Backpacking in the Republic of Ireland: Top 6 Sights in Dublin

“In Dublin’s fair city where the girls are so pretty, I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone” – Irish Folk Song.

As you might have read, I come from and grew up in Northern Ireland. Back in the 1980s, backpacking in Dublin and Cork was only hearsay to me. But in 1995 I played in a chess tournament in Dublin representing my church at the time (in Bangor), then in 1996 I finally made it to Cork for the Oasis concert. Over the years I have ended up back in Dublin’s fair city over 20 times. Indeed I ...