Attractions in Temple Bar Temple Bar’s big name is Dublin Castle This is a list led by museums or galleries, 92 of its 152. 27 places to visit are mapped inside Temple Bar’s neighbourhood, with 125 more within 5 km of its edge. Dublin Zoo drew 1.3M visitors in 2022. In heritage care, 15 places on the list are looked after by the Office of Public Works. Set 12 km out, James Joyce Museum makes a day trip.
Photo: Chester Beatty, Aligatorek (CC BY-SA 3.0) In Temple Bar
27
inside the neighbourhood
Within 5 km
125
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
92
in or near town
Castles & historic places
41
in or near town
Cared for
15
the OPW, the NPWS and Coillte
Best known Best known, in and near Temple Bar Close behind Dublin Castle are 3 museums and 2 art galleries.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The map Mapped around Temple Bar The map ends at Rathfarnham Castle, 5.1 km out.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 The dashed line is Temple Bar’s neighbourhood; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
By kind Sorted by kind Ahead are museums or galleries (92); next, castles or historic places (41).
Museums & galleries 56 museums · 36 art galleries 20 in town · 72 nearby
Castles & historic places 14 historic houses · 12 churches · 5 castles · 5 historic sites · 3 cathedrals · 1 abbey or priory · 1 historic ship 6 in town · 35 nearby
Gardens & estates 5 gardens 0 in town · 5 nearby
Zoos, theme parks & days out 1 zoo 0 in town · 1 nearby
Other attractions 13 attractions 1 in town · 12 nearby
Green: inside Temple Bar. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
15 places are cared for by the Office of Public Works (Dublin Castle, Chester Beatty, Revenue Museum and Saint Stephen's Green, and 11 more).
Every place All of them, one by one In town there are 27, and the list adds 125 more within 5 km of its edge.
Castle 1 Castle · in town Castle.
Run by Office of Public Works · Open Mon–Sat 09:45–16:45 · Sun 12:00–16:45 2 Museum · in town Library and museum in Dublin, Ireland.
Run by Office of Public Works 3 Art gallery · in town Irish arts venue.
4 Art gallery · in town Art gallery, art studios in Dublin, Ireland.
Museum 5 Museum · in town Police museum in Dublin Castle, Dublin Ireland.
Open Mon–Fri 10:00–14:00 Museum 6 Museum · in town Irish Film Institute body for film culture preservation.
Museum 7 Museum · in town Museum.
Run by Office of Public Works Art gallery 8 Art gallery · in town Art gallery.
Museum 9 Historic house 10 Historic house · in town Historic house.
Run by Dublin City Council Historic house 11 Historic house · in town Historic house.
Guided tours and walks Art gallery 12 Art gallery · in town Art gallery.
Art gallery 13 Art gallery · in town Art gallery.
Museum 14 Museum 15 Museum 16 Museum · in town Museum.
Open Every day 10:00–18:00 17 Art gallery · in town Free photography museum in Dublin.
Open Tue–Sat 11:00–18:00 · Sun 13:00–18:00 Museum 18 Art gallery 19 Art gallery · in town Art gallery.
Church 20 Museum Museum Museum · in town Museum.
Run by National Library of Ireland Museum Attraction Attraction · in town Attraction.
Open Open all day, every day Church Art gallery Art gallery · in town Art gallery.
Run by PhotoIreland Foundation Historic site Historic site · in town Historic site.
Cathedral · 100 m outside town, to the southwest Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland.
Run by Church of Ireland Museum · 400 m outside town, to the east National museum in Dublin and Castlebar, Ireland.
783K visitors a year · Open Tue–Sat 10:00–17:00 · Sun, Mon 13:00–17:00 Museum · 400 m outside town, to the east Heritage institution.
Cathedral · 100 m outside town, to the west Diocesan cathedral of Dublin and Glendalough, Church of Ireland.
Historic house · 400 m outside town, to the east Building housing the parliament of Ireland.
Garden · 300 m outside town, to the southeast Public park in central Dublin, Ireland.
