Dublin DIY Walking Tour - South
Central Dublin DIY Walking Tour – South
Distance: 7 km (about 4 miles); Duration: 2-8 hours
This DIY Walking Tour of Dublin is 7 kilometres long (about 4 miles – so get your comfy walking shoes on), and takes in most of the attractions of the southern part of central Dublin that you’ll want to visit:
Kilmainham Gaol > Richmond Tower > IMMA Garden Walk > Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) > Guinness Storehouse > Teeling Whiskey Distillery > St Patrick’s Cathedral > Marsh’s Library > MoLI – Museum of Literature Ireland > St Stephen’s Green > National Museum of Ireland (Archaeology) > National Gallery of Ireland > Trinity College Dublin > The Book of Kells > Irish Whiskey Museum > Chester Beatty > Dublin Castle > Christ Church Cathedral > Temple Bar > The Irish Rock ‘n’ Roll Museum Experience > Millennium Bridge > Ha’penny Bridge.
And because it’s a DIY walking tour of Dublin, you can take it at your very own pace; stopping for a coffee/snack/drink where, when, and for as long as you like; lingering at the attractions of Dublin which interest you (and speeding past those that don’t).
If you were to simply rush round without stopping, you could easily complete the walk in 2 hours. However, I would recommend taking a full day to complete this route around the southern part of central Dublin – as there’s just so much to see and do (and splitting the walk over two days would be even better).
Accessibility:
Technically, this entire route is accessible. But I wouldn’t recommend it for two reasons:
- The route involves a short-cut – that involves a LOT of steps (at Cromwell’s Quarters). There IS a detour though – but it involves going UP a hilly street. A long and continuously rising hilly street. So really only for powerchair users;
- The area after the Guinness Storehouse on this route, involves a lot of very narrow streets, with very narrow pavements.
So, instead, I would split the walk in two (and miss out a bit in the middle):
- Take a Luas/tram to Heuston (all Dublin trams are accessible), and then make a return trip to IMMA (and from IMMA, down to the Kilmainham Gaol Museum and back). This will all take around 2 hours (longer if you want to spend any time at either IMMA or at the Kilmainham Gaol Museum);
- And, later, follow the eastern section of the route, starting from either St.Patrick’s Cathedral or MoLI (just take a Luas to St.Stephens Green stop, and roll to either from there).
And just visit the Guinness Storehouse and Teeling Whiskey Distillery separately, using an accessible Dublin taxi.
Dublin DIY Walking Tour: Step-by-Step Walking Instructions
Detailed step-by-step walking instructions are based on Google StreetView, and include 360-degree photographs of every street-crossing and junction (and for other wheelchair users/stroller-pushers, the location of every dropped kerb), and cost just £5*.
* Your support enables me to create even more DIY Walking Tours. And, for other wheelchair-users, allows me to continue creating/updating informative accessibility articles for the attractions found along each route.
