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City Hall

An architectural competition was announced in 1768 by the Merchants Guild of Dublin for a new Royal Exchange on Cork Hill. Thomas Cooley, a Londoner, won the commission and construction...

Thomas Read’s, Parliament Street

At a time when men wore swords as a personal...

Smock Alley Theatre

Dublin’s first theatre opened on Werburgh Street in 1637 but...

Crypt, Christ Church Cathedral

Underneath Christ Church is the crypt, the oldest surviving structure...

The Ancient City Seal of Dublin

The modern representation of the city’s coat of arms (or...

Were the Vikings Christian?

These Scandinavian adventurers, pirates and eventually, colonists, were certainly pagan...

Guinness was a Bishop’s Legacy!

The famous Guinness brewery was first established in Dublin in...

The Brazen Head

Believed to be Dublin’s oldest pub, this building may go...

Trinity College & Keeping its Early Books Dry!

When Trinity College first opened its doors in 1592 the...

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