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Among the main attractions in Dublin are Dublin Castle, the seat of British rule in Ireland until 1922, Phoenix Park, one of the largest inner-city parks in the world, [15] The General Post Office, one of Ireland's most famous buildings due to the 1916 Easter rising, Kilmainham Gaol, a former prison turned museum that held and executed the ...
Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Dublin (city)" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
St Stephen's Green, a landscaped inner-city centre public park in Dublin; Temple Bar, a mainly cobblestonequarter, directly on the Southern banks of the Liffey, popular for its cultural and nightlife spots; Trinity College, Dublin (also called the University of Dublin), Ireland's oldest university, home of the Book of Kells and the Book of ...
The Waxies' Dargle" is a traditional Irish folk song about two Dublin "aul' wans" (older ladies/mothers) discussing how to find money to go on an excursion. It is named after an annual outing to Ringsend, near Dublin city, by Dublin cobblers (waxies). It originated as a 19th-century children's song and is now a popular pub song in Ireland. [1]
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The song remains popular in Ireland, particularly in Dublin. [3] [4] It is sung as a sporting anthem by fans of Dublin GAA teams. Irish businessman Bill Cullen used the first two stanzas of the song as the epigraph for his 2004 memoir of growing up in inner-city Dublin, It's a Long Way from Penny Apples. [5]
"Dublin in the Rare Old Times" - 1980s song about Dublin before the 1960s (composer: Pete St. John) [26] "Grace" - written in 1985 by Frank and Seán O'Meara about Grace Gifford; recorded by Jim McCann, Anthony Kearns, the Wolfe Tones and others. "My Dublin Bay" - composed by Waterford-born May O'Higgins. "Old Dublin Town" by Pete St. John