Dublin Port
Nine out of ten goods entering Ireland move through here — the island's working front door, still churning after three centuries.
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Dublin Port's origins reach back to the medieval quayside near Christ Church Cathedral. The Great South Wall, begun in 1715, and the Bull Wall, finished in 1825, physically reshaped Dublin Bay. Today the port handles 38.1 million tonnes of cargo a year and records around 7,000 ship visits, with roll-on/roll-off ferries still running to Cherbourg and Holyhead.
What to look for
- The Great South Wall extending into Dublin Bay — construction began 1715
- The Bull Wall on the north side, completed 1825, which together with the South Wall channeled the Liffey outward
- Roll-on/roll-off ferries loading at Alexandra Quay for Holyhead or Cherbourg
Year-round ferries depart for Cherbourg, France, and Holyhead, Wales; the main port area sits at the end of East Wall and North Wall roads on the Liffey's north bank.
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More to see in Dublin
- Aviva StadiumOne 51,711-seat bowl jointly owned by rugby and football — two governing bodies, one ground, no separate home for either.
- Dublin CastleThe river that gave Dublin its name still flows beneath your feet — and the building above it ran Ireland for 750 years.
- Croke ParkThe fourth-largest stadium in Europe holds 82,300 people — almost entirely for sports most of the world has never watched.
- National Library of IrelandIreland's paper memory — manuscripts, photographs, and newspapers free to open on the spot.
- St Patrick's CathedralIreland's national cathedral has never had a bishop — that role belongs to the rival church 400 metres up the road.
- Spire of DublinA 120-metre stainless-steel pin planted on the exact spot where an IRA bomb in 1966 — and a controlled demolition six days later — erased Nelson's Pillar.