Viking Dublin History Walk

The Steine is an eleven-foot-tall granite pillar located at the junction of College Street and Pearse Street. Carved by the sculptor Clíodhna Cussen and erected in nineteen eighty-six, this modern monument commemorates a vanished landmark…

Isolde's Tower appears as a circular stone foundation tucked behind an iron grille on Exchange Street Lower. This structure is a remnant of the medieval city walls of Dublin, dating back to approximately twelve-sixty. It originally served…

You will recognize the sculpture Báite by its skeletal appearance, formed from steel ribs that trace the curved hull of a Viking longboat. Spanning thirty-five feet in length, the piece is fabricated from Corten steel with bronze terminals…

Wood Quay is defined by a pair of blocky office towers that rise above the south bank of the River Liffey. These buildings house the headquarters of the Dublin City Council, occupying the site where Vikings first established a settlement…

The Wood Quay Venue sits within the lower ground floor of the Dublin City Council Civic Offices, a building that occupies the site of one of the most significant Viking settlements ever unearthed. Inside this conference and performance…

Dublinia is a museum dedicated to the Viking and medieval history of Dublin, housed within the nineteenth-century Synod Hall. You can identify the site by the enclosed, neo-Gothic stone bridge that connects the building directly to Christ…

St. Audoen’s Park is defined by the heavy, weathered stone of the medieval city walls that run through its center. These defensive fortifications, which date back to roughly eleven hundred, once controlled the movement of people and trade…

St. Michan’s Church is identifiable by its modest, seventeenth-century exterior on Church Street, standing on a site that has held a place of worship since one thousand ninety-five. As the oldest parish church on the north side of the…