A Summer in Dublin Full of Events!
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Dublin Libraries Summer Events, Round Room 200 Exhibition, Festival of Curiosity, Daily Botanic Gardens Tours
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Hi all!
From 26 July pubs, restaurants and cafés are allowed to open their doors again for indoor services…but only for people that have proof that they have received the vacci ne or that recovered from an infection less than six months ago.
This is probably a first and a quite worrying first! Imagine four years ago a pub owner would have asked you for your medical history before letting you in?
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Imagine this example: “Can you proof that you do not have a Mental Health issue? No? Sorry, you can’t enter our premises.” I would have hoped that people in this country had protested vehemently.
Not now! Now the state forces you to give personal details about your medical history to a pub or restaurant employee and we just accept? People have stopped using the encrypted (!!) WhatsApp because Facebook might send them some additional ads, but they are prepared to reveal private medical data to a pub owner? Very strange times!
The bill that enforces this new level of control is intentionally written in language that makes it difficult to understand (data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/bill/2021/100/eng/initiated/b10021d.pdf), but even more concerning is that it is justified on Page 4 through totally un-proven scientific claims.
You might or might not think that the law is discriminatory, but imagine the Irish government would decide next year that it is a risk to the public if people with mental health issues enter a pub? Or people with a disability enter a restaurant? Would you then think it is discriminatory?
Yes, I definitely hope that indoor events can re-start again as soon as possible, but if a state singles out groups in society for positive or negative reasons, we should get worried.
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Let’s hope that these rules won’t bve extended to museums and galleries and other cultural venues! In the meantime, the number of events are slowly increasing, but the change is VERY slow. The good new is though that the Dublin Event Guide will continue the place where you find all high-quality cultural events that are free, so stick with us. ;-)
And don’t forget that you can sign up to the weekly Dublin Event Guide e-mail newsletter here: www.DublinEventGuide.com
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The Dublin Event Guide is a free service, but it is not free to run it. For website, software licenses and to send the Dublin Event Guide e-mail every week, there are monthly cost of approx. 200 Euro.
The arrangement for the last 10+ years has been that I find the events and create the weekly newsletter and you help with the cost through donations. In the last 1.5 years that deal is not working anymore and instead I have to also put in money to pay the bills.
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Please help me to fix that! It is unsustainable for me to invest about 20 hours per week in the Dublin Event Guide for no charge and then also having to pay a large part of the bills. So I REALLY need your help to keep the Dublin Event Guide alive.
Any amount is appreciated, but If you are looking for a recommendation, then I suggest a donation of 12 Euro per year. – That’s just one Euro per month and you get FOUR Dublin Event Guides for that. If your funds are limited, but you still want to help, you can buy a virtual coffee. I won’t actually drink the coffee, but will use the money for the Dublin Event Guide.
For donations, use the Dublin Event Guide Donation Page here: gturl.eu/DEGdonate. It is really easy to use and uses Stripe’s trustworthy payment processing. In case it doesn’t work for you, the old links are below and can also be used. You can even sign up for a yearly subscription on the donation page! Yearly subscriptions will give some important financial stability and reliability to the Dublin Event Guide and are therefore very much appreciated! (Look for the RED subscription buttons at the bottom of the Donation Page.)
You can donate here via www.paypal.me/DublinEventGuide or for Revolut users among you, just use @joergbrb
To buy one or two or even three virtual coffees (or Hot Chocolates!) for the Dublin Event Guide, come to the “Buy Me a Coffee” page here www.buymeacoffee.com/DublinEventG
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Finally, there is also another way to help and it is even free: If you come to www.DublinEventGuide.com and check out some of the ads and click on the ones that you find interesting, that also helps with a few cent! ?
Thank you!!
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“EPIC – The Irish Emigration Museum” (www.epicchq.com) are currently sponsoring the Dublin Event Guide and this section of the weekly newsletter will contain relevant information about events in general or about EPIC-related news and happenings.
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+++ Calling all Family Day Trippers! Kids under 17 go free to EPIC all summer long!
The school holidays are now underway and we are delighted to announce that Kids go free to “EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum” this July and August!
Let your family roam through our 20 captivating and immersive galleries. With their very own EPIC passport, kids can stamp their way through 1500 years of Irish history, enjoy the unique visual displays and interact with history inside our award-winning museum.
