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A brick building with a green awning, flowers, and a smartphone displaying a map. 1
A traditional pub named 'MULLIGAN'S' with green shutters and hanging plants. 2
A street with a pub named 'Davy Byrne's' on the corner. 3
A bookstore with green awnings and hanging flower baskets. 4
A traditional pub with a dark facade, a cobblestone street, and a lamppost. 5
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The previous price was NZ$12 and current price is NZ$10 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 14m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Step into the compact urban crucible that forged four Nobel laureates and James Joyce. From George Bernard Shaw's modest Victorian birthplace to the quiet Georgian quads of Trinity and the amber snugs of Toner's and Mulligan's, this walking journey reveals how Ireland's literary revolution was built not in ivory towers, but amid street banter, domestic disorder, collegiate anxiety, and solitary glasses of sherry. Discover how a few walkable square miles of Dublin compressed genius, gossip, and rebellion into modern masterpieces.

    A 4.2 km self-guided tour with 8 stops over 134 min, Ideal for travellers interested in Art, Design and Aesthetics, History and Memory, Immersively told in a podcast style by experts and locals, Matching audio content, AI guide and navigation through the app.

Activity location

  • Shaw's Birthplace
    • 33 Synge Street
    • D08 P9F8, Dublin 8, County Dublin, Ireland

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • d08, 33 Synge St
    • 33 Synge Street
    • D08 P9F8, Dublin 8, County Dublin, Ireland

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Self-Guided Podcast Tour: Ink & Intoxication - Dublin's Titans in Multilingual

  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 14 minutes2h 14m
    2h 14m
  • Opening hours: Thu 12:00 am-11:30 pm
  • English
Price details
NZ$11.97
NZ$9.58 x 2 AdultsNZ$19.16
Total
The previous price was NZ$23.94 and current price is NZ$19.16
20% off

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Verified facts woven into an engaging storey
  • Inclusions
    Interactive in-app guide for questions about the storey and surroundings
  • Inclusions
    Precise navigation between the stops
  • Inclusions
    Immersive podcast-style audio featuring experts and locals

Know before you book

    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transport options are available nearby
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Shaw's Birthplace

  • 10m
The modest Victorian birthplace of George Bernard Shaw, where domestic dysfunction and sharp class contrasts nurtured his satirical genius.

MoLI – Museum of Literature Ireland

  • 10m
The historic home of the Catholic University of Ireland, where James Joyce studied, Gerard Manley Hopkins taught, and modern Irish writing found its spark.

Toners

  • 10m
An authentic 1818 spirit grocer and pub, famous as the site of W.B. Yeats's solitary, reluctant glass of sherry.

Trinity College Dublin

  • 10m
Beckett's alma mater, where he excelled in modern languages, battled acute anxiety, and earned his place as the only Nobel laureate in Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.

Hodges Figgis

  • 10m
Founded in 1768, Ireland's oldest bookshop is a living literary salon immortalised in Ulysses and cherished by Seamus Heaney.

Davy Byrnes

  • 10m
The quintessential Joycean pub, immortalised in Ulysses as Bloom's moral pub where cheese, burgundy, and Irish politics collided.

Mulligan's

  • 10m
An unadorned 18th-century institution featured in Joyce's Dubliners and cherished as a no-nonsense retreat by Beckett and Heaney. This final stop also recalls The Palace Bar, Dublin's premier mid-century literary tavern and informal salon of poets, satirists, and journalists.

Location

Activity location

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    Shaw's Birthplace
    • 33 Synge Street
    • D08 P9F8, Dublin 8, County Dublin, Ireland

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    d08, 33 Synge St
    • 33 Synge Street
    • D08 P9F8, Dublin 8, County Dublin, Ireland

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