Run by Office of Public Works Art gallery · 500 m outside town, to the east Art museum in Dublin.
Run by Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Zoo · 2.8 km outside town, to the northwest Zoo.
1.3M visitors a year (2022) · A café and a shop · Open Every day 09:30–16:30 Museum · 2.6 km outside town, to the west Former prison in Ireland.
Run by Office of Public Works Museum · 2 km outside town, to the west Art museum in Dublin.
Run by Irish Museum of Modern Art Cathedral · 400 m outside town, to the northeast Church in Dublin, Ireland.
Castle · 4.6 km outside town, to the northwest Tower house in Phoenix Park in Dublin, Ireland.
Run by Office of Public Works Museum · 1.1 km outside town, to the west Museum and visitor attraction in Dublin, Ireland.
Open Every day 09:30–17:00 Museum · 1.3 km outside town, to the northwest National museum in Dublin, Ireland.
314K visitors a year Museum · 100 m outside town, to the west Museum in Ireland.
Open Every day 10:00–18:30 Museum · 600 m outside town, to the east International group of public science centres.
242K visitors a year Art gallery · 900 m outside town, to the north Art gallery in Parnell Square North, Dublin.
Art gallery · 500 m outside town, to the southeast Art school, museum, and society in Dublin, Ireland.
Museum · 800 m outside town, to the northeast Museum in Dublin, Ireland.
A café and guided tours · Open 10:00–18:45 Museum · 200 m outside town, to the north Folk museum in Dublin.
Garden · 2.9 km outside town, to the north Botanical garden in Glasnevin, Ireland.
Run by Office of Public Works · Open Every day 10:00–17:00 Museum · 900 m outside town, to the north Private literary museum on Parnell Square, Dublin.
Museum · 200 m outside town, to the southeast Literary museum in Dublin.
Open Every day 10:00–18:00 Museum · 800 m outside town, to the north Museum to James Joyce.
Open Tue–Sat 10:30–16:30 Museum · 1.8 km outside town, to the east Heritage institution in Dublin, Ireland.
Art gallery · 100 m outside town, to the east Irish art gallery.
Museum · 200 m outside town, to the southeast Local history museum, urban museum in Dublin, Ireland.
Museum Museum · 600 m outside town, to the south Jewish museum in Dublin, Ireland.
Art gallery · 100 m outside town, to the east Contemporary art gallery in Dublin, Ireland.
Run by Trinity College, Dublin Museum · 800 m outside town, to the north Former house and tenement, now museum in Dublin, Ireland.
Run by Dublin City Council Church · 300 m outside town, to the west Only surviving gate in the Dublin city walls, Ireland.
Run by Office of Public Works Museum Museum · 900 m outside town, to the north National museum.
Art gallery · 900 m outside town, to the north Contemporary art gallery in Dublin, Ireland.
Castle · 4.4 km outside town, to the southwest Norman castle.
Garden Garden · 300 m outside town, to the southeast National park in Dublin, Ireland.
Run by Office of Public Works Museum · 600 m outside town, to the northwest Whiskey tourist attraction in Dublin, Ireland.
Open Every day 09:00–17:30 Art gallery Art gallery · 600 m outside town, to the east Contemporary art gallery in Dublin , Ireland.
Museum · 900 m outside town, to the east Townhouse in Dublin, Ireland.
Run by ESB Group · Open Tue–Sat 10:00–17:00 · Sun 12:00–17:00 Museum Museum · 900 m outside town, to the east Archive and museum in Dublin, Ireland.
Open Tue–Fri 10:00–17:00 Museum Museum · 400 m outside town, to the northeast Museum.
Run by Office of Public Works · Open 10:00–16:45 Art gallery Art gallery · 1.5 km outside town, to the northeast Irish art gallery.
Museum Museum · 100 m outside town, to the southeast Mining museum in St Stephens Green.
Museum Museum · 200 m outside town, to the southeast Contemporary art gallery in Dublin, Ireland.
