Self-guided walking tour

Dublin Walking Tour: Curious Dublin – Relics, Mummies and a Hungry Tree (1.5 hours, 5 stops)

5 stops in walking order through Dublin, from Hungry Tree to Whitefriar Street Church: 3.0 km on foot, about 38 min of walking, 1 h 30 min in total with the story and a look around at each stop. Walking times come from the routed walking path, not a straight line. It is the route of “Curious Dublin: Relics, Mummies and a Hungry Tree”, a ready-made tour in the Guided Tours app.

Total: 1 h 30 min
Distance: 3.0 km
Walking: 38 min
Stops: 5

The stops, in walking order

Hungry Tree
A London plane in the grounds of King’s Inns whose trunk has grown around part of a cast-iron bench.
13 min walk · 980 m
St Michan's Church
St Michan’s Church is a Church of Ireland parish church whose history reaches back to a chapel established in 1095.
8 min walk · 670 m
St Audoen's Church
A Church of Ireland parish church with origins reaching back to 1190.
10 min walk · 760 m
Marsh's Library
Marsh’s Library is a historic Dublin library beside St Patrick’s Cathedral, designed by William Robinson and opened as Ireland’s first public library.
7 min walk · 560 m
Whitefriar Street Church
A Roman Catholic church maintained by the Carmelite order and known for its relics of Saint Valentine, brought from Rome during the 19th century.