Sehenswürdigkeiten in Irland

Hell Fire Club

Montpelier Hill (Irish: Cnoc Mount Pelier) is a 383 metres (1,257 foot) hill in County Dublin, Ireland. It is commonly referred to as the Hell Fire Club (Irish: Club Thine Ifreann), the popular name given to the ruined building at the summit believed to be one of the first Freemason lodges in Irelan…

Ayesha Castle

Manderley Castle (Irish: Caisleán Mhanderley), formerly "Victoria Castle" and "Ayesha Castle", is a large castellated Irish mansion built in Victorian style, in Killiney, County Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland.

Irish National War Memorial Gardens

The Irish National War Memorial Gardens (Irish: Gairdíní Náisiúnta Cuimhneacháin Cogaidh na hÉireann) is an Irish war memorial in Islandbridge, Dublin, dedicated "to the memory of the 49,400 Irish soldiers who gave their lives in the Great War, 1914–1918", out of a total of 206,000 Irishmen…

Carrickbrennan Graveyard

Carrickbrennan Churchyard (Irish: Reilig Charraig Bhraonáin) located on Carrickbrennan Road, Monkstown, County Dublin, Ireland is a graveyard that can still be seen today, but is no longer in use. It is notable as the burial place of many people who perished in local maritime disasters.

Manresa House, Dublin

Manresa House is a retreat centre run by the Society of Jesus in the Dollymount area of Clontarf in Dublin, near Saint Anne's Park. In the 19th century it was home to Robert Warren and Arthur Guinness, and it is a protected structure.

Goldenbridge Cemetery

Goldenbridge Cemetery (Irish: Reilig an Droichid Órga) is a Roman Catholic garden cemetery located in Inchicore, Dublin, Ireland.Under the Penal Laws, Irish Catholics could only be buried in Church of Ireland (Anglican) cemeteries, and the full graveside rites could not be performed — only prayer…

Sean Heuston Bridge

Seán Heuston Bridge (Irish: Droichead Seán Heuston) is a cast-iron bridge spanning the River Liffey beside Heuston Station, Dublin.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein ( VIT-gən-s(h)tyne; German: [ˈluːtvɪç joˈhan ˈjoːzɛf ˈvɪtɡn̩ʃtaɪn]; 26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrian-British philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of languag…

Anna Livia

Anna Livia is a bronze monument located in Croppies' Acre Memorial Park in Dublin, Ireland. It was formerly located on O'Connell Street.Designed by the sculptor Éamonn O'Doherty, the monument was commissioned by businessman Michael Smurfit, in memory of his father, for the Dublin Millennium celebra…

National Museum of Ireland, Decorative Arts & History

The National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History (Irish: Ard-Mhúsaem na hÉireann – Na hEalaíona Maisiúla ⁊ Stair) is a branch of the National Museum of Ireland (NMI) located at the former Collins Barracks in the Arbour Hill area of Dublin, Ireland.This museum holds historical a…

St. Joseph's Carmelite Church

St. Joseph's Carmelite Church on Berkeley Road, Dublin, Ireland is the Roman Catholic church of the Berkeley Road Parish. The church is dedicated to Saint Joseph and is in full use today in the care of the Discalced Carmelites.Originally a wooden chapel of ease was built here in 1870 until its repla…

Blessington Street Basin

Blessington Street Basin (Irish: Báisín Shráid Bhaile Coimín) is a drinking water reservoir in Dublin which operated from 1810 until the 1970s, serving the north city. It became a public park in 1994.

Croppies' Acre

The Croppies' Acre (Irish: Acra na gCraipithe), officially the Croppies Acre Memorial Park, is a public park in Dublin, Ireland.

Ballybough Cemetery

Ballybough Cemetery (Irish: Reilig an Bhaile Bhoicht) is a Jewish cemetery in Ballybough, Dublin. Founded in 1718, it is Ireland's oldest Jewish cemetery.The cemetery is bounded on one side by a former Royal Irish Constabulary barracks (1830-1910).

St Joseph's Church

St. Joseph's Church is a Catholic church situated on Church Road in the East Wall area of Dublin, Ireland.Originally this area was part of St Laurence O'Toole Parish, North Wall, in the diocese of Dublin.

General Post Office

The General Post Office (GPO; Irish: Ard-Oifig an Phoist) in Dublin is the headquarters of An Post, the Irish Post Office, and Dublin's principal post office.

Marsh's Library

Marsh's Library, situated in St. Patrick's Close, adjacent to St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland is a well-preserved library of the late Renaissance and early Enlightenment. When it opened to the public in 1707 it was the first public library in Ireland.

