Davy Byrne’s
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Ready-made walk · Dublin

Pubs, Whiskey and Ulysses

7 stops · ~2 hr 5 min · 3.8 km

Food & Drink

A walk through Dublin's drinking history, from Teeling's whiskey distillery in the Liberties to the Brazen Head and the original Jameson site on Bow Street. Raise a glass in The Church, a former church linked to Arthur Guinness, admire the Victorian interior of The Stag's Head, browse George's Street Arcade and end at Davy Byrne's, immortalised in Joyce's Ulysses.

The stops, in walking order

  1. Davy Byrne’s
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    Stop 1: Davy Byrne’s

    ~3 min here

    Davy Byrne’s is the Dublin pub at 21 Duke Street, and its literary fame comes from James Joyce’s 1922 novel Ulysses.

  2. George's Street Arcade
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    Stop 2: George's Street Arcade

    ~3 min here

    George's Street Arcade is an indoor market and shopping centre, with stalls and stores housed in a Victorian-style setting.

  3. The Stag's Head
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    Stop 3: The Stag's Head

    ~3 min here

    The Stag’s Head is a pub at the meeting point of Dame Court and Dame Lane in Dublin.

  4. The Church
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    Stop 4: The Church

    ~3 min here

    The Church is a former Church of Ireland building that now operates as a pub and restaurant.

  5. Old Jameson Distillery
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    Stop 5: Old Jameson Distillery

    ~1 hr here

    Old Jameson Distillery is the former Bow Street Distillery, an Irish whiskey site that now welcomes visitors just off Smithfield Square.

  6. The Brazen Head
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    Stop 6: The Brazen Head

    ~3 min here

    The Brazen Head is the pub you’re looking at, a Dublin coaching inn whose present buildings date from 1754.

  7. Teeling Whiskey Company
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    Stop 7: Teeling Whiskey Company

    ~3 min here

    Teeling Whiskey Company is home to an Irish whiskey distillery established in Dublin in 2015.

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