Ballsbridge Walking Tour
by Dublin Decoded
About This Tour
About Ballsbridge Walking Tour
This Ballsbridge walking tour with Dublin Decoded explores the architecture and history of one of Dublin’s most prestigious neighbourhoods with a local historian. Highlights range from the Aviva Stadium to Herbert Park, with plenty of local stories along the way. The exact meeting point is confirmed when you book. Allow about 2 hours; it’s rated 4.9 from 18 reviews, from €25.
FAQs
Where do I meet?
The exact meeting point is provided when you book, typically near a Ballsbridge landmark.
How long is it?
About 2 hours.
How much is it?
From €25.
Operator: Dublin Decoded
Duration: 2 h
Area: Dublin
Prices: Group 1 – 5 people €265, Group 6 – 7 people €371, Group 8 – 10 people €424, Group 11 – 12 people €477
About this tour
A tour of Ballsbridge, within the vast Fitzwilliam estate
Private Tour Rates
Group 1 – 5 people: (weekdays) € 250
Group 1 – 5 people: (weekends) € 300
Group 6 – 7 people: € 300
Group 8 – 10 people: € 350
Group 11 – 15 people: € 455*
Group 15 – 20 people: € 565*
Group 21 – 25 people: € 675*
*for this group size, price includes audio headsets.
Recommended for people aged +15
Duration
Approximately 2 hours
About
Our walking tour of the Ballsbridge area starts outside the RDS and examines both the society and its illustrious history, and the curious part the society played in the Easter Rising of 1916. From there we walk west, back towards Dublin, taking in dozens of interesting sights and fragments of history – including a famous writer, who worked incognito as a librarian, and Eamon de Valera, the school master and Easter Rising Commandant who escaped execution by the skin of his teeth and went on to become Taoiseach (Prime Minister) and later President of Ireland. We’ll look at local places associated with famous figures from history and politics, from literature and from rebellion, and will even take time to look at a small handful of superb buildings, from Arts and Crafts cottages, Victorian mansions, libraries and bridges, to two iconic examples of 20th century modernist architecture. Despite the settled prosperous nature of the area, Ballsbridge was also the setting for some of the hottest and most lethal fighting during Easter Week 1916, on Northumberland Road and Haddington Road and we’ll also discuss this ferocious combat before our tour concludes.
All this and more, in just over two hours of gentle walking and relaxed discussion, around this most curious and contradictory of Dublin neighbourhoods.
We’ll get in contact with you as soon as possible to arrange a meet up point.
- Tour canceled 8 days or more: full refund
- Tour canceled from 8 days to 96 hours: 85% refund
- Tour canceled from 24 hours to 96 hours: 50% refund
- Within 24 hours: no refund
Meeting point
Dublin Decoded – (Dublin) API
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Logistics
- Start Location
- Ballsbridge, Dublin, Ireland
- End Location
- Ballsbridge, Dublin, Ireland
- Meeting Point
- Exact meeting point provided upon booking; typically near Ballsbridge area landmarks
- Languages
- English
- Operator
- Dublin Decoded