DUBLIN - Ireland 2014 - page 89

find a real performance; there are many throughout the summer, such as the lunchtime
hour on weekends at 13:00 at the Dublin Writers Museum, described on here . ) However,
the pub crawl is an easygoing excuse to drink beer in busy pubs, hook up with other trav-
elers, and get a dose of Irish witty lit (€12, April-Oct daily at 19:30, Nov-March Thu-
Sun at 19:30; you can normally just show up, but call ahead in July-Aug when it can fill
up; meet upstairs in the Duke Pub—off Grafton on Duke Street, tel. [phone], mobile
087-263-0270, www.dublinpubcrawl.com ). Connoisseurs of Irish pubs will want to buy
the excellent Dublin Literary Pub Crawl guidebook by pub-crawl founder Colm Quillig-
an.
1916 Rebellion Walking Tour
This two-hour walk breathes gritty life into the most turbulent year in modern Irish
history, when idealistic Irish rebels launched the Easter Uprising—eventually leading to
independence from Britain. Guide Lorcan Collins has written a guidebook called The
Easter Rising —worth seeking out—and is passionate about his walks (€12, €2 discount
with this topic in 2014, daily March-Oct Mon-Sat at 11:30, Sun at 13:00, no tours
Nov-March, departs from International Bar at 23 Wicklow Street, mobile [phone],
www.1916rising.com ).
Pat Liddy's Walking Tours
Pat Liddy is one of Dublin's top historians. He and his guides take groups on enthusiastic
and informal 1.5-hour walks of hidden Dublin districts. Unlike most Dublin walks, this
one does a good job of covering the often overlooked but historic north side of town.
You'll start near the General Post Office building, wind down across the river to City Hall,
through Temple Bar, and end at Trinity College (€10, April-Oct daily at 11:00, meet in
front of the Dublin Bus Office at 59 Upper O'Connell Street, tel. [phone], mobile
087-905-2480, www.walkingtours.ie ) .
Rebel Tours of Dublin
These 1.5-hour walks (within a six-block area between Parnell Square and the General
Post Office) focus on revolutionary events in Dublin from 1913 to 1923, when Ireland
shed British rule. Strongly opinionated, these guides view history through the lens of Irish
Republicanism (€10, departs Mon-Sat at 11:30 from Sinn Fein Bookshop at 58 Parnell
Square, book ahead by phone, tel. [phone]).