Historical Walking Tours of Dublin · Dublin city centre
A history graduate walks you through two hours of Dublin, from the old Parliament House to Dublin Castle, and through the revolution years of 1916 to 1922. Pick it for the context: Bloody Sunday at Croke Park in 1920 makes far more sense once you know the city it happened in.
This title matches the long-running walk by Historical Insights, which Visit Dublin describes as one of the city's longest-established walking tours, run since 1986 by history graduates. They call it a "seminar on the street". The listing gives two hours.
The route on Visit Dublin's page takes in the Old Parliament House, Temple Bar, City Hall, Dublin Castle, Wood Quay, Christ Church Cathedral and the Four Courts. The topics run from the city's growth and the Famine to the 1916 Rising, the War of Independence, partition and the peace process. Bloody Sunday, 21 November 1920, belongs to that War of Independence story, and the guide gives you the frame for it.
It does not go anywhere near Croke Park, which is a 15-minute walk north of the centre. Treat it as background. Do the walk first, then the Stadium Tour, and the stories in the museum land harder.
Check your booking for the exact meeting point and start time.
The 18th-century city and the revolutions that shook it.
For centuries the seat of British rule in Ireland, handed over to Michael Collins in January 1922.
Viking and medieval Dublin, by the river.
Where the Civil War began in 1922. From here Croke Park is about a 30-minute walk north.
Read next:
The tour covers the War of Independence, of which Bloody Sunday in November 1920 was part. For the Croke Park side of that day, the GAA Museum and the Stadium Tour go into detail.
Two hours on foot in the city centre, according to the listing.
The route passes the castle, but entry to the State Apartments is not part of a street walk. The castle opens daily from 9:45 to 17:45.
Visit Dublin tags it family friendly, but two hours of political history suits teenagers better than young children.
Ready to book
Two hours on foot through Dublin's history with a guide, the city behind the Croke Park story.
Glasnevin Cemetery Irish History TourTwo hours in Ireland's national cemetery: O'Connell's crypt, Michael Collins, the 198-step tower. Cusack is buried here.★ 4.8 · 2 hours · from $19
Book of Kells, Dublin Castle & Christ ChurchTrinity College's 1,200-year-old manuscript, Dublin Castle and Christ Church with a guide, in 2 to 3 hours.★ 4.8 · 2 to 3 hours · from $25
Croke Park Stadium Tour & GAA MuseumDressing rooms, the players' tunnel and pitchside at Croke Park, with the GAA Museum and both great cups included.★ 4.8 · 1.5 hours · from $20