Walks · Dublin · English
7 narrated stops, 21 minutes of stories, 4.9 km on foot. Press play at each stop — no app needed — or open the walk in Avsha and let the stories keep coming as you move.
Stop 1 · The mummified 'Crusader' of St Michan's crypt · 3 min
In short: The Crusader is a naturally preserved six-and-a-half-foot-tall mummy in Dublin's St Michan’s Church. Legend identifies him as a soldier from the Holy Land, whose legs were broken and folded upward at the knees to fit into a standard-sized wooden casket.
↓ 550 m · 8 min to the next stop
Stop 2 · 3 min
In short: St Mary Street contains the site of a church lost to a 1607 flood, now the Prince of Wales pub. It features Cardiff Market, Victorian arcades, and the hotel where Robert Falcon Scott had his final dinner before sailing for the South Pole.
↓ 750 m · 11 min to the next stop
Stop 3 · Handel's Messiah premiered on Fishamble Street, 1742 · 3 min
In short: Handel's Messiah premiered on April 13, 1742, at Neal’s New Musick Hall on Fishamble Street in Dublin. The benefit concert raised money to free 142 men from debtors' prisons and support local hospitals.
↓ 700 m · 10 min to the next stop
Stop 4 · 3 min
In short: The remains of Saint Valentine are located in a casket within the Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church. Pope Gregory XVI gifted the relics to Father John Spratt in 1835, and they arrived in Dublin on November 10th, 1836.
↓ 850 m · 12 min to the next stop
Stop 5 · Iveagh Gardens — Dublin's secret garden · 3 min
In short: Designed in 1865, these gardens feature sunken lawns, a Yew Maze, and a cascade built with rocks from Ireland's thirty-two counties. Formerly owned by the Guinness family, the estate was gifted to the Irish state in 1991.
↓ 550 m · 8 min to the next stop
Stop 6 · 3 min
In short: George Bernard Shaw wrote the plaque himself while still alive to ensure the facts were exactly as he wanted. The inscription simply states that Shaw, the author of many plays, was born in that house on Synge Street.
↓ 1.5 km · 21 min to the next stop
Stop 7 · Leinster House and the White House connection · 3 min
In short: Yes, architect James Hoban designed the White House based on Leinster House. The building’s facade, floor plan, and internal staircase were mirrored after the Irish architectural ancestor, which Hoban likely sketched while studying in Dublin.