What to do in Dublin, Ireland | Dublin travel guides

Gaiety Theatre

South King Street, Dublin 2

+353 1 677 1717

Admission prices vary.

The oldest continually operating theatre in Dublin hosts popular musical shows, opera, ballet, dance and drama.

Leopardstown Racecourse

Leopardstown, Dublin 18

+353 1 289 0500

[email protected]

â¬12.55, with reductions for students and OAPs

From Dublin city centre, follow the N11 south, turn right into the R113 (Leopardstown Road), the racecourse will be on your left

Located in the southern suburb of Leopardstown/Foxrock, there are regular meetings throughout the year. There is a "Pay as you Play" golf course within the racecourse grounds, as well as bars, restaurants and a nightclub Club 92.

Abbey Theatre

26/27 Lower Abbey Street

+353 1 878 7222

Ireland's national theatre. This is a particularly good venue for presentations of Irish plays. The Abbey also shows classic and contemporary theatre from around the world.

Guinness Storehouse

St James's Gate, Dublin 8

+353 1 408 4800

Adults â¬16,50 (10% discount for booking online), students and seniors â¬11, children 6-12 â¬5

Daily 9:30AM-5PM (open until 7PM in July & August). Closed Good Friday and Dec 24-26

Buses 40/123, closest Luas Red line stop at James's

Retells the story of Dublin's most famous drink. The exhibition is interesting and is self-guided. Price of entry includes a pint at the seventh floor Gravity Bar, which has great views over Dublin and forms the head of the giant pint of Guinness formed by the atrium. Outside, tourists will encounter horse drawn carriages for hire. Beware as they charge â¬20 for the short walkable 2km 1 mi ride back to the city centre.

Old Jameson Distillery

Bow Street Distillery, Smithfield, Dublin 7

+353 1 8072355

Adult â¬12.50, students and seniors â¬10, families â¬25

Daily 9:30AM-6PM. Last tour at 5:30. Closed Good Friday and Christmas holidays

This ex-distillery hasn't produced whiskey in a while, and if you are expecting to see whiskey making, you will not find it here. However, there is a tour and recreation of the process, and whiskey tasting afterwards. After the video, make sure you raise your hand because they pick four people to volunteer for taste testing later in the tour!

hurling

Catch a hurling or Gaelic football game (http://www.gaa.ie/) at the Croke Park Stadiumâ, Jones Road, Dublin 3, the 82,500 seat, state-of-the-art stadium, Croke Park. These sports are uniquely Irish. Hurling is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the fastest field sport, with the ball called a sliotar reaching speeds above 130 kph. Gaelic football can best be described as a combination of soccer and rugby. To keep the sports "pure," it maintains an amateur status, with each parish in Ireland having a team--the inter-county games are generally extremely well-supported, so you may have difficulty getting tickets for the bigger matches. Tours of the GAA museum and the stadium are also available, including a chance to try your hand at the sports themselves (http://museum.gaa.ie/).

Leinster Rugby

Catch a Leinster Rugby (http://www.leinsterrugby.ie/) game at the RDS Arena, located on Anglesea Road in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Occasional home games are played at Aviva Stadium, the replacement for Lansdowne Road that opened in May 2010. Unlike Gaelic games, rugby union is professional. Leinster, one of Europe's strongest sides, won the Europe-wide Heineken Cup in 2009, 2011 and 2012, and supplied many players for the Ireland national team. Domestically, they play in the RaboDirect Pro12 non-sponsored name: Celtic League, which since 2010â11 includes teams from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and Italy.