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Dublin Literary Pub Crawl
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Dublin Literary Pub Crawl

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Experience Dublin’s love of literature and pubs on this pub crawl. Leave the navigation to your guide as you head down the city’s charming lanes. Stopping into pubs that hold literary significance, listen to anecdotes and facts about local authors, and hear actors bring famous works to life. Purchase some pints and snacks to refuel before participating in a literary-themed pub quiz to test your listening and retention skills.
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Duration: 2h 15m
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Highlights
  • In-depth tour of Dublin's literary history with a guide
  • Find hidden gem pubs with literary significance
  • Listen to actors in each pub bring literature to life 
  • Test your knowledge at a fun end-of-the-tour quiz
  • Guided walking tour with local actors to four Dublin pubs
  • Literary Quiz with prizes for winners
What's not included
  • Gratuities
  • Food and drinks
  • Hotel pickup and drop off
Meet your guide and group of fellow book and beer lovers at a central location on Dublin’s Duke Street. Stroll off down city streets, the sights and sounds of which inspired writers such as Brendan Kennelly, Paula Meehan, Eavan Boland, W.B. Yeats, James Joyce, and Samuel Beckett. Along the way, you’ll pop into pubs with literary significance, where actors will recite lines from famous works, bringing the literature to life. At each stop, feel free to purchase a pint or a snack; you’ll need your stamina for the literary quiz at the conclusion of the tour. End your evening at your departure point.
Departure details
  • 9 Duke St, Dublin, D02 NR76, Ireland You will find us in the upstairs bar of The Duke Pub, 9 Duke Street. Just off Grafton
Return details
  • Davy Byrnes, 21 Duke St, Dublin, D02 K380, Ireland
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Near public transportation
  • Infants must sit on laps
  • Infant seats available
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 5048DUBLIT1
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Minimum age is 16 years
  • Most travellers can participate
  • Infant seats should be required at time of booking
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travellers. If it’s cancelled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 2 travellers
  • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
How much is Dublin Literary Pub Crawl?
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Dublin Literary Pub Crawl cancellation policy: For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience. Discover and book Dublin Literary Pub Crawl on Tripadvisor
How much time do I need for Dublin Literary Pub Crawl?
On average, this experience will take approximately 2h 15m. Discover and book Dublin Literary Pub Crawl on Tripadvisor
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  • You'll start at
    9 Duke St
    9 Duke St, Dublin, D02 NR76, Ireland
    You will find us in the upstairs bar of The Duke Pub, 9 Duke Street. Just off Grafton
    See address & details
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    Dublin Literary Pub Crawl
    Stop: 30 minutes
    On this tour that's as educational as it is recreational, you'll embark on an animated and entertaining journey through the sights and sounds that inspired great Irish writers including James Joyce, George Bernard Shaw, Brendan Behan, Sean O'Casey, Samuel Beckett, Oscar Wilde and W.B. Yeats - not forgetting modern scribes like Seamus Heaney, Eavan Boland, Paula Meehan and Brendan Kennelly. Kicking off at the Duke Pub on Duke Street, this literary pub crawl will take you to famous pubs and haunts while actors recite verses from the best Irish literature. You can sink a pint while learning about the lives of these great writers and hear some of the hilarious stories that became folklore in Dublin's literary circles. PLEASE NOTE: During Covid we reserve the right to cancel tours at short notice due to lack of numbers attending.
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  • You'll end at
    Davy Byrnes
    21 Duke St, Dublin, D02 K380, Ireland
    See address & details
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Laura | What's Hot
London, UK37 contributions
One of the best things we did in Dublin!
Feb 2020
This comic duo are amazing and their fantastic literary tour was one of the best things I did in Dublin. It was both fun and informative and we visited some lovely pubs whilst finding out about Dublin's literary history. Would highly recommend it to book lovers, but also those who just want a bit of a unique experience!
Written 19 February 2020
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Defire
Brooklyn, NY1 contribution
Great encounter with Dublin’s literary history
Entertaining and immersive, the literary pub crawl is a memorable evening of performance, learning, and drinking. Frank and Finbar were our dynamic hosts, both talented actors and knowledgeable guides in our tour of Dublin’s great authors. They told stories about Wilde and Joyce with so much humor that the famous writers sounded like old friends. This lively experience is a great time for any literature enthusiast who already loves, or is curious about, Ireland’s literary scene.
Written 5 August 2023
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chris19652016
Thank you!
