The Phoenix Park is the largest urban enclosed park in Europe, with a Circumference of 11km (7m). Only 2 miles up the River Liffey west of the city centre this broad expanse of 712 hectares contains ornamental gardens, nature trails, wooded areas and grasslands crisscrossed by avenues lined with trees. Herds of Fallow deer can often be seen roaming within the park.
Dublin Zoo enclosed within the park is part of a worldwide network of zoos working together to breed endangered species. Studbooks are used to manage this captive breeding. Dublin Zoo holds the European studbooks for species including the Moluccan Cockatoo and the Golden Lion Tamarin. Dublin Zoo also sponsors field researchers to study a group of tamarins that have been released back into protected habitats.

The Phoenix Park is the largest urban enclosed park in Europe, with a Circumference of 11km (7m). Only 2 miles up the River Liffey west of the city centre this broad expanse of 712 hectares contains ornamental gardens, nature trails, wooded areas and grasslands crisscrossed by avenues lined with trees. Herds of Fallow deer can often be seen roaming within the park.
Dublin Zoo enclosed within the park is part of a worldwide network of zoos working together to breed endangered species. Studbooks are used to manage this captive breeding. Dublin Zoo holds the European studbooks for species including the Moluccan Cockatoo and the Golden Lion Tamarin. Dublin Zoo also sponsors field researchers to study a group of tamarins that have been released back into protected habitats.

Dublin Castle represents 800 years of history. The building of Dublin Castle was undertaken in 1204 to protect the Anglo Normans from raids carried out by the Vikings and the Irish clans hidden in the mountains. This complex represents some of the oldest surviving architecture in the city, and was the centre of English power in Ireland until the Irish Free State was established in 1922. Since then the State Apartments, the ancillary buildings and the Castle's modern Conference Centre are used to host visiting heads of Government, meetings of the European Union, conferences, tribunals of enquiry and the inauguration of each new President of Ireland.

The University of Dublin, Trinity College, founded in 1592, is the oldest university in Ireland. Standing on a self-contained site in the heart of Dublin, the College covers some 40 acres of cobbled squares and green spaces, around buildings that represent the accumulated architectural riches of nearly three centuries. Its thirteen and a half thousand staff and students form a compact academic community and are at the same time an intimate part of the city's life.. Trinity College is one of Irelands leading historical sites, attracting in excess of half a million visitors every year. Heritage attractions available to visitors include The Book of Kells written around the year 800 AD and is one of the most beautifully illuminated manuscripts in the world. It is written on vellum and contains a Latin text of the Gospels in insular majuscule script accompanied by magnificent and intricate whole pages of decoration with smaller painted decorations appearing throughout the text. It has been on display in the Old Library since the 19th century. Two volumes can normally be seen, one opened to display a major decorated page, and one to show two pages of script.

Donat, first Bishop of Dublin, and Sitric, Norse King of Dublin founded the original Viking church in 1038. Soon after the capture of the city by the Normans in 1172, Strongbow (Richard de Clare) and the other Norman nobles offered at their own expense to replace the Norse structure and their splendid Romanesque Cathedral completed in 1240 survives to this day. The ancient crypt with its Norman-style vaulting dates from 1171-72 and is one of the largest medieval crypts in Britain or Ireland; it is unusual in that it stretches under the nave as well as the choir of the upper church, measuring 175 ft. in length, and the many stone pillars carry the entire weight of the cathedral and central tower. In 1742 the Cathedral choir sang at the world premiere of Handels `Messiah' in nearby Fishamble St. The building was extensively renovated in 1871-8 when Henry Roe gave £230,000 (£23 million in today's money) to save the structure. The adjoining Synod Hall was built in 1875, connected by a covered bridge across St. Michaels Hill. The church is open to visitors every day of the year except for St. Stephens’s day (26 December)

Dublin boasts a multi cultural society and this is represented by the diversity of restaurants situated throughout the city and the extensive range of dishes available. Eating out in Dublin is a delightful experience and you won’t be pushed to find the ideal setting weather it is a romantic candle lit meal or you wish to be surrounded by the buzz of joyous conversation. Weather you are on a budget or wish to go upmarket the variety and quality of food and settings are enough to please everyone’s tastes and the restaurants here are sure to please your palate.

Dublin is a shoppers delight from the very best designer labels, fashion accessories, and jewellery right through to the alternative and sometimes obscure fashion. What ever you desire can be found within the short walk from the newly renovated thoroughfare of O’Connell street, down Henry street on the north side, across the Ha’penny Bridge, through Temple bar district on the south side, up Grafton street and of course not missing out the many side streets and malls along the way concealing hidden gems of little shops and stores. Have a look through our shops and services that are sure to provide you with the perfect present or little treat for yourself.

With architecture and history dating back over a millennium and the many museums housing artefacts dating from B.C Dublin has a rich mixture of exhibits and places to see. With so many poets, laureates and writers adopting Dublin as there home there is a wealth of literature and art to be discovered within the many museums, historic buildings and churches. With such a legacy from Vikings to Normans and musicians to artists Dublin is steeped in a rich mix of history that can be viewed at all these places of interest.