Plan your visit here: epicchq.com/kids-go-free-this-summer/
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+++ Tiny Tots: Nellie Bly Around the World
Thu 22 July – 10:30-11:30 – Online – Adm: EUR 5
All children aged 6 and under are welcome to our next interactive storytelling adventure, where you will sing songs, draw pictures and meet a whole host of characters.
Investigative journalist Nellie Bly is packing to go on a whistle-stop around the world, but needs your help to complete this adventure in record-breaking time! Help her navigate the globe, and go on a different sensory adventure in each country you visit, from evading pirates out at sea to meeting monkeys in Singapore and beyond! Parents, please note that the chat feature on Zoom will be used during the session and the kids will need crayons and paper to help bring the story to life at home. epicchq.com/event/tiny-tots-nellie-bly-around-the-world-epic-museum/
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+++ A win for Dublin – Vote for EPIC in the World Travel Awards
EPIC have been nominated as Europe’s Leading Tourist Attraction at the 2021 World Travel Awards! Help us get three in a row – a win for tourism, a win for Dublin and a win for EPIC!
Vote for EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum as Europe’s Leading Tourist Attraction 2021 – World Travel Awards: www.worldtravelawards.com/vote-for-epic-the-irish-emigration-museum-europes-leading-tourist-attraction-2021
Voting is still open and your support is needed!!
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A further 10% reduction on already low book prices with Code IRELAND10
Valid until 18 July.
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Free events in Dublin this weekend…
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Saturday 17 July
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+ Airfield Estate Farmers’ Market 09:00-14:30 Airfield Estate, Overend Ave, Dundrum, Dublin 14 (lower car park) www.airfield.ie/farmers-market-at-airfield-estate
+ Supernatural Food Market – Food & Farmer’s Market 09:00-15:00 St Andrew’s Resource Centre, 114-116 Pearse St., Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/thesupernaturalfoodmarket
+ Honest2Goodness Market – Food & Farmers’ Market – 09:30-15:00 – 136a Slaney Close, Dublin Industrial Estate, Glasnevin, Dublin 11 www.facebook.com/GlasnevinMarket/
+ The Empty Vessel with Lisa Gerrard – Percussive bowls/singing bowl/bass voice/contemporary music – Album Preview – Audio Installation 10:00-17:00 Chapel Royal, Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 www.dublincastle.ie/event/the-empty-vessel-with-lisa-gerrard/?instance_id=643
+ Bushy Park Market – Food & Farmers’ Market 10:00-16:00 Bushy Park, Terenure, Dublin 6W www.facebook.com/bushyparkmarket
+ Red Stables Market – Food & Farmers’ Market 10:00-16:00 Red Stables, St. Anne’s Park, Raheny, Dublin 5 www.facebook.com/RedStablesMarket
+ Marlay Park Food & Farmers’ Market 10:00-16:00 Marlay Park, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 www.dlrcoco.ie/en/markets/marlay-park-coco-market
+ Temple Bar Food Market 11:00-16:00 Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 www.templebarmarkets.com/foodmarket
+ Blackrock Market 11:00-17:30 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/BlackrockMarket/
+ DC Vinyl Market – Lucky’s 11:00-17:00 Lucky’s, 78 Meath St, Dublin 8 8 www.facebook.com/events/500560114510681/
+ National Botanic Gardens Daily Guided Tour 11:30-12:30/15:00-16:00/Family-friendly: 14:00-15:00 National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 botanicgardens.ie/calendar/ (Booking required)
+ Breakin’ Out Of Lockdown – Hip-Hop workshop with Tobi Omoteso – for young men over 12 years based in Dublin North Inner City – Five Lamps Arts Festival 12:00-13:30 Liberty Park, Foley Street, Dublin 1 www.eventbrite.ie/e/161833070069 (Booking required)
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+ Apollo Project Creative Careers event with photographer Brian Cregan – Talk – National Gallery 14:00-15:00 Online nationalgallery.ticketsolve.com/shows/873617595 (Booking required)
+ Picnic Teidí – Live show with children’s songs in Irish – for ages 0-6 – Walkinstown Library 14:00 & 15:00 Walkinstown Library, Percy French Road, Dublin 12 www.dublincity.ie/events/picnic-teidi-outdoors (Booking required)
+ Scentsational – A Story of Perfume and Pollinators – Themed Guided Tour 14:00-15:00 National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 botanicgardens.ie/event/themed-guided-tour-scentsational-a-story-of-perfume-and-pollinators/?instance_id=50307 (Booking required)
+ Introduction to SKY Breath Meditation Workshop – Art of Living Foundation 16:00-17:00 Online www.eventbrite.com/e/58096834195 (Booking required)
+ Traditional Singing Session with Cathal McConnell – Seamus Ennis Arts Centre 20:30 Online tseac.ticketsolve.com/shows/873618997 (Booking required)
