This castle is mostly one big art gallery! If you like to look at beautiful paintings, then this is the place for you. The self-guided tour booklet is very detailed and gives information on every single artwork you see, and gives valuable historical insight into the rooms you'll walk through. Well worth the 45 minutes we spent!

We purchased advanced tickets on their site prior to visiting since there were so many tourists and we wanted to make sure we were able to get in. The Castle is rather drab on the outside. There was a lot of renovation taking place when we visited. There was a very large courtyard in the middle with several surrounding buildings that can be accessed from the outside without a ticket. The interior is very beautiful. You start at the Grand Staircase that has rich red carpeting and drapes juxtaposed against the white woodwork. My favorite rooms were the Drawing Room, Throne Room and St. Patrick’s Hall. We enjoyed our visit, and I would recommend visiting.

Free attraction in the centre of Dublin at the former seat of British rule and now used by the Irish Government for state occasions. Very impressive Georgian buildings, in keeping with Dublin being the second city of the British Empire in the nineteenth century. The State Rooms have a great collection of art and informative exhibits on the Easter Rising and the formation of the Irish Free State, also the various Presidents of Ireland. Well worth a visit and could be combined with the Chester Beatty Library’s collection of eastern and Islamic art and artefacts which is nearby

We have been to Dublin so many times and yet this is the first time we had taken the time to come and view this excellent landmark. The sights around this area and the buildings themselves are excellent and steeped in history. We also spent quite some time walking around the garden areas at the far side of the castle. To view the inside of the parliament building is not expensive at just 6 euros each for seniors and 8 euros for adults. The towers of the old castle building are under restoration so at the moment are not accessible to the public. Once complete they will be very impressive to view and we will certainly visit it again then.

I took the guided tour. It was wonderful. We went under the castle to the old moat. We also say the state apartments. The historical part of the tour is superb. Our guide was funny and knowledgeable. The apartments are kept well, and there are so many portraits. The tour was well worth it.

While planning our holiday in Ireland, I did my due diligence and knew that very little of the original castle was remaining. I also decided not to procure tour tickets online as this tour is mainly walking through administrative, not historical, parts of the building. The website did suggest that if you come early in the day you can get tickets for a more thorough historic tour. Unfortunately, on the day of our visit, the castle was closed until later the day, and no tickets were being sold! We walked around the large courtyard, took a few pictures, and left disappointed that we were not able to purchase tickets for the historical tour of Dublin Castle.

My wife and spent our last day in Dublin walking across the city. While we never ventured inside, we did walk all around the outside of the castle grounds and gardens. The gardens are across the street, but are worth seeing. All in all, our time spent here was amazing. I can only assume, the inside tour is worth visiting.

It’s quite an enormous Castle and could probably survive a siege for a very long time. Instead of calling the center section the Bailey, according to another visitor, this center section is the courtyard. I was most interested in discovering any Vikings influence. A historian, during a documentary, said that Irish DNA contains a small amount of Vikings DNA.

Good location. The interior was very gorgeous. We walked through the rooms and admired great collection of art without guide. Large courtyard in the middle surrounded with several buildings. Worth to visit.

Had an amazing tour with Bart!!! Absolutely brilliant guide, great humour great insight and incredible experience. If you're coming to the Castle ask for Bart. The guided tour takes around 1hr. You will visit the State Apartments but also the oldest parts of the medieval Castle and the chapel royal which you won't see on a self guided tour.