Screen Cinema

The Screen Cinema was a three-screen cinema in Hawkins Street, Dublin, Ireland.The cinema had been operating since 1984, showing world cinema, and independent and Irish films.

Talbot Memorial Bridge

The Talbot Memorial Bridge (Irish: Droichead Cuimhneacháin an Talbóidigh) is a road bridge spanning the River Liffey in Dublin city centre in Ireland. Completed in 1978, it is 22 metres (72 feet) wide, and was designed by De Leuw, Chadwick and O’hEocha Consulting Engineers.

Kerlin Gallery

Kerlin Gallery is a contemporary commercial art gallery in Dublin, Ireland.Originally opened in 1988, the gallery's current space was designed in 1994 by architect John Pawson. It is located in central Dublin and has 3,600 square feet of gallery space spread over two floors.

Science Gallery

Science Gallery is an international group of public science centres, developed from a concept by a group connected to Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

Humphrey Lloyd FRS

Humphrey Lloyd FRS FRSE MRIA (1800–1881) was an Irish physicist. He was Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin (1831-1843) and much later Provost (1867–1881).

Fusiliers' Arch

Fusiliers' Arch is a monument which forms part of the Grafton Street entrance to St Stephen's Green park, in Dublin, Ireland.

St Ann's Church

St. Ann's Church, Dawson Street, in Dublin, Ireland, was built in the early 18th century following the establishment of the local Anglican parish in 1707.

St Stephen’s Green Church

Royal Irish Academy

The Royal Irish Academy (RIA; Irish: Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann), based in Dublin, is an academic body that promotes study in the sciences, humanities and social sciences. It is one of Ireland's premier learned societies and cultural institutions.

Bord Gáis Energy Theatre

The Bord Gáis Energy Theatre (originally the Grand Canal Theatre) is a performing arts venue, located in the Docklands of Dublin, Ireland. It is Ireland's largest fixed-seat theatre.

Bust of Cardinal Guido Bentivoglio

The Bust of Cardinal Guido Bentivoglio is a marble sculpture by an unknown artist active in Rome in the 1630s. It was formerly attributed to the Flemish sculptor François Duquesnoy. It was realized after 1638, possibly around 1641, and is currently housed at the National Gallery of Ireland.

The Birthplace of George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw 26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond.

Newman University Church

The Church of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom, also known as Newman University Church or Catholic University Church, is a Catholic church in Dublin, Ireland.

National Museum of Ireland, Natural History

The National Museum of Ireland – Natural History (Irish: Ard-Mhúsaem na hÉireann – Stair an Dúlra), sometimes called the Dead Zoo, a branch of the National Museum of Ireland, is housed on Merrion Street in Dublin, Ireland.

William Dargan

William Dargan (28 February 1799 – 7 February 1867) was arguably the most important Irish engineer of the 19th century and certainly the most important figure in railway construction. Dargan designed and built Ireland's first railway line from Dublin to Dún Laoghaire in 1833.

Oscar Wilde Memorial

The Oscar Wilde Memorial Sculpture is a collection of three statues in Merrion Square in Dublin, Ireland, commemorating Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde. The sculptures were unveiled in 1997 and were designed and made by Danny Osborne.

National Museum of Ireland

The National Museum of Ireland (Irish: Ard-Mhúsaem na hÉireann) is Ireland's leading museum institution, with a strong emphasis on national and some international archaeology, Irish history, Irish art, culture, and natural history.

Stephens Green Arboretum

St Stephen's Green (Irish: Faiche Stiabhna) is a garden square and public park located in the city centre of Dublin, Ireland. The current landscape of the park was designed by William Sheppard. It was officially re-opened to the public on Tuesday, 27 July 1880 by Lord Ardilaun.

Augustinian Friary of the Holy Trinity, Dublin

The Augustinian Friary of the Most Holy Trinity was an Augustinian (Order of Saint Augustine (mendicants)) Roman Catholic Priory, founded c. 1259, by the family of Talbot on the south bank of the river, in what is now Crow Street, Dublin.

Bombing of the North Strand

The first bombing of Dublin in World War II occurred early on the morning of 2 January 1941, when German bombs were dropped on the Terenure area of south Dublin.

St. Bride's Church, Dublin

St. Bride's Church was a Church of Ireland church located in Bride St., Dublin, Ireland. It was closed in 1898 and demolished to make way for social housing.The original St.

Havel's Place

Havel's Place is a public art project, which creates a series of memorial places dedicated to the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic, Václav Havel.

Theatre Royal, Dublin

Over the centuries, there have been five theatres in Dublin called the Theatre Royal.In the history of the theatre in Great Britain and Ireland, the designation "Theatre Royal", or "Royal Theatre", once meant that a theatre had been granted a royal patent, without which "serious drama" theatrical pe…