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Sunday 18 July
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+ Glasnevin Indoor Market/Food Fair 09:00-17:00 Brooks Timber & Building Supplies Ltd, Ballyboggan Rd, Dublin 11 www.facebook.com/events/386553899452086
+ Marlay Park Food & Farmers’ Market 10:00-16:00 Marlay Park, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 www.dlrcoco.ie/en/markets/marlay-park-coco-market
+ People’s Park Food & Farmers’ Market 10:00-16:00 People’s Park, Park Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin www.dlrcoco.ie/en/markets/d%C3%BAn-laoghaire-coco-market
+ The Empty Vessel with Lisa Gerrard – Percussive bowls/singing bowl/bass voice/contemporary music – Album Preview – Audio Installation 10:00-17:00 Chapel Royal, Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 www.dublincastle.ie/event/the-empty-vessel-with-lisa-gerrard/?instance_id=643
+ Herbert Park Market – Food & Farmers’ Market 11:00-16:00 Herbert Park, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 www.facebook.com/Herbert-Park-Market-405930226496273
+ Blackrock Market 11:00-17:30 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/BlackrockMarket/
+ St. Catherine’s Park Urban Market 11:00-17:00 St. Catherine’s Park, Lucan, Co. Dublin (beside overflow car park) www.facebook.com/St.CatherinesParkUrbanMarket/
+ National Botanic Gardens Daily Guided Tour 11:30-12:30/15:00-16:00/Family-friendly: 14:00-15:00 National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 botanicgardens.ie/calendar/ (Booking required)
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+ Introduction to SKY Breath Meditation Workshop – Art of Living Foundation 16:00-17:00 Online www.eventbrite.com/e/58096834195 (Booking required)
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What’s on and free next week….
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Monday 19 July
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+ Party Animals: 3-day creative arts workshop for ages 8-11 (Mon-Wed) – Ballyfermot Library 10:30-11:45 Online www.dublincity.ie/events/party-animals (Booking required)
+ Round Room 200 Exhibition – Interactive Journey through the history of the Round Room at Mansion House (19 Jul-29 Aug) 11:00-20:00 Round Room, Mansion House, Dawson Street, Dublin 2 www.roundroom200.com/tickets (Booking required – Adm. is free)
+ National Botanic Gardens Daily Guided Tour 11:30-12:30/15:00-16:00/Family-friendly: 14:00-15:00 National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 botanicgardens.ie/calendar/ (Booking required)
+ Mondays at the Mess: Weaving in the Liberties with Cathy Scuffil – Talk – Richmond Barracks 19:00 Online richmondbarracks.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173612200 (Booking required)
+ Hermes Trismegistus & The Wisdom of the Kybalion – Italian Renaissance Talk – New Acropolis Ireland 19:30-20:30 Online www.facebook.com/events/1988877154596815 (Booking required)
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Wednesday 21 July
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+ Round Room 200 Exhibition – Interactive Journey through the history of the Round Room at Mansion House (19 Jul-29 Aug) 11:00-20:00 Round Room, Mansion House, Dawson Street, Dublin 2 www.roundroom200.com/tickets (Booking required – Adm. is free)
+ Living with Pride: Photographs by Christopher Robson at National Library of Ireland (1992-2007) – Online Tour – Dublin City Culture Club 11:00 Online cultureclubdublin.ticketsolve.com/shows/873625321 (Booking required)
+ Artist Asbestos discusses ‘Pass Freely’ and other work – Hugh Lane Gallery 11:00 Online www.hughlane.ie/lectures/forthcoming-lectures/3257-coffee-conversation-21-july-2021 (Registration required)
+ Hive Mind – creativity, spontaneity and laughter for ages 7-9 or 10-12 – Ballymun Library 11:00 & 12:45 & 14:30 Ballymun Library, Ballymun Road, Dublin 11 www.dublincity.ie/events/hive-mind-ultimate-brainstorm-outdoors
+ National Botanic Gardens Daily Guided Tour 11:30-12:30/15:00-16:00/Family-friendly: 14:00-15:00 National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 botanicgardens.ie/calendar/ (Booking required)
+ Introduction to Tendering – Webinar – Iconic Offices & Orbidal 12:30-13:10 Online iconicoffices.ie/events/introduction-to-tendering/ (Booking required)
+ Picnic Teidí – Live show with children’s songs in Irish – for ages 0-6 – Ballyfermot Library 14:00 & 15:00 Ballyfermot Library, Ballyfermot Road, Dublin 10 www.dublincity.ie/events/picnic-teidi-outdoors-1 (Booking required)
+ Chester Beatty’s Great Adventure – Talk – Dublin City Culture Club 17:30 Online cultureclubdublin.ticketsolve.com/shows/873625322 (Booking required)
+ Americana Livestream Show with Darren A Flynn, Rev JM Burr, Mark Flynn, Big Monster Love – Gig 19:00 Online www.facebook.com/events/142404751301106/
