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\nAdrenalin Activities in Dublin and Surrounds<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The choice of\nactivities is broad, from escape\nrooms<\/a>, paintball<\/a>,\naxe throwing, clay\npigeon shooting<\/a>, combat\narchery<\/a>, horse\nriding<\/a>, bubble\nfootball<\/a>, go-karting<\/a> right\nthrough to white\nwater rafting<\/a> and other water-based\nactivities<\/a>, such as SUP boarding and kitesurfing. All\nthese activities and much more can be found on Geronigo\u00ae,<\/a> the\nlargest network of adventure and adrenalin activities in the UK and\nIreland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nSightseeing ‘Must Dos’ in Dublin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nDublin Musical Pub Crawl<\/a> has to come top of the\nlist. The best of the many that are on offer are run by professional\nmusicians – as this experience is all about the music, and the odd\ndrink or two! Your musician guides, who take you to some of Dublin’s\nmost notable public houses, explain the history and stories behind\ntraditional Irish music and perform songs and instrumental Irish Jigs\nand Reels throughout the tour. A truly immersive and interactive\nexperience filled with great Irish music and dancing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nBook of Kells Exhibition<\/a> should be on your\nitinerary if history and religion are of interest. Located in the\nheart of the city centre in Trinity College Dublin, the Exhibition\ndisplays the Book of Kells, a 9th-century manuscript that documents\nthe four Gospels of the life of Jesus Christ. The Book of Kells is\nIreland’s greatest cultural treasure and the world’s most famous\nmedieval manuscript. The Exhibition also features access to the Long\nRoom, one of the world’s most beautiful libraries, that houses\n250,000 of Trinity College’s oldest books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dublin\nWalking Tours<\/a> are many and varied. History and\nculture are featured in the form of storytelling and music, one\nnotable being a guided tour by opera singers. Others highlight the\ndarker side of Dublin’s history and the ghost and ghouls who are said\nto wander the city’s oldest areas on the darkest nights. Tours like\n‘The Grave Digger’s Tour’ should set your teeth rattling or the\n‘Dublin Ghost Bus Tour’ that promises to take you to the scariest and\nmost sinister places in the city. Dubliners love a good story and\nhave many storytelling events that are hosted in the city pubs,\nmuseums and public spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Guiness Tours in Dublin <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The\nGuinness Storehouse<\/a> Experience and taste the\nstory of Ireland’s most iconic stout beer \u2013 Guinness. For fans of\nthis brew, the Guinness Storehouse is a veritable place of worship.\nThe Storehouse – also called the Guinness Hop Store – opened in 2000\nin a century-old fermentation plant. Today it comprises seven floors\nsurrounding a pint-shaped atrium. Visitors are treated to a\nblow-by-blow account about how the delicious dark brown beer is made,\nthe history of the Guinness brand and the life of its founder, Arthur\nGuinness. To round off your visit, you get a complimentary pint of\nGuinness in the spectacular Gravity Bar on the Storehouse’s 7th\nfloor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jameson\nWhiskey Tour<\/a> is another Dublin favourite. For\nover 200 years Jameson’s have been producing their fine whiskey in\nDublin. The tour takes you from the year 1780, when John Jameson\nwalked through the doors of the Bow St. Distillery in Dublin and\nthrough the early years when the distillery saw rapid growth, and\nemployed so many people, it was seen as a vibrant city within a city.\nThe story then takes you through the years and developments to the\npresent day. Jameson whiskey is touted to be the world’s most famous\nand best Irish whiskey, and you can try it for yourself during your\ntour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dublin Castle <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dublin\nCastle<\/a> \u2013 one of the most important buildings in\nIrish history. The castle has witnessed the historical progression\nfrom a country ruled by the British to one of independence. From 1204\nuntil 1922 it was the seat of English, and later British rule in\nIreland as a residence for the Viceroy of Ireland, and as a\nceremonial and administrative centre. Originally a medieval fortress\nconstructed on the ground once occupied by an earlier Viking\nsettlement, and despite a severe fire in 1684, much of the medieval\nand Viking structures survived and can still be explored by visitors\ntoday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the\nlate-seventeenth and eighteenth centuries saw the Castle transformed\nfrom a medieval bastion into a Georgian palace. The new building\nincluded a suite of grand reception rooms known as the State\nApartments, which accommodated the Viceroy and were the focus of\ngreat state occasions. The Castle remains one of the architectural\nhighlights of Georgian Dublin today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 16 January\n1922, the last Viceroy of Ireland handed Dublin Castle over to\nMichael Collins and the government of the newly-independent Irish\nstate. Successive Irish governments have continued to use it for\nimportant national events, such as state dinners and commemorations.