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The tower and stone walls of Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin under a blue sky

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Medieval Dublin & the Liberties

Find the black pool that gave Dublin its name, a famous knight's tomb that may not be his, the cathedral door behind the phrase 'chancing your arm', and the saint's relics that arrived in a box from Rome. Ten stories from a thousand years of Viking, Norman and Liberties life, in the oldest streets of the city.

Dublin

10 stops · ~10 min

Plus short extra stories between stops. You can switch them off in the player.

Walking tourGPS guided⤓ Works offline
1.0 kmfull route
10stories
10 minof audio
Free to use for a limited period.

Full route about 30 minutes at an easy pace. Do as much or as little as you like.

Distance to start: — Directions
Location accessAsked on start

Save this tour before you drive into the park — there is little or no phone signal inside, and unsaved stops will not play.

Before you start

  1. Put your headphones in.
  2. Start anywhere. Visit the places in any order. For the full route, begin at Dubh Linn, Palace Street. Directions
  3. Press Start, then just walk. Each story plays when you reach it.

A walk through the oldest part of Dublin, from the Black Pool that gave the city its name to Christ Church, St Patrick's, Marsh's Library and the Liberties.

Free to use for a limited period.
Stops
1
The Black Pool
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2
Whose Tomb Is It?
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3
A Wall in an Alley
4
A Market for the Displaced
5
The Park That Was Made
6
The Dean Wrote His Own
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7
A Hole in the Door
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8
A Complaint About a Library
9
A Box from Rome
10
A Satirist's Will
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Map of Medieval Dublin & the Liberties with each stop marked
Map & route

5 of 10 stop locations are approximate (dashed pins). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

How this tour works
Autoplay works while this page is open. Bring a charger — GPS and audio use battery over a long tour.
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