One of Ireland’s patron saints, Saint Patrick is commemorated on the 17th of March – the day when he is believed to have died. 

The Major Toy and Train Collectors’ Fair in Dublin is a must-see for young and old alike. Here, the older generation is taken back to its youthful days, with toys, trains, comics and TV/Film annuals dating back to the forties.

Looking for a great location in Dublin? Look no further than The Kildare Street Hotel. This 2 star hotel offers simple accommodation at reasonable prices in a prime location.

Dublin’s liveliest nightlife area is the Temple Bar district and it’s there that you’ll find the heaviest concentration of restaurants, pubs and young tourists. It's a veritable hive of activity and a place that you can always be sure of something entertaining going on.

 So now we come to one of the biggest tourist attractions in Dublin. It’s a book! No, seriously it’s just a book, no pop-ups, no lift-the-flaps, and no noises when you open the pages. Yes, it does have some pictures but it’s still a book. It's the Book of Kells.

An essential feature for any European capital, little or large, is a good shopping district - a few streets of well-stocked stores with gorgeous window displays hinting at even more treats within. Well it's fair to say that Dublin is exceptionally well-endowed in that respect.

A trip to the post office is not always high on a tourist agenda but Dublin’s example is no ordinary one. The fact that the Republic of Ireland is now proudly Irish and not British owes much to the events that took place at this very building so it is a structure of enormous importance.

There are several things that you might make a trip to Merrion Square to see specifically – like the statue of Oscar Wilde, for instance, who grew up here at number 1, or the National Gallery – but we’re recommending you specifically go to see the square itself.

With such a large amount of enthusiastic and energetic people all eager to party in the proper Irish way, it may come as no surprise to know that the club culture in Dublin is strongly developed.   

You know when you watch those cheesy American films where the geeky boy never gets a girl to take to the prom? At some point, someone on the screen is likely to say something like: “Don’t worry, it’s what’s inside that matters!” Well, in the world of churches, St Patrick’s Cathedral is like the nerd with no date!