top of page

Viking Rebels, Monks and Monarchs Tour of Dublin

4.8

( 28 reviews )

Error: #VALUE!

WhatsApp Image 2025-02-18 at 10.33.58.jpeg
WhatsApp Image 2025-02-18 at 10.39.09.jpeg
building-6145831_1280.jpg
WhatsApp Image 2025-02-18 at 14.17.16.jpeg

Explore Dublin on a short self-guided walk through lively streets, historic pubs, and a literary city rich in storytelling, music, and Irish charm.

Highlights


  • Trace the Viking dark pool that gave Dublin its name and still flows through a hidden river beneath the city

  • Step into the park where two armies paused their gunfire so a keeper could feed the ducks

  • Meet the poets and playwrights who led a rebellion so literary it's remembered as the Poets' Rebellion

  • Discover why Ireland's national harp had to be reversed because Guinness trademarked the original first

  • See where Queen Victoria signed a ninth century manuscript in an act that would be unthinkable today

Preview Stop

00:00 / 01:04
About this activity 



Free Cancellation 

  • Cancel up to 2 hours in advance for a full refund 

Valid 365 days 

  • Tour is valid for 1 year and can be used multiple times 

Language Options  

  • English | French | German | Spanish | Italian | Dutch | Polish | Russian | Portuguese

Duration  

  • 1 hour and 30 minutes

Starting point


Fusiliers' Arch - Google Maps

Itinerary
Dublin
Search for the bullet holes in a triumphal arch that Dublin nationalists renamed Traitor's Gate.
The Castle Course, St. Andrews Links
Step into the park where two armies paused their gunfire twice daily so a man could feed the ducks.
Fornham St Martin
Trace the pockmarks on stone columns left by the garrison that held out longest in the Rising.
Dublin
Uncover how six stained glass windows nearly bankrupted one café owner and ended up in the Supreme Court.
Ireland
Encounter the city that produced four Nobel literature laureates and a rebellion led by its poets.
Trinity College Dublin
Pass beneath a bell tower whose toll once threatened virginity before it came for your exam grades.
The Book of Kells Experience
See where Queen Victoria signed a ninth century manuscript in an act unthinkable today.
3 Crown Alley, Temple Bar, Dublin
Consider the chamber that was forced to vote itself out of existence and gutted so it could never reopen.
Ireland
Notice why one part of Dublin's Tart with the Cart gleams brighter than the rest.
Haydon Bridge
Cross the iron footbridge where a toll collector once tried to charge armed rebels half a penny each.
The Temple Bar Pub
Decode how a cancelled bus station accidentally created Dublin's most bohemian quarter.
Ireland
Learn why the first shot of the Easter Rising came from an actor with a key to this very building.
Ireland
Pause in the crypt where two mummified animals stuck in the organ pipe earned the nicknames Tom and Jerry.
Dublin
Walk through the fortress a rebel chieftain once escaped through a medieval toilet drain.
Dubh Linn: Dublin City Walking Tours
Stand above the hidden river that gave Dublin its name and still flows in a tunnel beneath your feet.

OR

Download app for instant tour access

Screenshot 2025-02-24 at 5.10.26 PM.png
Screenshot 2025-02-24 at 5.10.32 PM.png

Top Reviews

Full Description
During the Easter Rising, a toll collector on the Ha'penny Bridge tried to charge armed rebels half a penny each to cross. None of them paid. That kind of story shapes this self-guided audio walking tour of Dublin, narrated through your phone as you walk at your own pace. Across 15 stops, see bullet holes on a triumphal arch Dubliners called Traitor's Gate, stand where a park keeper negotiated ceasefires to feed the ducks, step into Trinity's Old Library where Queen Victoria signed the Book of Kells, and end above the hidden river that gave the city its name. No fixed start time, no group to keep up with. Listen in your preferred language, pause whenever, and revisit stops freely. Ideal if you'd rather explore Dublin's Vikings, poets, and rebels on your own terms, not herded between photo stops. Over 20,000 travelers have used our Dublin audio tour and others like it. The tour comes with a full refund guarantee.
Important Information 


  • Instructions with link to app and how to access the tour will be sent to your email post checkout  

  • You can gain instant access to the tour by downloading the app and buying the tour on the app

Frequently asked questions

bottom of page