Museums
Army Archives. Cathal Brugha Barracks, Lower Rathmines Rd,
Dublin 6. Tel: (01) 497 5782. Army records and memorabilia, viewing by arrangement.

Bray Museum. Main St., Bray Tel: (01) 286 2539. Mementoes of another age.Castleruddery Transport Museum, Donard, Co Wicklow. An hour and a half 25m/40k south of the City.

Classical Museum. University College, Belfield, Dublin 4. Tel (01) 679 4260. Viewing of the museum’s collection of Grecian and Roman artefacts is by prior arrangement Tel: (01) 669 3244 ext 8218, Friday afternoons only.

Dublin Civic Museum. 58 William St. South, Dublin 2.
Tel: (01) 679 4260. The city’s history – from stone age flints to the stone head blown off Nelson’s Pillar in 1966 on the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising – housed in the old Assembly House.

Dublinia. Christ Church, Dublin 2. Tel: (01) 679 4611. Next door to the
Cathedral the multi-lingual audio-visual experience ranges from the 1170 arrival of the Anglo-Normans to the dissolution of the monasteries, 1540. Developed by the Medieval Trust. Gift shop.

Dublin's Viking Adventure. Tel: (01) 679 6040 / (01) 846 2184. Fascinating time journey to life in Viking Dublin — experience the sounds and smells of the time. Open Mon, Thurs, Fri, Sat 9.30am — 4.30pm, Sunday 11.30am — 6.00pm. Closed Tue/Wed.

Dublin Writer’s Museum. 18 Parnell Square, Dublin 1. Tel: (01) 872 2077. Situated in an 18th century townhouse, the museum features the lives and works of Dublin's literary celebrities over the past 300 years.

Findlater’s Wine Vaults. 10 Upper Hatch St, Dublin 2. Tel: (01) 475 1699. The history of 170 years of Dublin’s long established wine importing trade, down in the vaults.