Dublin - Kilmainham & the Liberties (PDF Chapter)

This is the Kilmainham & the Liberties chapter from Lonely Planet’s Dublin guidebook.

Dublin’s oldest and most traditional neighbourhoods, immediately west of the south city cen-tre, have a handful of tourist big hitters, not least the Guinness Storehouse, Dublin’s most-visited museum. Keeping watch over the ancient Liberties is St Patrick’s Cathedral.

• take a trip through Ireland’s troubled history at foreboding 18th-century Kilmainham Gaol, which housed many an Irish rebel
• maps
• sample a pint of Guinness at the factory where it all began in 1759 – and continues to this day
• transport
• get familiar with Irish whiskey at the first distillery to open in Dublin for more than a century, Teeling Distillery
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Shopping, Sports & Activities.