Historic house Historic house · 3.4 km outside town, to the northeast Historic house.
Run by Office of Public Works · Open Every day 09:00–20:00 Castle Castle · 4.4 km outside town, to the south Castle.
Run by Office of Public Works Attraction Attraction · 3.1 km outside town, to the west Attraction.
Run by Office of Public Works Museum Museum · 1.2 km outside town, to the northwest Museum.
Run by Office of Public Works Attraction Attraction · 2.9 km outside town, to the north Attraction.
Run by Office of Public Works Art gallery Art gallery · 100 m outside town, to the east Art gallery.
Church Church · 200 m outside town, to the east Church.
Historic house Historic house · 100 m outside town, to the east Historic house.
Guided tours and walks Church Church · 500 m outside town, to the west Church.
Art gallery Art gallery · 100 m outside town, to the northeast Art gallery.
Art gallery Art gallery · 200 m outside town, to the east Art gallery.
Museum Museum · 200 m outside town, to the east Museum.
Run by Book of Kells Experience (Trinity College Dublin) · Guided tours · Open Mon–Sat 08:30–17:00 · Sun 09:00–17:00 Art gallery Art gallery · 200 m outside town, to the east Art gallery.
Art gallery Art gallery · 300 m outside town, to the east Art gallery.
Museum Museum · 300 m outside town, to the east Museum.
Guided tours Church Church · 200 m outside town, to the southeast Church.
Historic house Historic house · 300 m outside town, to the east Historic house.
Guided tours and walks Museum Museum · 300 m outside town, to the east Museum.
Museum Museum · 400 m outside town, to the east Museum.
Museum Museum · 300 m outside town, to the northeast Museum.
Open Mon–Sat 10:00–17:00 Art gallery Art gallery · 200 m outside town, to the south Art gallery.
Church Church · 700 m outside town, to the west Church.
Museum Museum · 500 m outside town, to the east Museum.
Historic house Historic house · 600 m outside town, to the east Historic house.
Historic house Historic house · 800 m outside town, to the north Historic house.
A shop Historic house Historic house · 700 m outside town, to the east Historic house.
Museum Museum · 700 m outside town, to the east Museum.
Museum Museum · 700 m outside town, to the southeast Museum.
Church Church · 500 m outside town, to the southeast Church.
Abbey or priory Abbey or priory · 900 m outside town, to the north Abbey or priory.
Art gallery Art gallery · 600 m outside town, to the northeast Art gallery.
Museum Museum · 800 m outside town, to the northeast Museum.
Open Every day 11:00–16:00 Church Church · 1.4 km outside town, to the northwest Church.
Art gallery Art gallery · 1.1 km outside town, to the south Art gallery.
Museum Museum · 1.7 km outside town, to the east Museum.
Guided tours Historic house Historic house · 1.7 km outside town, to the southeast Historic house.
Guided tours Museum Museum · 1.6 km outside town, to the northeast Museum.
Museum Museum · 2.7 km outside town, to the north Museum and tours for Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin.
Garden Garden · 3.1 km outside town, to the west Garden.
Guided tours and walks Castle Castle · 3.1 km outside town, to the southeast Castle.
Historic house Historic house · 3.5 km outside town, to the northwest Historic house.
Gardens Historic house Historic house · 300 m outside town, to the west Historic house.
Church Church · 400 m outside town, to the northwest Church.
Historic house Historic house · 500 m outside town, to the southwest Historic house.
Historic house Historic house · 400 m outside town, to the southeast Historic house.
Garden Garden · 600 m outside town, to the east Garden.
Church Church · 1 km outside town, to the north Church.
Attraction Attraction · 100 m outside town, to the southwest Attraction.
Historic site Historic site · 300 m outside town, to the west Historic site.
Art gallery Art gallery · 300 m outside town, to the southwest Art gallery.
Art gallery Art gallery · 200 m outside town, to the east Art gallery.
Art gallery Art gallery · 100 m outside town, to the northeast Art gallery.
Attraction Attraction · 300 m outside town, to the east Attraction.
