two unique classic tour routes
this October:
Thursday 15 October:
our unique Planners and Professors walking tour.
Wednesday 28 October:
War, invasion, fire, plaque and bloody rebellion?
walk the full circuit around the route of Dublin’s Medieval walls, map in hand, with Dublin Decoded
As always, both our two public tours include the use of a small portable sound kit, to hear the live commentary from your guide with perfect sound, while you walk at your own pace.
See below for tickets, and more details.
Thursday 15 October: Planners and Professors:
walk starts 11AM sharp.
explore the streets around Adelaide Road, Hatch St, Harcourt and Earlsfort Terrace, and see how how medicine, education, religion, and bitter planning battles, all shaped this area of Dublin, in our unique Planners and Professors walking tour.
Practicalities:
Meet outside the Unitarian Church on Saint Stephen’s Green (west) by 10.50AM, Thursday 15 October to check off your name on the manifest, and collect your whisper set (your sound kit, included with every ticket)
Walks then starts 11AM sharp.
Tickets should be purchased in advance and are available here.
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on Wednesday 28 October: Around Dublin’s Medieval Walls
Our classic walk for nearly 10 years now – and a fun, unique way to illuminate Dublin’s medieval period, we like to offer this walk at least twice a year:
Walk the full circuit around the route of Dublin’s Medieval walls with us, map in hand, to discovered the layered and violent history they witnessed, including war, huge foreign invasions, fire, plaque, and bloody rebellion.
A fantastic way to learn many of the often unknown, yet fascinating realities of medieval Dublin, and to learn about the origins of our city.
Practicalities:
Meet outside Gutter Books at the western end of Temple Bar by 10.50AM, to check off your name on the manifest.
and collect your whisper set (your sound kit, included with every ticket)
Walks then starts 11AM sharp.
Around Dublin’s Medieval Walls tickets should be purchased in advance and are available here.
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Please note that our brand new walk of the Kevin Street, Peter Street, Bishop Street area,
called Monastic Enclosure, will now debut next year, 2027.
Header Image top of page above, and shown again, as the first image above:
detail from an old map of Dublin printed in the 1930s (private collection) showing the area of our Planners and Professors tour.
image directly above: detail from John Speed’s early 1600s map of Dublin, showing the principal buildings and the city walls, this version with later colouring.
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Private Tours
Also remember that Private Tours – meaning tour for your own group, on dates of your own choosing – are always available, year around. Prices from €250 for your entire group (or from €300 weekends)
Just use the green Book Now button on our website, without any obligation, to explore tour options, see our availability, see available tours, plus all your date and price options.
Then come and enjoy your own, private version, of the best walking tours in Dublin.
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Header image: top of page image; detail from a mind 1800s map of Dublin. Images below: Arran speaking at the National Gallery of Ireland; the Huband Bridge, on the Grand Canal, part of our recent Grand Canal II Tour, in a painting by artist Gerard Byrne; A map of Arran’s “How to Cross Dublin Without Passing a Pub” tour, available in June only each year (around Bloom’s Day).
