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Things to do with kids in Dublin

6 family-friendly places in Dublin: zoos, aquariums, playgrounds and more.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

Things to do with kids in Dublin

  1. See

    14 Henrietta Street

    Many Dubliners lived in buildings like this. Built in the 1740s, its first occupant was Lord Viscount Molesworth and his family, and after him came a series of Right Honorable This and Viscount That and Bishop of Wherever. But the union with England in 1801 drained power and money to London, and the neighbourhood went downhill. Rural folk flocked to Dublin after the famine, so the building was broken up into tenements, with 100 living here. From the 1930s the inner city drained out to new suburbs, and No 14 fell derelict in 1970 before being preserved. Visit by guided tour.

    Wed-Sun 10AM-4PMAdult €10, conc €8, child €6

  2. Do

    Bord Gáis Energy Theatre

    Grand Canal Theatre

    The theatre offers a wide range of shows featuring ballet, musicals, family shows, drama, concerts, comedy and opera. With a 2100-seater auditorium, the building was designed by Daniel Libeskind and completed in 2010.

  3. See

    Dublin Zoo

    Opened in 1830 and extended in 1997, this Zoo has a dozen habitats and is the largest in Ireland.

    Daily 9:30AM-6PMAdult €24, conc or child €18

  4. Do

    Guinness Storehouse

    Guinness is brewed in 49 countries and Ireland just happens to be one of them. The St James Gate brewery is still in production, now part of Diageo, and this vast storehouse has become an exhibition (self-guided) on the drink and the Guinness family. Price of entry includes a pint at the seventh floor Gravity Bar, which forms the head of the giant pint of stout formed by the atrium. Outside, touristy-trappy horse-drawn carriages ply for hire, but a stretch limo for the 2 km ride back to city centre might be cheaper.

    Sun-Thu 9:30AM-5PM, Fri Sat 9:30AM-6PMAdult €26, child €10

  5. Drink

    Nancy Hands

    Family-friendly restaurant and bar by entrance to Phoenix Park.

    Sun-Thu noon-11:30PM, Fri Sat noon-12:30AM

  6. See

    National Museum of Ireland - Natural History

    The "Dead Zoo" contains a comprehensive zoological collection presented in a manner unchanged since its establishment in Victorian times.

    closed for refurbishment as of April 2026, but some of the collections are on display in the Dead Zoo Lab at their Collins Barracks siteFree

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Dublin (CC BY-SA 4.0).