Dublin ( Baile Átha Cliath ). A voyage to Dublin - Ireland, Europe

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Welcome to Dublin, contender for greatest city in <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=358537">Europe</a>.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilwqka8HhbkJnWasgtS33HfG8SFJMdZETDsytbWfcowzpwrsl6DSYxn8cU447_WvsEBEpj232JSm-BmpYjVhYL0M04elrDYVPBaQZQEY0Cs7I1F78YPTKH6IxL08toP0pPy3KEWCDRzAPW/s1600/dublin-river-liffey.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilwqka8HhbkJnWasgtS33HfG8SFJMdZETDsytbWfcowzpwrsl6DSYxn8cU447_WvsEBEpj232JSm-BmpYjVhYL0M04elrDYVPBaQZQEY0Cs7I1F78YPTKH6IxL08toP0pPy3KEWCDRzAPW/s200/dublin-river-liffey.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj7nEnVxUp7Xp2XAqAiocwndRBCYzAP1ZSNFsGslHtNa9sc92kB6_zDx-PzTaVvqox16aIfjcn9Z_HO4U2x5MCZkxcE6uNOeyKuL0xhuv8-8F9jjODGCfo2swyEWgZKDussHajdgmumpa9/s1600/Ireland+19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj7nEnVxUp7Xp2XAqAiocwndRBCYzAP1ZSNFsGslHtNa9sc92kB6_zDx-PzTaVvqox16aIfjcn9Z_HO4U2x5MCZkxcE6uNOeyKuL0xhuv8-8F9jjODGCfo2swyEWgZKDussHajdgmumpa9/s200/Ireland+19.jpg" width="200" /></a> At first glance, it’s kind of difficult to see why. Dublin isn’t as sexy or as sultry as other European capitals, the architecture is a bit of a jumble and it seems <i>everyone</i> has something to complain about. Dubs can be brutally unsentimental about their city, but their warts-and-all attachment is born out of a genuine love of a place that oozes personality, a city whose soul and sociability makes it the most <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDJB3ryHvBmhX78r1obQahQdQcwc_lJ8hRTuuF7MtXolEIaFjkfIn6u1fLynOuh1ADc5jOvoL41eCcGM-MqnN4Z5ZmQO6j0wLdQ9Jueby4ccW_UY8FaS6Ub9kjtL6esYzmxMSN8TeUu8ln/s1600/Ireland++2++Dunluce+castle+Antrim+Ireland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDJB3ryHvBmhX78r1obQahQdQcwc_lJ8hRTuuF7MtXolEIaFjkfIn6u1fLynOuh1ADc5jOvoL41eCcGM-MqnN4Z5ZmQO6j0wLdQ9Jueby4ccW_UY8FaS6Ub9kjtL6esYzmxMSN8TeUu8ln/s200/Ireland++2++Dunluce+castle+Antrim+Ireland.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFLG9SiXFZXC1ibcVi_wsd0DQ_FJw-37uAHfysOKUNeXV-Gr6nDaMxDXyH6FQDXEtZn_DQf5m0pJH_mSyiuUuJe06KNHIVBF59WNa2DveW8Nkr6EQgvQ6jHOsjZGl4rRu7fWr2KRRV4DHn/s1600/Ireland++15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFLG9SiXFZXC1ibcVi_wsd0DQ_FJw-37uAHfysOKUNeXV-Gr6nDaMxDXyH6FQDXEtZn_DQf5m0pJH_mSyiuUuJe06KNHIVBF59WNa2DveW8Nkr6EQgvQ6jHOsjZGl4rRu7fWr2KRRV4DHn/s200/Ireland++15.jpg" width="200" /></a>charismatic of capitals.<br />Sure, the almost mythical economic growth of the last 15 years and the explosion of multiculturalism, which has seen people settle in the city from fields as far flung as <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=355332">Nairobi</a> and <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=356656">Nagoya</a>, have given the city a cosmopolitan strut and swagger it never had before – not to mention a whole new world of distractions and delights to rival those of any other city of comparable size. But Dublin’s greatest draw remains Dubliners themselves, both native-born and blown in. <br /><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48IWyKefd0qOGTFlJ_1ML-4feFxUYnVZrzVa80xm8MRrWzOlpfhyphenhyphenLK-kyB-_axQhQSu0iuia006FdpzK6K98WxMPbd55pLCOW3P-pdkfB96bHO26pcibYX6IT28bwiKVrBgqH8GDHh9Ef/s1600/Ireland++10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48IWyKefd0qOGTFlJ_1ML-4feFxUYnVZrzVa80xm8MRrWzOlpfhyphenhyphenLK-kyB-_axQhQSu0iuia006FdpzK6K98WxMPbd55pLCOW3P-pdkfB96bHO26pcibYX6IT28bwiKVrBgqH8GDHh9Ef/s200/Ireland++10.