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Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)
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Thursday 22 July
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++ Festival of Curiosity festivalofcuriosity.ie/programme/
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+ Heads Together: Get your head in the frame – feel-good hour of collaboration, creativity and enjoyment for ages 9-12 – Cabra Library 10:30 Online www.dublincity.ie/events/heads-together-get-your-head-frame (Booking required)
+ Round Room 200 Exhibition – Interactive Journey through the history of the Round Room at Mansion House (19 Jul-29 Aug) 11:00-20:00 Round Room, Mansion House, Dawson Street, Dublin 2 www.roundroom200.com/tickets (Booking required – Adm. is free)
+ Shining a Light: Lighthouse Memorials in Registry of Deeds – Talk – Dublin City Culture Club 11:00 Online cultureclubdublin.ticketsolve.com/shows/873625191 (Booking required)
+ Children’s Books Ireland Book Clinic with the National Library – Talk 11:00-13:00 Online www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx (Booking required)
+ W.B. Yeats and Theatre: Online Exhibition Tour – National Library 11:00 Online www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx (Booking required)
+ Local Arts & Poetry Workshop with David Rooney – Five Lamps Arts Festival 11:00-12:30 Marino College of Further Education, 171 North Strand Road, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/events/359548522361412 (Booking required)
+ National Botanic Gardens Daily Guided Tour 11:30-12:30/15:00-16:00/Family-friendly: 14:00-15:00 National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 botanicgardens.ie/calendar/ (Booking required)
+ Merrion Square Market – Food & Farmers’ Market 11:30-14:30 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/MerrionSquareMarket
+ Seamus Heaney and the Bog People – Talk – National Library Online 13:00 www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx (Booking required)
+ Tactile Book – Family Workshop – Chester Beatty Library 14:30 Online chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/live-online-workshop-for-families-tactile-book/ (Booking required)
+ Virtual Rebel Rising Tour – GPO Museum 15:00-16:00 Online www.eventbrite.ie/e/163167370999 (Booking required) + Plastic-Free Picnics – Learn picnic recipes and care for our environment – Dublin City Library and Archive 16:30-18:00 Online www.dublincity.ie/events/plastic-free-picnics (Booking required)
+ Yoga: Open the Heart & Shoulders – Webinar – Iconic Offices & Fabiana Mizzoni 18:30-19:30 Online iconicoffices.ie/events/yoga-open-the-heart-shoulders/ (Booking required)
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Friday 23 July
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++ Festival of Curiosity festivalofcuriosity.ie/programme/
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+ Airfield Estate Farmers’ Market 09:00-14:30 Airfield Estate, Overend Ave, Dundrum, Dublin 14 (lower car park) www.airfield.ie/farmers-market-at-airfield-estate
+ Hide and Seek: Curious Camouflage – Family Event – Natural History Museum & Festival of Curiosity 10:30-11:00 Online www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Natural-History/Events/202107/Hide-and-Seek-Curious-Camouflage
+ Round Room 200 Exhibition – Interactive Journey through the history of the Round Room at Mansion House (19 Jul-29 Aug) 11:00-20:00 Round Room, Mansion House, Dawson Street, Dublin 2 www.roundroom200.com/tickets (Booking required – Adm. is free)
+ Wayfinding Art Workshop – Irish Museum of Modern Art 11:00-13:00 IMMA, Kilmainham Hospital, Dublin 8 www.facebook.com/events/243208134025994 (Booking required)
+ National Botanic Gardens Daily Guided Tour 11:30-12:30/15:00-16:00/Family-friendly: 14:00-15:00 National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 botanicgardens.ie/calendar/ (Booking required)
+ DIY Sun Catchers – Family Workshop – Chester Beatty Library 12:00 Online chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/live-online-workshop-for-families-diy-sun-catchers/ (Booking required)
+ RTE National Symphony Orchestra LIVE: Eimear Noone’s “Electric Arcade” – Concert – National Concert Hall 19:00 Online orchestras.rte.ie/events/3590/rte-national-symphony-orchestra-live-eimear-noones-electric-arcade/?ticketID=1627066800
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+++ Last Chance: SPECIAL BOOK OFFER THIS WEEKEND
Book Depository is already normally offering very low prices and include free postage to Ireland, but this week, they are giving us ANOTHER 10% of a price reduction. Use the PromoCode IRELAND10 It is valid until 18 July. And by buying books from Book Depository you will also help the Dublin Event Guide for no additional cost to you. Use this link: shor.by/BookDepository .
