#ToursAndTrips

by Alan Finn on Dec 5th, 2013 - 3503 Views

It was the last Saturday of November, a cool crisp sunny day, when I arrived outside Dublin Bus office on O’Connell Street here in our wonderful city of Dublin. My day out would start at 11am when I, with about 40 other passengers, mostly tourists, boarded a double decker bus and left the city to... 

by Alan Finn on Dec 5th, 2013 - 3707 Views

Note from FRG.ie editor: Here are some images that Alan Finn took whilst reviewing Dublin Bus’s North Coast & Malahide Castle Tour. We thought these photos, taken from Howth Hill and featuring the Irish Sea and Poolbeg, are so impressive that they deserved to be featured in their own article!... 

by Damien Hughes on Nov 10th, 2013 - 10483 Views

Failte Ireland, along with the Dublin City Council (DCC) and the Office of Public Works (OPW) have put together a plan to create a trail from College Green to Kilmainham. This trail is set to become a major tourist draw to Dublin as a whole, and will hopefully help to bring more visitors to our area. Dubline... 

by Damien Hughes on Sep 7th, 2013 - 3537 Views

The Dublin Civic Trust is celebrating the heritage of Dublin’s Squares by hosting a Dublin Square Conference on Friday September the 13th, and a Dublin Garden Square Day on Saturday the 14th of September. DOWNLOAD PROGRAMMES OF EVENTS: Dublin Squares Conference 2013 (Sept 13th) Dublin Garden Squares... 

by Alan Finn on Jul 25th, 2013 - 6853 Views

In 1913 a man by the name of Jim Larkin was appalled by the way some employees were treating the men, so he urged those workers to strike. This strike went on for nearly 6 months, and it had a huge knock on effect for the workers, who had their wages suddenly stopped. There where public meetings, riots... 

by Alan Finn on Jul 22nd, 2013 - 16498 Views

Being the year of the centenary of the great Lockout, we at the Fountain, your favourite newswire, decided to venture out in the beautiful sun and review the new tenement museum on 14 Henrietta Street off Bolton Street. It was such a pity when I arrived that it was fully booked up and I couldn’t get... 

by Alan Finn on Jul 4th, 2012 - 12090 Views

To tie in with the ‘Footsteps In Time’ article about the Phoenix Park in this edition, we thought might take a little visit to the zoo. You may recall the weather I mean the really hot weather we had at the end of May this year, On Friday 25th May I took myself to the Zoo paid the entrance... 

by Alan Finn on Jul 4th, 2012 - 4054 Views

Everyone as a child has fond memories of having a good time in the Phoenix Park with their family. When I was a child my da used to bring myself and my brother to this place and we would spend hours running up the steps at the Monument. How could such a wonderful park be in the middle of Dublin? How... 

by Alan Finn on Dec 21st, 2011 - 2108 Views

What can a person do on a Monday night in Dublin for under €30.00 and truly enjoy themselves? In fact what can a person do on any given night for the same price and again have a good time? Well I booked a ticket for the Dublin Ghost tour, I got my ticket that very same day and my ticket cost me €28.00.... 

by Alan Finn on May 10th, 2011 - 2132 Views

One day last week I had some time on my hands, I had me camera in me bag, I walked around to St James hospital and took the Luas over to the military museum. It’s free in and the Luas passes it and has a stop just outside it. I was surprised not to see it wasn’t full of freebie customers, but there... 

by Fountain Resource Group on Feb 22nd, 2011 - 1768 Views

Sunday 6th March: To celebrate International Women’s Day, historian Pat Liddy will lead a walking tour, meeting at Fusilier’s Arch, St. Stephen’s Green at 12 noon and finishing in Moore Street. The topic on offer during the tour will be “Women and their contribution to the health of Dublin Past.... 

by FRG.ie Admin on Oct 28th, 2010 - 3892 Views

Cinemas were closing almost everywhere in Dublin, in the seventies especially: to take only our own area, there was the Lyric in James’ St, overlooking the Fountain; the Rialto and its companion round the corner, the Leinster; the Phoenix on the quays, not far from Collins Barracks; the Tivoli in...