image above, Arran, speaking on a recent tour of the National Gallery of Ireland. Photo by Trevor O’Reilly.
Upcoming Tours and events, late-April through May, 2026
FRIDAY, 24th April, 11.20AM,
A Grand Tour of the Grand Canal, Part Two
The second of our two, brand-new tours exploring the history and architecture of Dublin’s Grand Canal, This new tour route begins where our last tour ended, namely at to the beautiful, Victorian garden at Wilton Park. We will then explore from Wilton Park the whole way to the Grand Canal Basin. Expect architectural and engineering history; expect social, artistic and literary history. Tickets €23.50 pp and available here.
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SATURDAY, 02 May, meet 11.20AM
An architecture and history Walking tour of Ranelagh.
‘Walking tour of the architecture and history of Dublin’s beautiful Ranelagh district, from the Canal to Dartmouth Square, Northbrook Road, Mountpleasant Square and the former Ranelagh Pleasure Gardens. Expect history, architecture, vanished convents and 18th century gardens, social history, revolutionary history, and more. Tickets €22.50 pp and now available here.
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MONDAY, 04 May, 2PM
‘Walking tour of the architecture and history of Dublin’s Portobello district.
Special, half-price tickets, just €10 online, in partnership with the Culture Date with Dublin 8 Festival. Tickets, subject to availability, here.
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THURSDAY, 07 May, 11AM
Walking tour of the Liberties, and some of its most historic Churches,
half-price tickets, just €10 online, in partnership with the Culture Date with Dublin 8 Festival. Tickets, subject to availability, here.
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THURSDAY, 14 May, 2.15PM -3.45PM, National Gallery of Ireland.
How to Read a Painting, exploring symbolism, and how to recognize saints and stories in Renaissance and old master paintings, at the National Gallery of Ireland, a private tour, with Arran Henderson.
A fun, friendly, highly accessible “workshop” that will teach you how to read paintings better.
Book this tour, for either of the two dates, here.
(Repeated, as an evening tour, 6.15PM, on THURSDAY 28 May, see below)
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THURSDAY, 28 May, 2.15PM -4PM
French Art at the National Gallery of Ireland,
Explore French Art from the pioneering early Renaissance School of Avignon in the mid-1450s to the Impressionists of the late-1800s. 450 years of French Art. Encounters with some of the great paintings fro the history of French art, and with some amazing, sometimes unexpected figures from French and European history.
A unique, private tour, with Arran Henderson.
Tickets €23.50 pp, now available here.
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THURSDAY, 28 May, 6PM -7.45PM
How to Read a Painting, a special evening time tour at the National Gallery of Ireland
How to Read a Painting: exploring symbolism and learning how to recognize saints and stories in Renaissance and old master paintings, at the National Gallery of Ireland.
Learn how how to “read” understand and appreciate old master paintings better, with this enjoyable, informal, and accessible “workshop”. This is a a second available date, for this unique private tour with Arran Henderson
(also available as , as an afternoon tour, the earlier time and date of 2.15PM on Thurs, 14th May, see above)
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End of Public Tours May, 2026.
Private Tours always available, year around, on dates of your own choosing. Just use the green Book Now button on our website, to see availability, tours and date and price options, without obligation.
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Images below, Claude Monet (1840–1926) Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sailboat, 1874 Photo © National Gallery of Ireland; Arran speaking at the National Gallery of Ireland; the Huband Bridge, on the Grand Canal, part of our Grand Canal II Tour, in a painting by artist Gerard Byrne; Annunciation, by French artists Jacques Yverni, c1450; Arran Henderson of Dublin Decoded Tours., leading a tour of Ranelagh, photo by Marc O’Sullivan Photography
