iWalk 14 Dublin in Film - A self-guided walking tour - Visit Dublin

14 Dublin
in Film
A self-guided walking tour
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The Shelbourne Hotel,
St Stephen’s Green North 4
Grafton Street 5
Trinity College 6
Dublin Castle 7
The Olympia Theatre 8
Irish Film Institute,
Eustace Street, Temple Bar 8
Temple Lane, Temple Bar 9
Christ Church Cathedral 9
Route Map 10

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Stop 1: The Shelbourne Hotel,
St Stephen’s Green North

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Stop 2: Grafton Street
With the park on your left walk up the street and stop when you’re across from the main
entrance to the park. You can’t miss it, it’s got a big, beautiful arch. You’ll be just on the corner
of Grafton Street, our next stop.

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Stop 3: Trinity College
To get to our next stop, walk all the way down the street, turn right onto
Nassau Street. The wall of Trinity College is on your left, and at the next set
of traffic lights you’ll cross the road over to the side entrance to the college.
Walk through the roofed area, down the ramp and straight ahead, passing
just to the left of that big main building you see. You’ll then be in Front
Square at Trinity College, Dublin.

Stop 4: Dublin Castle
When you’re ready, leave Trinity through the main entrance that you’ve got your back to, or front arch
as the students call it. Walk out through the front arch, and the street you’re facing is Dame Street.
Cross at the traffic lights just to your left, and walk down Dame Street.
Take the second left off this street, and you’ll see a little alley on the right. Head down the alley.
This is the Dame Street District, it’s a great place to go to hear music and socialise. Halfway down
this street there’s a corner on your left, you’ll see Stag’s Head pub. This was the first pub in Dublin
to be lit by electricity but more importantly for us, films like: The Treaty, Educating Rita, A Man of
No Importance and December Bride were shot here.
Now continue straight ahead until you reach the end of this lane. Stop for a moment. This is South
Great George’s street, and Walton’s music shop is down to the left – that’s where Glen Hansard
and Markéta (Marquee-eh-ta) Irglová first sang ‘Falling Slowly’ in Once. Apparently the staff have
been inundated with visitors recreating the scene for themselves ever since. If you were to continue
walking down that street you’d find Wexford Street, which is home to a really famous music venue
called Whelan’s which you might recognise from P.S. I Love You, with Hilary Swank and Jeffrey Dean
Morgan. P.S. I Love You is based on a bestselling novel written by Cecilia Ahern, daughter of a former
Taoiseach or Prime Minister of Ireland. For the moment, if you look directly ahead of you, you’ll see
another lane across the road. Cross the road at the lights on the right, and continue walking down
this lane. At the end of the lane, on your left you’ll see an entrance to Dublin Castle.
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Stop 5: The Olympia Theatre
Leave the Castle as you entered and cross the road at the lights –
stop under the beautiful stained glass canopy of The Olympia Theatre.
Stop 6: Irish Film Institute, Eustace Street,
Temple Bar
Turn right as you face the Olympia and walk back along Dame Street until you reach Eustace Street.
Turn left and walk about halfway down the street. Stop at the Irish Film Centre on your left.

Stop 7:
Temple Lane, Temple Bar
Now head back to Eustace Street, turn left and walk down to the
corner of the street with Farrington’s Pub and turn right onto
Temple Bar and stop at the next corner with Temple Lane.
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Stop 8: Christ Church Cathedral
When you are ready to go to the last stop – get Farrington’s pub from earlier on your left hand side
and keep going straight, Temple Bar will turn into Essex street east, and then into Essex street west.
When you get to the end of Essex street west, turn left on to Fishamble Street and up on your right
you’ll see the magnificent Christ Church Cathedral.

