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4.9(14 reviews)

Private Tour of Dublin Museums (Walking Tour)

From$421.81
3 hours
Dublin, Ireland

Full description

This unique tour uses Ireland’s artistic and literary wealth to explain the historical moments, traditions, wars, movements, and eras that have sculpted Ireland through the centuries. We’ll explore the highlights of the National Gallery, National Library and National Museum, with a break half-way through. Consider those great cultural and artistic treasures that represent your country’s history. For the USA, it is paintings like ‘Washington Crossing the Delaware’ and ‘American Gothic’ by Grant Wood, original manuscripts of Edgar Allan Poe and Walt Whitman, and objects full of cultural symbolism like The Liberty Bell. This tour will show you their Irish equivalents: - Symbolic paintings representing the Norman Conquest of Ireland and the Irish Civil War; - Insight into the life and works of W.B. Yeats - Ireland’s Greatest Poet; - The Tara Brooch and the Ardagh Chalice – treasures that epitomise Ireland’s Golden Age (500-800AD).

Included / Excluded

  • Tour Guide: experienced, qualified and Irish!
  • Hotel meet-up (for central location)
  • Private tour - tailored just for your group
  • We'll stop for a coffee/tea/lunch break in the middle of the tour
  • Entry tickets
  • Gratuities

Itinerary

1

We’ll explore the highlights of the National Gallery: Europeans masters like Carvaggio, Monet and Picasso; a look at the Irish painter Jack Yeats; and most importantly we’ll explore works that help tell the story of Irish history.

Duration: 40 minAdmission: NOT_APPLICABLE
2

Next we’ll explore the beautiful National Library with a vast reading room that transports you back to Joyce’s Dublin of 1904. Re-ignite your admiration for poetry with an insight into the life and works of W.B. Yeats’s, Ireland’s Greatest Poet.

Duration: 40 minAdmission: NOT_APPLICABLE
3

Bog bodies, Tara Brooch and Ardagh Chalice are just some of the most fascinating archaeological items displayed at the Museum.

Duration: 40 minAdmission: NOT_APPLICABLE

Meeting point

Start Location

The Oscar Wilde Monument, Dublin, Ireland

Cancellation policy

Free cancellation up to 1 days before the activity starts

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair Accessible
  • Stroller Accessible
  • Easy Public Transport

Traveler reviews

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Yager’s in Dublin.

John was fantastic and knowledgeable. He answered every question and more. He was a great storyteller and a wealth of information. We feel so lucky that he was our guide.

M9979MJlisayMay 11, 2026TRIPADVISOR

enlightening

Brendan McEvoy excellent knowledge great conversation and comfortable walking journey of Dublin. highly reccommended

davidbX1403OISep 3, 2025TRIPADVISOR

John was an excellent...

John was an excellent tour guide: kept my tired teenagers engaged in the archaeology museum with stories and great knowledge of the earliest people of Ireland….

Kristin_WJul 20, 2025VIATOR

Museum tour

We had a great museum tour with Eamonn. He is both very knowledgeable and entertaining. I would definitely recommend booking this tour.

Sally_MApr 14, 2025VIATOR

BEST use of Time and Money

We had one day in Dublin and were lucky to find John Caffrey as a tour guide. We might have wandered aimlessly through three fantastic museums, but John was able to focus on select features of each, providing fascinating context and history to the exhibits we were interested in. It was by no means a “canned” tour, and John was very flexible and generous with his knowledge and time. We learned more in four hours with John than two weeks traveling through Ireland! Easily the best “bang for your buck.” My only regret is that we didn’t have the time for his other tour offerings!

O7379SSanneoJan 7, 2025TRIPADVISOR
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