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+++ FESTIVAL OF CURIOSITY
Thu 22 – Sun 25 July
The Festival of Curiosity is a yearly festival of science, arts, design and technology. It will take place from Thursday until Sunday and will – unsurprisingly – be a bit different than in previous years. But nevertheless, it will be a festival full of events and while in normal years getting tickets is really really hard, this year there are still plenty of tickets available, but you should book as soon as possible. Go to festivalofcuriosity.ie/programme/ to find the list of events and to make your bookings. Many if not most events are free, but for some of the free ones donations are suggested.
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+++ Inside Out Summer Library Events
From Sat 10 July until Sat 14 August, a series of free summer libraries events for for children and families will take place online and outdoors. The outdoors events will be at the libraries in Ballyfermot, Ballymun, Coolock, Phibsboro and Walkinstown. The events are workshops and performances and in most cases require pre-booking. all detail are here: www.dublincitylibraries.ie/ Many events will “sell” out quite quickly, so have a look at events even further in advance. In addition Dublin Libraries have that odd habit to close sales (even if events are not “sold” out yet) a few days before the event takes place, so you really have to plan with a bit of a longer time horizon.
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+++ This Man is An Island – Audio Play – Civic Theatre Tallaght
01-31 July – all day
Online Being an adult can be a real challenge sometimes. But as long as you have your friends all will be well. Or maybe not? “This man is an island” is a story of a friendship under pressure. The World is changing. Constantly changing. And it makes the friendship complicated. This Audio Play is performed at the Civic Theatre in Tallaght and admission is free or “Pay What You Can”. Find out more on book tickets via www.civictheatre.ie/whats-on/this-man-is-an-island/
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+++ LEARN A NEW SKILL WITH ONLINE COURSES
Is there ever a wrong time for learning a new skill or enhancing what you are already interested in? Maybe it is a language or an instrument or some technical skills? Or NLP or some Business related “soft skills”? Check out Udemy via the link below, they have thousands of courses and there is good chance that what you are looking for is available. Nearly all the courses are REALLY affordable!
The lowest cost for courses this month will be around 12.99. Check out the website at shor.by/GqCk And if you buy through that link, you also help the Dublin Event Guide! :-)
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+++ Visit Dublin Castle for free
Until the end of 2021, entry to Dublin Castle is free for all visitors. You will be able to visit the State Apartments on a self-guided tour. There are currently no guided tours and therefore the Medieval Undercroft and Chapel Royal are not accessible. Opening hours are Mon-Sun & Bank Holidays: 09:45-17:45 (last admission 17:15). Tickets can be booked at dublincastle.admit-one.eu/?p=calendar&ev=SELFGUIDE for free there will also a limited number of tickets available at the ticket desk.
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+++ National Gallery tickets available here
The National Gallery is usually free anyway, but in current times you will have to book tickets to get access and you have to enter the building on the Merrion Street side. Tickets are available here: www.nationalgallery.ie/visit-us/book-your-ticket The National Gallery also is running events again and because the events have limited number of spaces, they can book out relatively fast, at least before I can write about the events, so check out the events 1-2 weeks in advance here www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on and then book tickets for them.
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And this is it for another week! Have a great weekend and good new week.
Take care,
–Joerg (dublineventguide@gmail.com)
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