\nSince 1938, all of Ireland’s presidents have been inaugurated in St\nPatrick’s Hall within the castle. Among the many famous figures\nassociated with the Castle is Bram Stoker, author of Dracula, who\nworked as a civil servant at the Castle from 1866 to 1878.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O’Connell\nStreet<\/a> has often been centre-stage in Irish\nhistory. Renamed in honour of Daniel O’Connell, a nationalist leader\nof the early 19th century, whose statue stands at the lower end of\nthe street, facing O’Connell Bridge it forms part of the main\nthoroughfare created in the 18th century that runs through the centre\nof the capital, terminating at City Hall and Dublin Castle. It has\ngreat prominence in Irish history because it formed the backdrop of\nmany protests, demonstrations and celebrations, and so has many\nmonuments and significant tourist stopping points. To know the Irish\nis to know their history and this street is steeped in it. However,\nit would be hard to miss this famous street as it’s central to any\nlocation you visit in Dublin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dublin is famous for its bustling hub of music and performance venues.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Theatres,\nMusic Halls Clubs and Pubs in Dublin<\/strong> are all venues for\nperformance, be that impromptu or planned. Irish people love to dance\nand sing and tell stories. So, one venue you must not miss, is Smock\nAlley Theatre<\/a>, which is nestled on the banks of the\nRiver Liffey. Originally built in 1662, The Theatre Royal at Smock\nAlley gave the world the plays of George Farquhar (The Recruiting\nOfficer), Oliver Goldsmith (She Stoops to Conquer) and Richard\nBrinsley Sheridan (The Rivals). 300 people attended the theatre each\nnight, seven days a week to be enthralled, entertained and\nenlightened by actors, acrobats, dancers, musicians and trapeze\nartists. Now, 350 years after it was first built, the theatre has\nbeen carefully and lovingly restored to become Dublin’s Oldest Newest\nTheatre. It is now once again a bustling hub of theatre, song, dance,\nart and creativity. Check out their performance\nschedule<\/a>, you will not be disappointed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dublin \u2013 the\nCity of Diversity, Fun and Intrigue <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So now you can\ncombine a cultural visit to Dublin with a few activities; an ideal\ncombination for a Dublin stag party weekend, a Dublin hen party\nweekend \u2013 or any holiday that affords you a little more time.\nTaking part in activities in the countryside that surrounds Dublin\nalso enables you to experience some of the most breath-taking scenery\nthat the county of Dublin has to offer. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By CJ<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dublin and its surrounds is a place of history and mystery. Literary and musical genius abounds from the sons and daughters of Dublin, both those from the past, who are lovingly remembered and celebrated to the talent you can see in the theatres and pubs throughout Ireland’s vibrant capital city today. Many reasons to visit \u2013 we give you the best.… Read More Things To Do In Dublin.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[164,503,53,747,29,2,74,5,741,670,839,208,700,701,699,391,70,402,644],"tags":[887,159,262,643],"class_list":["post-3652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adventure-sports","category-bubble-football","category-bucket-list","category-city-attractions","category-clay-pigeon-shooting","category-combat-archery","category-escape-games","category-group-activities","category-hen-parties","category-karting","category-occasionsandevents","category-st-patricks-day","category-stag-do","category-stag-organising","category-stag-party","category-sup","category-water-sports","category-white-water-rafting","category-white-water-tubing","tag-dublin","tag-group-activities","tag-ireland","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3652"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3658,"href":"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3652\/revisions\/3658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geronigo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}