North inner city and 1916: GPO to King's Inns: a walk in Dublin

From the GPO, headquarters of the 1916 Rising, past the Spire to Moore Street where the leaders surrendered, up to Parnell Square and the Garden of Remembrance, then west to the tenement museum at 14 Henrietta Street and Gandon's King's Inns.

Best time: Weekday daytime; market days on Moore Street not verified, and 14 Henrietta Street is by guided tour.

The route, stop by stop

1
GPO Witness History
Headquarters of the Easter Rising; Pearse read the Proclamation outside on 24 April 1916. 20 min
An exhibition inside the working General Post Office, headquarters of the rebels in the 1916 Easter Rising. It covers the Rising, the War of Independence, the Civil War, the…
2
O'Connell Street and the Spire
120 m steel monument on the site of the former Nelson's Pillar. 5 min
Dublin's main street, running north from O'Connell Bridge past the GPO and the O'Connell Monument to Parnell Street. In its middle stands the Spire of Dublin, a 120 m…
3
Moore Street Market
Dublin's oldest food market; the 1916 leaders surrendered from a terrace here on 30 April 1916. 20 min
Dublin's oldest food market, where stallholders, mostly women, have shouted their prices from the same pitches for decades, now mixed with African, Chinese and Indian grocers…
4
Garden of Remembrance
Memorial garden to all who gave their lives for Irish freedom, in the north part of Parnell Square. 15 min
A memorial garden to 'all those who gave their lives in the cause of Irish freedom', opened by President de Valera in 1966 for the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising. A…
5
Hugh Lane Gallery (Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane)
Municipal gallery in Charlemont House (1763), closed for major refurbishment since 28 September 2025: see the facade only. 5 min
The world's oldest public gallery of modern art, opened in 1908 by Hugh Lane in Charlemont House, a Georgian mansion on Parnell Square. Its highlight is Francis Bacon's London…
6
14 Henrietta Street
Social history museum (opened 2018) on a Georgian house that became tenements; guided tours. 75 min
A Georgian townhouse built in the 1720s for a wealthy family that became a crowded tenement: by 1911 over 100 people lived in this one house. Small guided tours follow the house…
7
King's Inns
Ireland's oldest school of law; the building at the top of Henrietta Street was designed by James Gandon (foundation stone 1800). End of the walk. 10 min
Ireland's oldest law school and legal institution, founded in 1541, in a fine Georgian building at the top of Henrietta Street. The building is closed to visitors, but the…

Walking directions

North inner city and 1916: GPO to King's Inns

The route, stop by stop

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