Drink

John Fallon's

Capstan Bar

Small friendly local pub.

Address: 129 The Coombe D08 Y8CP
Getting there: opposite St Patrick's Cathedral
Hours: Sun-Thu 12:30-11:30PM, Fri Sat 12:30-12:30AM
Website: johnfallon.ie (opens in a new tab)

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St Patrick's Cathedral
Founded in 1191, it became Anglican at the Reformation, so the Protestants had two cathedrals in the same city while the Catholics had none. It feuded with Christ Church over rights and precedence, until 1871 when Christ Church was nominated the senior church for Dublin and Glendalough and St Patrick's for the rest of Ireland. Jonathan Swift, author of Gulliver's Travels, was dean of St Patrick's from 1713 to 1745 and is buried here, as is his lady friend Stella Johnson. It was rebuilt in the 1860s into a confident pile of Victoriana, and anything that looks medieval is probably a 19th century concoction.
Daily 9:30AM-5PMAdult €11.50, conc €9
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Teeling Distillery
Distillery opened in 2015, primarily for whiskey but with small amounts of poitín.
Daily 11AM-PMTasting tour €25 (pointless going for the cheaper "cocktail" tour)
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Christ Church Cathedral
Holy Trinity
A wooden church was built by the Vikings around 1030, and the first stone church was from the 1180s. So this is the oldest building in Dublin, though it underwent a massive restoration in the 1870s. It became Protestant under Henty VIII, apart from a brief Roman Catholic interlude in 1690 when the exiled James II was campaigning in Ireland, and the Vatican still claims it. The oldest part is the large crypt, where amongst the items on display are a mummified cat and rat, which got themselves stuck in the church organ in the 19th century.
Apr-Sep Mon-Sat 9:30AM-7PM, Sun 12:30-14:30PM & 4:30-7PM; Oct-Mar Mon-Sat 9:30AM-5PM, Sun 12:30-2:30PMAdult €11.50, conc €10, child €4
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Wed-Fri 4PM-midnight, Sat noon-1AM, Sun 1-11:30PM