Run by Book of Kells Experience (Trinity College Dublin) Attraction Attraction · 500 m outside town, to the southwest Attraction.
Art gallery Art gallery · 500 m outside town, to the southeast Art gallery.
Open Thu–Sat 13:00–17:00 Museum Museum · 500 m outside town, to the east Museum.
Run by Trinity College, Dublin Attraction Attraction · 600 m outside town, to the east Attraction.
Open Mon–Sat 11:00–17:00 · Sun closed Church Church · 800 m outside town, to the north Church.
Attraction Attraction · 1.3 km outside town, to the west Attraction.
Attraction Attraction · 1.3 km outside town, to the east Attraction.
Open Mon–Thu 08:30–17:00 · Fri 08:30–16:30 Attraction Attraction · 1.4 km outside town, to the east Attraction.
Historic ship Historic ship · 1.4 km outside town, to the east Historic ship.
Museum Museum · 1.3 km outside town, to the southwest Museum.
Run by Religious Sisters of Charity · Open Tue–Sun 10:30–16:00 Art gallery Art gallery · 1.4 km outside town, to the southeast Art gallery.
Open Wed, Thu 12:00–18:00 · Fri–Sun 12:00–19:00 Museum · 1.5 km outside town, to the northeast Museum.
Attraction Attraction · 2 km outside town, to the west Attraction.
Art gallery Art gallery · 1.9 km outside town, to the south Art gallery.
Museum · 2.7 km outside town, to the north Museum at Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland.
Run by Glasnevin Trust · Open Every day 09:00–18:00 Museum Museum · 3.1 km outside town, to the west Museum.
Run by Dublin City Council Art gallery Art gallery · 3.1 km outside town, to the east Art gallery.
Museum Museum · 1.2 km outside town, to the northwest Museum.
Attraction Attraction · 600 m outside town, to the northwest Attraction.
Open closed Attraction Attraction · 300 m outside town, to the northeast Attraction.
Open Mon–Sat 08:30–18:00 Art gallery Art gallery · 300 m outside town, to the east Art gallery.
Art gallery Art gallery · 500 m outside town, to the northeast Art gallery.
Art gallery Art gallery · 1.7 km outside town, to the east Art gallery.
Museum Museum · 2.5 km outside town, to the east Museum.
Run by Dublin Port Company Historic site Historic site · 300 m outside town, to the northeast Historic site.
Art gallery Art gallery · 800 m outside town, to the west Art gallery.
Art gallery Art gallery · 3.3 km outside town, to the northeast Art gallery.
Historic site Historic site · 2.8 km outside town, to the north Historic site.
Historic site Historic site · 2.2 km outside town, to the west Historic site.
The 27 inside Temple Bar come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.
Monuments and historic buildings in Temple Bar → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Temple Bar →
Big names nearby Days out The pick of the 12 is James Joyce Museum, 12 km off.
Places well known beyond Temple Bar (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a Office of Public Works or National Parks and Wildlife Service property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Know before you go to Temple Bar What are the main attractions in Temple Bar? The best known inside Temple Bar’s neighbourhood are Dublin Castle, Chester Beatty, Project Arts Centre and Temple Bar Gallery + Studios. In all, 27 places to visit are mapped inside the town, and 125 more within 5 km.
Does Temple Bar have a museum? 92 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Temple Bar: Chester Beatty, Project Arts Centre, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios and Garda Museum.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Temple Bar? Yes. In or within 5 km of Temple Bar, 15 places are cared for by the Office of Public Works (Dublin Castle, Chester Beatty, Revenue Museum and Saint Stephen's Green).
What are the best-known days out near Temple Bar? Within 40 km: James Joyce Museum (12 km), Malahide Castle (13 km), Glendalough (37 km), Swords Castle (13 km).
