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The best of Dublin

Ireland’s garrulous capital with a heart of Guinness.

A thousand-year history and status as a European capital haven’t taken away Dublin’s friendly “big village” feel. With loads to see and do, and a people whose amiability is infectious, Ireland’s urban core has tourists’ eyes smiling all the way to the pub.

Not to be missed

• St. Patrick’s Cathedral: Is the largest church in the country, and reputedly built on the site where St. Paddy himself baptized Irish heathens.

• Trinity College: The grounds of Ireland’s most prestigious university, Trinity College, are a glorious place to spend an early Sunday morning. Literary buffs especially love a stroll around this masterpiece of Georgian architecture and landscaping—Oscar Wilde and Samuel Beckett are alumni.

• Temple Bar: Dubbed “Dublin’s cultural quarter”, it has retained its medieval pattern of narrow cobblestone streets and is full of cafés, bars, art galleries, a farmers’ market and quaint one-of-a-kind boutiques.

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