Ireland

Ireland is such a beautiful country with incredible landscapes and fun cities. I went to Ireland for four days with my friend Janet in December. Here’s some of our favorite (and thriftiest!) things to do in Ireland.

National Gallery of Ireland

The National Gallery was one of my favorite museums. All of the National Museums are free (The National Gallery, Natural History Museum, and the National Museum of Archaeology) and right next to each other. I would definitely recommend checking out these museums on a rainy day in Dublin. If it isn’t raining, check out St. Stephen’s Green Park across the street too. And then if it starts raining again, head into the Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre.

Dublin Castle and Chester Beatty Library

You have to pay to go into the Dublin Castle so we just looked at it from the outside. It’s right next to the Chester Beatty Library Museum which had a great collection of old books. Admission is free!

Temple Bar Neighborhood

Temple Bar is the most popular area of Dublin, with lots of pubs. Our hostel recommended a pub on the outskirts of Temple Bar to watch some Irish dancing and it was so fun! There was a group of locals who danced a few numbers and then invited all the tourists up and taught us a dance.

Also in Temple Bar is the Gallery of Photography. If it’s raining, this is a super cute little gallery. It’s free too!

Cliffs of Moher and Galway Tour

Definitely worth a little splurge! We did a day bus tour and it was so much fun!! A great way to see some countryside and we had plenty of time at the cliffs and in Galway to explore the town.

If walls could dream… they’d dream of visiting the Cliffs of Moher!