimum number of participants for activity to operate
Location
The Irish Rock 'N' Roll Museum Experience
Curved Street, Temple Bar
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(5017 Ratings)
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Nicole
Apr 17, 2025
Always worth a visit - The tour was a lot of fun. We immediately got along very well with our funny and likeable guide Alan. His knowledge is incredible. You can tell from his many stories and the way he talks about music and musicians that he loves his profession. We had an unforgettable morning.
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Gabrielets9158xc
Apr 16, 2025
Best tour ever - Most amazing tour we’ve ever made , we really need to thanks the tour guide Alan because of his passion and knowledge of the Irish music history plus, he was able to entertain us with perks and funny jokes all of the time
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Joelbg6396gr
Apr 13, 2025
Sympathy for the guide - Great visit of the place, almost private since there was only... the two of us, coached by the excellent French guide Aymeric: congratulations to him for the quality and intelligence of his presentation, full of humor. Don't change anything Aymeric, and may Irish rock continue to inspire you! The French of the South
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Kathryntw9075ei
Mar 29, 2025
#alanrocks - There once was a tour guide named Alan
Who had knowledge to share by the gallon
No boy bands of pop
Only heroes of Rock
Of great Irish musical talent
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Kawoj85
Mar 27, 2025
Visit to the Irish Rock 'n' Roll Museum – A True Fan's Experience - As a huge U2 fan, visiting the Irish Rock 'n' Roll Museum was high on my Dublin to-do list. I went there with a group of friends, full of excitement – though, true to rock 'n' roll spirit, we arrived fashionably late and missed our scheduled time slot.
Luckily, Alan, the guide, didn’t mind at all. He simply added us to another group without hesitation. And even though there were quite a few of us, the vibe was fantastic from the start.
Alan is an absolute legend – a brilliant storyteller who brings the whole place to life. The museum itself doesn’t overflow with jaw-dropping artifacts, but that honestly doesn’t matter. The magic lies in the stories, the energy, and Alan’s ability to make Irish music history feel alive.
Of course, I wouldn’t have minded a bit more U2 content – but I get it, Bono isn’t exactly everyone's favorite among the Irish 😄 I already know a lot about the band anyway, but still, the experience was amazing.
In short? Totally worth it. Great fun, great music, great people.
Because at the end of the day – we’re all a little bit Irish, aren’t we? 🇮🇪🎶🍀
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Lilab493
Mar 24, 2025
Unmissable experience - Amazing, exciting, captivating...full of information, very interactive and a guide to the top (Coline) brief I recommend 10000%
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Effleurage
Mar 1, 2025
Tour guide Emily: what a corker… - So: the small group comprised couples from Ruthin N.Wales (us), Seattle, France, Hungary, Switzerland. We were directly behind Emily as we traipsed along & down bare-boarded corridors & stairwells to the bowels of this poster-strewn cave of sound & history, and as she expressively explained her view of Taylor Swift I realised I needed to tune my ear to her broad beautiful dialect. My guess throughout, however, was that the majority of our group weren’t catching half of the details and/or her fab humour: this meant that we alone were laughing hysterically and appreciating Emily’s performance whilst others seemed in a daze. I mention this as I have no idea whether this might be true of the other guides, and it might be worth considering if you cannot follow a fast-talking Dubliner.
Plenty of fab stories of the plethora of Irish musical talent, and Emily cleverly picked up on others’ stories throughout the 90mins and embroidered them with her own. Room upon room, cheek by jowl with framed discs, signed photos, tour memorabilia, and latterly the bands’ stage & a dedicated Thin Lizzy/Phil Lynot room with their crazy huge mixing desk: it was a tour filled with intimate knowledge within the gritty atmosphere of a real historical recording studio. Well worth the dosh, and for us mostly to say thanks to Emily as she was a class act 💋
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G6425wcmatthiash
Jan 13, 2025
Great visit - The tour with Alan was perfect ! He was funny and was great in explaining that every rock n roll star around the globe is actually Irish !
We went randomly by looking at the wall while passing by and it was the best experience we had in Dublin
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Torbent219
Apr 24, 2025
Absolutely worth it! A must go for all the rock fans! - Very interesting information and exhibits on Irish rock music.
For fans of this music, especially U2 a special experience.
The guide Liam was very good and had many insides stories to tell.
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Robcw9682eb
Feb 6, 2025
I wouldn’t bother - I would describe this tour of having all the ingredients of a delicious meal and it ended up tasting like burnt toast. The venue, the history, the stories - it is all there HOWEVER our tour guide (Emily) lacked any ability to bring it together. She was clearly passionate but confusing, self indulgent, irrelevant are some adjectives that come to mind!
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