Dublin Live Guided Evening Bus Tour

The tour begins with passengers boarding at the main stop near Trinity College / College Green. Passing Central Bank (Brutalist '70s architecture) and the World of Illusion

Passing the historic music venue on the right (operating since 1855)

Approaching on the left. Built on an old Viking settlement and former center of British rule

Leo Burdock’s & The Lord Edward: Located at the top of Dame Street on the left. Famous traditional chipper (opened 1913) and classic pub combo

Christ Church Cathedral & St. Patrick's: Passing Christ Church Cathedral at the very top of Dame Street

The bus enters the historic working-class area known as The Liberties. Thomas Street Hub: Sights: Passing Variety Jones (left), The Thomas House (right), Vicar Street gig venue (left), and NCAD (National College of Art and Design, located in the old Powers Whiskey Distillery). Passing Arthur's Pub and St. Catherine's Church (execution site of Robert Emmett)

Guinness Brewery (St. James's Gate): The aroma of roasting barley fills the air

Roe & Co. Distillery & St. James Church: Passing the former powerhouse area known as "The Golden Triangle". St. James Church is now a renovated whiskey distillery with a graveyard holding 100,000 bodies

The bus crosses over to the Northside of the River Liffey and follows the quays eastward. Passing Collins Barracks (now the National Museum of Ireland) and the Croppies' Acre mass burial/famine soup kitchen site

Guinness Factory (Business Side): On the right, the bus passes the massive 60-acre production facility displaying the famous right-facing Harp trademark

Smithfield & Father Matthew Bridge: Passing the trendy Smithfield area to the left (home to the Jameson Distillery, The Cobblestone Pub, and Lighthouse Cinema). Approaching Father Matthew Bridge (11th-century origin site of the name Baile Átha Cliath). Looking across the bridge reveals the Brazen Head, Dublin's oldest pub

Passing the grand principal seat of Ireland’s four main courts. Site of the devastating 1922 Civil War explosion that destroyed seven centuries of public records

Passing Dublin City Council offices at Wood Quay (site of major Viking archaeological finds), before passing Smock Alley Theatre on the opposite side, marking the quieter, cultural end of the Temple Bar district (featuring Cow's Lane, Project Arts Centre, and Gutter Bookshop)

Ha'penny Bridge & O'Connell Bridge: Passing the famous 1816 pedestrian bridge, then proceeding past O'Connell Bridge (wider than it is long) and the bullet-marked Daniel O'Connell statue

The bus moves into the modern tech hub before looping back through Dublin's historic southside squares. Custom House & The Docklands: Passing the green-domed Custom House (originally built in 1791, burned in 1921). Entering the Docklands to view the Jeanie Johnston famine ship replica, EPIC Museum, Capital Docks (tallest building in the Republic), and the Seán O'Casey pedestrian bridge. Passing the Wind Jammer (a classic "early house" pub)

Trinity College (Flank) & Sweny's Pharmacy: Looping past Trinity College's cricket pitches and the Pavillion Bar ("The Pav"). Passing The Gingerman Pub and Sweny's Pharmacy (famous from James Joyce's Ulysses)

Entering the classic Georgian quarter. Sights include the colorful "Doors of Dublin", the Oscar Wilde Statue, the National Gallery, and Leinster House (where parliament sits)

St. Stephen's Green & Dawson Street: Passing St. Stephen's Green park and the historic 5-star Shelbourne Hotel. Turning onto Dawson Street via the Luas tracks. Sights include the Mansion House, The Dawson Lounge (smallest pub in Dublin), and Peruke & Periwig

Return to College Green: Passing Grafton Street shopping district, Nearys, and Bruxelles. Passing the Irish Whiskey Museum bar (great for live music) and the windowless Bank of Ireland building (former parliament)