South-East Dublin gems & visit inside old Sinn Féin HQ at No 6 Harcourt St:

- a Dublin Decoded walking tour, with Arran Henderson, & Cuan Ó Seireadáin, archivist Conradh na Gaeilge. T

The first hour of our tour - led by Dublin Decoded's Arran Henderson - takes in a selection of buildings, monuments and history from the immediate area of Kildare, Dawson and Molesworth Streets. We'll view gems of Georgian, Victorian, Edwardian and Modernist architecture, and discuss some of the social, political and revolutionary history that brought them about.

The second part of our tour brings us along the edge of Stephen’s Green West and on to a private visit to No. 6 Harcourt Street, a Georgian building constructed by an aristocratic wine-merchant which later became an epicentre of Irish intellectual, cultural and political life. In the eighteenth century it was home to Lord Dufferin, an ancestor to a Viceroy of India. In the mid 19th century it was the Dublin home of Cardinal John Henry Newman, first rector of the Catholic University. In the early 20th century, it became Sinn Féin’s headquarters, the Sinn Féin Cooperative Bank and later housed Michael Collins’ Office. With the building subject to endless raids by British army and police, Collins was forced to escape on various occasions across the Harcourt Street rooftops, through a hatch still visible.

Another famous organisation indelibly associated with the building is the Gaelic League / Conradh na Gaeilge, founded by Douglas Hyde, who moved in during 1966. They remain here to this day.

Cuan Ó Seireadáin is the archivist of Conradh na Gaeilge and has undertaken the formidable task of charting the history of this complex organisation and the history of the equally-storied 250 year old building they inhabit at No. 6 Harcourt Street. He will treat us to some of his findings so far, and show us around this extraordinary building.

It all takes place on Sunday 08/04/18 from 11.30am. We will finish some time between 1 and 1.30pm (event from 90-120 minutes total)

Tickets are priced €16 pp, including booking fees. The tour most likely will sell out so tickets should be purchased in advance please, using the Green button above. Please read T&Cs below prior to purchasing tickets. Thank you.

Meet Point: beside the statue on Kildare Place, the small square/plaza, behind the National Museum (on Kildare St), and opposite the Dept of Trade and Industry Building across the road. Please meet beside the statue.

Meet time: 11.25am please. Walk starts at 11.30am sharp.
Important: please read Terms, Conditions and walk etiquette, below, prior to purchasing tickets.

Tickets should be purchased in advance where possible please.

Tickets do not need to be printed out. Save the trees! You may display tickets on your phone if wished. We will also have a list of attendees with us on the day.

Tickets on the day may be more expensive (payable in cash only) and are strictly subject to availability.

We walk in all weathers. Please wear suitable clothes and footwear.

Dublin Decoded walk vouchers/gift vouchers may of course be used on the day (vouchers get priority over cash paying late-comers, voucher holders will be made room for).

Please note that this is a no–refund event. Tickets are however transferable.

Tickets may be transferred to any friend of a guest who has purchased ticket online.

If you can not make it and wish to transfer your ticket, it is appreciated if you can please email us with their name, up to 24 hours prior to tour, so we know to expect them (ie: so the new name (your friend's name) matches our list of attendees. Thank you.

There are no refunds for tickets as we can not put them back up on sale online at short notice. Nor can we substitute them for later events, which often have different prices and/or different guest number limits. Thank you for your understanding.

We look forward to seeing you and welcoming you there.

Arran Henderson | Dublin Decoded

Photo: Michael Collins, Desmond Fitzgerald, Robert Brenan, Eithne Lawless and others, outside the rear of No 6, Harcourt St in 1919.