How is this list made? From Fáilte Ireland’s open data on attractions (museums, castles, historic houses, abbeys, gardens, national parks, landscapes, islands, zoos and visitor farms: restaurants, pubs, shops and tour operators are left out), OpenStreetMap (places open to visitors; a ruined castle on farmland needs a sign it can be visited) and Wikidata (what each place is, who looks after it, its Wikipedia articles), merged into one list and placed in the town’s CSO 2022 outline or within 5 km of its edge.
Places to visit: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in each town’s CSO 2022 outline. Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (52) Chester Beatty: Aligatorek, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Project Arts Centre: Smirkybec, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Temple Bar Gallery + Studios: MB-one, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Photo Museum Ireland: Arnaud.Serander, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons St Patrick's Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons National Museum of Ireland: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net )., CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons National Library of Ireland: YvonneM, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Christ Church Cathedral: Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Leinster House: Jean Housen, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Saint Stephen's Green: Dronepicr (edited by King of Hearts ) Edit corrects CA and sharpens image, CC BY 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons National Gallery of Ireland: Copyright © 2006 Kaihsu Tai, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Dublin Zoo: Harold Strong, CC BY-SA 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Kilmainham Gaol: Nol Aders, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Irish Museum of Modern Art: self, Public domain , Wikimedia Commons St. Mary's Cathedral: MOs810, CC BY 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Phoenix Park Visitor Centre - Ashtown Castle: Frank Winkelmann, CC BY 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Guinness Storehouse: psyberartist, CC BY 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks: self, Public domain , Wikimedia Commons Dublinia: DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Science Gallery: Infoeco, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Hugh Lane Gallery: Rwxrwxrwx, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Royal Hibernian Academy: The original uploader was Hohenloh at English Wikipedia ., Public domain , Wikimedia Commons EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum: William Murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons The National Leprechaun Museum: YvonneM, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons National Botanic Gardens: William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Dublin Writers Museum: Sir James, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Museum of Literature Ireland: Dilbert55 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons The James Joyce Centre: Pointillist at en.wikipedia Original uploader was Pointillist at en.wikipedia, Public domain , Wikimedia Commons National Print Museum: Miguel Mendez from Malahide, Ireland, CC BY 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Kerlin Gallery: Paul Afour, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons The Little Museum of Dublin: Jean Housen, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art: MB-one, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons 14 Henrietta Street: William Murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons St Audoen's Church: Eric Fischer, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Olivier Cornet Gallery: Sheila1988, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Drimnagh Castle: Ericlevik, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Old Jameson Distillery: Nialljpmurphy, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Number Twenty Nine: Georgian House Museum: Jean Housen, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Gaelic Athletic Association museum: Sheila1988, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Glasnevin Cemetery Museum: William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons James Joyce Museum: YvonneM, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Malahide Castle: William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Glendalough: Schcambo at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Swords Castle: William Murphy, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Manderley Castle: Sergio, CC BY 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Wicklow Mountains National Park: Joe King, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Howth Castle: O'Dea, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Pearse Museum - St. Enda's Park: Dave Addey at English Wikipedia, Public domain , Wikimedia Commons Saint Anne's Park: William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Castletown House: LoriStrang, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons National Maritime Museum of Ireland: Hohenloh, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Russborough House and Parklands: Ramón, CC BY-SA 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Museum · Office of Public WorksChester Beattyin town
Art galleryProject Arts Centrein town
Art galleryTemple Bar Gallery + Studiosin townMuseumMuseumGarda Museumin townMuseumMuseumIrish Film Archivein town
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MuseumJames Joyce Museum12 km southeast · 40K visitors a year
CastleMalahide Castle13 km northeast
Abbey or prioryGlendalough37 km south
CastleSwords Castle13 km north
CastleManderley Castle14 km southeast
National parkWicklow Mountains National Park37 km south
CastleHowth Castle13 km northeast
Museum · Office of Public WorksPearse Museum - St. Enda's Park6.7 km south
GardenSaint Anne's Park6.6 km northeast
Historic house · Office of Public WorksCastletown House18 km west
MuseumNational Maritime Museum of Ireland11 km southeast
Historic houseRussborough House and Parklands30 km southwest