Written 6 August 2023
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Valerie K
25 contributions
Beyond a Five Star!
Dec 2019
This was, by far, one of the highlights of our trip! Our travel itinerary prohibited us from joining one of the standard tours. So we contacted them to set up a private pub crawl. it was SO worth it! Colm was engaging, funny, informative, fascinating... I cannot recommend the pub crawl excursion highly enough. If you like literature, sociopolitical history, laughing, pubs, etc...this is your trip!
Written 2 January 2020
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chris19652016
Thanks Val for your very kind feedback. Happy New Year COLM
Written 3 January 2020
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stephen g
London, UK106 contributions
Well worth it
Booked this trip even though not really a book person. But I’ve got to say it was excellent. The stories imparted were delivered in a way that you didn’t think you were back in school. The pubs we stopped at were all welcoming and we had a area reserved for us. I learnt a lot not just about the writers but there back stories and there struggles in life. The Quiz at the end was a nice bit of fun to end the evening.
Written 14 February 2022
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chris19652016
Thanks for joining us Stephen
Written 15 February 2022
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Janie
2 contributions
Don’t leave Dublin before you take this tour…de force
Aug 2023 • Solo
Frank and Finbar gave their all to make this experience a great one. Their rendition of the final scene from Godot was exquisite. Other scenes and recitations were exhilarating and moving, everything that you’d pay top dollar for for a Broadway show! And the fact they can just move right out of character into jovial host mode was wondrous. And did I say how much fun they generate for the participants? I don’t know how this production company keeps its prices so low; obviously I think this experience was worth every cent and more.
Written 20 August 2023
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EileenSB
Chicago, IL9 contributions
The Crowds Did Us In
Dec 2022
Would that we had picked another night/ another month. We abandoned the tour before its end--not because of the content or guide but because of the crowds. A Friday night during both the World Cup and the 12 Pubs of Christmas was not the time for two women in their late 70's to be elbowing their way through the masses. Not every stop was a bar so we can stress that Finbar certainly knew his material and was an impressive presenter. Alas we reluctantly surrendered to reality and missed the last two stops.
Written 6 December 2022
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Glenda B
2 contributions
Fun Farewell to Dublin
Not only was the pub crawl fun, I learned a lot as well. For our last night in Dublin, this was perfect. A lot of fun and learning was packed in to a relatively short time. What made it even better was the fact that our "hosts" enjoyed themselves as well.
Written 26 May 2022
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dpyaffe
Washington DC, DC64 contributions
Pub Crawl With Highlights of Literary and Liquid Dublin
There are 850 pubs in Dublin. We started at The Duke, one of many James Joyce favorites. Over the course of the 2.5 hour evening, our guide (whose name we forgot) and his singing sidekick John gave us an enjoyable tour through several pubs in the vicinity of Trinity College and St.Andrew’s church (by the Molly Malone well loved statue) with quotations and stories about Joyce, Oscar Wilde, Brendan Behan and others, interspersed with songs and historic highlights of the pubs (including one of several 1st editions of Ulysses—see my other reviews. This is a tour you do to catch the spirit of less than highbrow nights in Dublin
Written 31 May 2023
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chris19652016
Cheers thank you
Written 1 June 2023
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Mike Q
3 contributions
Wilde, Godot and a blooming good time.
Frank and Kevin opened with a tour de force performance from Becketts “Waiting for Godot”. It was mesmerizing. Both actors have the extraordinary ability to flow from character to character while chatting and leading a large group through the streets and hostelries of Dublin.
We met Oscar Wilde, Rashers Tierney, James Joyce and Nora Barnacle and many more as we imbibed our way through the Dublin landscape.
My favorite pub was saved for last, Davy Byrnes. Such a beautiful emporium of good cheer!
Absolutely a must for any bibliophile visiting Dublin
Written 16 August 2023
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chris19652016
Thank you Mike
Written 17 August 2023
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JediKnepper
San Francisco, CA16 contributions
Literally a Pub-tastic Evening!
Sep 2023 • Family
This was an amazing evening of literary history and entertainment. Finn, our energetic guide and actor, was a fantastic guide, especially with the large group for the evening. And his host co-pilot, John, provided some fun Irish music and singing. The tour was well-paced overall, but I would recommend a little more time at each pub stop as the allocated time was rather short to enjoy an entire pint...so we recommend you enjoy a smaller glass of beer at each spot, then revisit later if you enjoyed the pub.
Written 7 October 2023
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