Discover the part played by Dublin in Ireland's long struggle to establish an independent republic.
The bloody struggle ended in the Irish Republic with the signing of the 'treaty' with the British in 1921, at the end of a particularly bloody and brutal guerilla war against the forces of the British crown. There was further bloodshed in the civil war that followed the signing of the 'treaty' but peace was established in 1923. Discover what happened on this 3 hour tour.
Royal Dublin Fusiliers Memorial Arch.
Tour begins. Learn why a British Army war memorial erected in the early 20th. century, by the people of Dublin, still stands as a landmark in the capital of what is now the Irish Republic.
Occupied by an Irish Citizen Army garrison in opposition to the British armed forces in 1916. How did they fare against a vastly superior and heavily armed opposition ? All will be revealed at this stop on the tour.
A walk through the park where many memorials to Irish revolutionaries are to be seen. Among those we will see are IRB activist Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa and Constance Gore Booth, aka Countess Markievicz.
Dublin's most famous hotel was home to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers in Easter week 1916 and is also where the Irish constitution was written some years later. Hear all about those events.
William Butler Yeats - the 'Bard of The Revolution'. See his former home and learn about his somewhat unusual lifestyle.
A visit to Oriel House - HQ of the embryonic Irish Free State's notorious Criminal Investigations Department (CID). Hear all about their exploits. Also within metres of Oriel house we visit the Christian Brothers school - where the revolutionary brothers Patrick and Willy Pearse were educated at primary and secondary level.
Dublins finest gallery - one painting (to be revealed on the tour) is a direct and tragic relationship with the Irish War of Independence. Find out which one with me on the penultimate leg of the revolutionary tour.
Home of the current Lord Mayor of Dublin and also home of the illegal first Irish parliment. Who sat in that assembly and what did they try to establish ? Learn this and more with me on the last stop of the tour.
Tour ends.
Royal Dublin Fusiliers Memorial Arch.
Guide fee and 3 hours of interesting things you might not know about Hibernia and her complex struggle to be free.
Transportation, food and beverages.
Dublin is a busy and noisy city. For that reason, in an effort to deliver a quality experience to my guests, I start my tours between 9am and 11am.