MANG
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MANOR STREET
QUEEN STREET
SMITHFIELD
BOW STREET
MARY
FIELD QUAY
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ELLIS QUAY
route map
USHERS ISLAND
PHOENIX ST. HAMMOND
ARRAN QUAY
CHURCH STREET
STREET
WATLING STREET
CRANE ST.
RAINSFORD STREET
BRIDGEFOOT STREET
THOMAS STREET
HANBURY LANE
LEVIEW SCHOOL STREET EARL ST. SOUTH
USHERS QUAY
OLIVER BOND COOK STREET
MEATH STREET
WEST
BRIDGE ST.
SWIFT’S ALLEY
CORN MARKET
INNS QUAY
MERCHANTS QUAY
Irish Film Institute
The Olympia Theatre
Christ Church Cathedral
Dublin Castle
Trinity College
THOMAS DAVIS
Temple Lane,
Temple Bar
HIGH STREET
RACK LANE
WINE TAVERN STREET
NICHOLAS ST.
08
ROSS RD.
BRIDE RD.
FISHAMBLE ST
LORD EDWARD
SHIP ST.
CASTLE ST.
PARLIAME
BONE LANE
PIMLICO
MEATH
ASH STREET
FRANCIS STREET
Grafton Street
DILLON ST.
HANNOVER
PATRICK STREET
BULL ALLEY
ST.
PATRICK’S
PARK
BRIDE STREET
CHANCERY RD
GOLDEN LANE
WHITEFR
THE COOMBE
PETER S
The Shelbourne Hotel
KEVIN ST. UPPER
BISHO
ARDEE ST
NEW STREET
CORK STREET
BRIDE STREET HEYTESBURY
KEVIN
NORE AVENUE
LONG LANE
CA
MANGAN RD.
CORK STREET
ARNOTT STREET

CRANE LANE
CAMDEN STREE
TEMPLE LANE SOUTH
CROWN AL
CROW ST
ASDILL’S
ROW
BEDFORD
ROW
STREET
NT STREET
ST.
ERVIS STREET
ABBEY STREET UPPER
STRAND STREET GREAT
ORMOND QUAY LOWER
MILLENIUM
BRIDGE
ESSEX STREET
05
SYCAMORE ST
CURVED
ST
LIFFEY STREET
WELLINGTON QUAY
04
UPPER STEPHEN ST.
06
EUSTACE ST.
CECILIA ST
DAME STREET
DAME COURT
HA’PENNY
BRIDGE
DAME LANE DAME LANE
SOUTH GREAT GRORGE’S STREET
07
TEMPLE BAR
FOWNES ST
TRINITY ST.
EXCHEQUER ST.
ABBEY STREET MIDDLE
CASTLE
MARKET
ST ANDREWS LA
WILLIAM ST. SOUTH
PRINCES STREET
LOTTS ROW
ANGLESEA ST.
LITTON
LANE
BEDFORD LA
FOSTER PLACE
CLARENDON STREET
BALFE ST
ASTON PLACE
WICKLOW ST
PRICES LANE
FLEET STREET
JOHNSTON CT
HARRY ST
SOUTH ANNE ST
GRAFTON STREET
O’CONNELL ST
SUFFOLK ST
LEMON ST
SACKVILLE PL.
BACHELORS WALKEDEN QUAY
RIVER LIFFEY
ASTON QUAY
COLLEGE GREEN
ANNE’S LANE
GRAFTON ARCADE
DUKE STREET
DUKE LANE
WESTMORELAND ST
ROYAL
HIBERNIAN
WAY
D’OLIER ST
DAWSON STREET
ABBEY STREET LOWER
BURGH QUAY
HAWKINS ST
COLLEGE STREET
03
ABBEY ST OLD
NASSAU STREET LEINSTER ST
FREDERICK ST
MOLESWORTH ST
POOLBEG STREET
TARA ST
TOWNSEND STREET
TRINITY
COLLEGE
BER
CUSTOM HOUSE QUAY
GEORGES QUAY
LUKE STREET
PEARSE STREET
MOSS STREET
11
LINCOLN PL
CLARE ST
W
IAR ST PETER ROW
T
P STREET
AUNGIER STREET
DIGGES ST.
MERCER STREET
GLOVER’S ALLEY
YORK STREET
CUFFE LA.
WEST
02
ST. STEPHEN’S
GREEN
NORTH
01
KILDARE STREET
MERRION ROW
FITZWILLIAM LANE
UPPER MERRION ST
MERR
SQU
SOUTH
ST. LOWER
CUFFE STREET
EAST
MDEN ROW
WESTLAND RD
MONTAGUE ST.
HARCOURT
SOUTH
ARLSFORT TERRACE
LEESON LA.
T.
PEMROKE ST.
WEST
SOUTH
PEMROKE ST.
NORTH
FITZWILLIAM
SQUARE
E
BAGGOT ST
EAST

We hope that you enjoyed this walk
which was written by Peter Baxter,
narrated by Emma O’Reilly and
brought to you by Fáilte Ireland
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