Reading the Streets – A Literary Walking Tour

Writers such as Yeats, Joyce, Murdoch, Behan, and O’Casey, among many others, lived in Dublin’s north city centre, and the area’s influence on their work is unmistakable. This tour explores the streets, places, and stories that shaped their lives and writing.

Join us for this 90-minute walking tour, visiting locations associated with some of the greatest Irish writers of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.

Playwrights and poets from 1700 to today, brought to life through the streets they once walked.

MEETING POINT Under the arch of King's Inns (Henrietta Street entrance), Dublin 1, D01 KF59

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