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDY92ri7y64_Ot6O2oCDfPEmQyKFCd_S2LomNDlCqjuIKo8gaF2o97-VeoQsTIaaSIAXMqxiorCCSZx2U4cCMyJWYr4_wH2jTMtDrqHhB1CqbbZKxyPnhO9fxh0IIiRm4trbCtyrdQdobI/s1600/Ireland++4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDY92ri7y64_Ot6O2oCDfPEmQyKFCd_S2LomNDlCqjuIKo8gaF2o97-VeoQsTIaaSIAXMqxiorCCSZx2U4cCMyJWYr4_wH2jTMtDrqHhB1CqbbZKxyPnhO9fxh0IIiRm4trbCtyrdQdobI/s200/Ireland++4.jpg" width="200" /></a>You should visit the excellent museums, amble through the landscaped parks and engage with Dublin’s myriad cultural offerings, but make enough time for socialising, the beating heart that makes this city thrive. Garrulous, amiable and witty, Dubliners at their ease are the greatest hosts of all, providing a life-affirming experience that will restore your faith in human nature. How many other places can you say that about?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ9zZkTTJBuKVvEfCowGoiDt2e_h3UKe7DGakvjQ5NvEevyVLpoPA5gR0VGfFTxN0MNGihOvX47qWCjIU1XVctbRT-E6lR-1xCmiVn0TFYpRK-l08TlOBTGubTcDEEpqGqgowo6u8NFl_C/s1600/Ireland++23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ9zZkTTJBuKVvEfCowGoiDt2e_h3UKe7DGakvjQ5NvEevyVLpoPA5gR0VGfFTxN0MNGihOvX47qWCjIU1XVctbRT-E6lR-1xCmiVn0TFYpRK-l08TlOBTGubTcDEEpqGqgowo6u8NFl_C/s320/Ireland++23.jpg" width="320" /></a><b></b>There are cultural pleasures too, of course, in the land of Joyce and Yeats, U2 and the Undertones. <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=359796">Dublin</a>, Cork and <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=359800">Belfast</a> all have top-notch restaurants, party-on pubs and a foot-stomping live-music scene, while you can track down impromptu pub sessions of traditional Irish music in places like Galway, <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=359609">Doolin</a> and <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=359696">Killarney</a>. And there’s a wealth of history to discover, from the countless medieval castles and early Christian monasteries to the powerful political murals of <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=359800">Belfast</a> and <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=359818">Derry</a>, and one of the biggest concentrations of prehistoric monuments in <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=358537">Europe</a>.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><a class="pin toggleMap closed" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/ireland/dublin#" id="pinToggleMap" style="display: block;"><span class="showMapText">Show in Lonely Planet</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2_wNeEe0_wN-p87VplJZN_oTHRRjCN0Y-D6DmzsYSn7oP81HqqK7E1UiI5kDbJFkctMHvuiYOR68yqcUKh2MG0EYLtzcbYiwqEGJ__l5Poqam75MxgxThpI9Ye9O-xtbmGfE0yRNvjQWM/s1600/Ireland++17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; 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Ireland ( Éire ). A voyage to Ireland, Europe - Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, Waterford...

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Ireland ( Éire ). A voyage to Ireland, Europe - Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, Waterford...

Few countries have a tourist image so plagued by cliché as Ireland. From shamrocks and shillelaghs to leprechauns, lovable rogues ...

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