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Temple Bar

Dublin's cobbled cultural quarter by the Liffey, packed with pubs, traditional music, galleries and street performers.

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Open
Always
Price
Free
Time Needed
An evening
Address
Temple Bar, Dublin 2Directions
Getting There
Across the Ha'penny Bridge from O'Connell Street, or a short walk from Trinity College.

Why Go

Saved from demolition in the 1980s, Temple Bar's narrow streets fill every night with live music. By day, it has small galleries, a weekend food market and the Irish Film Institute.

It's lively and expensive; quieter pubs are a few minutes' walk away.

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