Dublin City Tours

Name: Dublin City Tours
Address: Dublin, IE
Telephone: +353871346059
Price range: £
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My name is Alan Swaine, I am a national tour guide of Ireland working in Dublin. Come with me to discover the history of Dublin.
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Scheduled tours available and private bookings available on request.

26/09/2024

Year 4 begins!

Looking forward to another year of teaching and training National Tour Guiding !

22/09/2024

A lovely walk earlier in the week through St. Stephen's Green with a group of horticulturalists from South America.

They absolutely loved the beauty of our parks, going though Merrion Sq and Stephens Green.

#2024

21/09/2024

I've taken a little break from the social medias over the past little while but thought I'd share a pic of Beth, Gregg, Mixie Eilish and I finishing up a tour in Grogans. I had ball with these guys.

It been an amazing summer of Tours. Heading back to Liberties College next week for the biggest groups yet.

Hope ye all had a great summer!

10/07/2024

Myself, Dan and Ian went down to the National Heritage Park in Co. Wexford last week. Can't recommend it enough.

A really good Overview of Irish life and homesteads from the the Mesolithic into the Middle Ages.

27/06/2024

Myself with Mike, Tom, Scott and Sean who all the way from Virginia! We had a great day on Sunday in the aftermath of at Marlay Park.

We had a whole day of walking around Dublin visiting Christchurch, Trinity College, Dublin Castle and plenty of pubs in between.

18/06/2024

Myself and my dad went down to today to find some lost relatives. Here is the grave of Michael J Swaine and his family.

MJ Swaine was a notable politician in his day and a noted adversary of Jim Larkin who referred to him as the 'Ducker' Swaine in the the Irish Worker Newpaper I'm the run up to the municipal elections of 1914 that would end the famous 1913 strike and lockout.

Thanks to Kate who helped us out in finding the graves and some great information about the site.

16/06/2024

Down at Glendalough this week with a Polish Group from Impakt Travel.

We did a hike around the lakes and a visit to Powerscourt House and Gardens.

Thanks to and .

31/03/2024

A very Happy Easter to everybody.

Here's the Mythology Tour group from last night with . Great to finally have the light back in the evenings.

19/03/2024

If you're passing by the Temple Bar pub take a look and see if you can find the pubcam opposite. You will be live to the world on the Internet!

Tour today with with some fine people finally getting over the worst effects of St. Patricks Day.

18/03/2024

Great day out today with today. Over for St. Patricks Day and enjoying every minute!

29/02/2024

Tour today with the National Tour Guiding Day Class around the Liberties with .

This is part of the Diageo Learning for Life Programme that the student take part in every year.

A great week had so far by everybody, roll on the final day

25/02/2024

Lovely day out with the class from at the Giants Causeway and Belfast.
Big thanks to as always and Larry from .

14/02/2024

A Valentine's love story. ♥️

In 1880, Katharine O'Shea had become known among London society for hosting dinner parties for London's political elite. Soon she would invite the well known Irish MP Charles Stewart Parnell for dinner. When Parnell failed to reply to her invitations Katharine decided to invite him in person.

Their first meeting took place in the summer of 1880 outside the palace of Westminster. After inviting him to dinner, Katharine and Parnell got into a cab together. She later described,

"In leaning forward in the cab to say goodbye, a rose I was wearing in my bodice fell out onto my skirt. He picked it up and, touching it lightly with his lips, placed it in his buttonhole."

The two fell in love instantly. Over the coming months they would write to one another constantly with Parnell soon addressing her as "my dear wife". The big problem however, was that Katharine was already married.

While she had been estranged from her husband William O'Shea since 1875, the two had not divorced, likely because she was expected to gain a large inheritance from which William hoped to benefit.

It is thought that by 1881, William knew of the affair and definitely would have known by 1882, as Charles and Katharine welcomed their first of three children, Claire-Sophie.

By 1889 the affair was widely known and gossipped about, but it wasn't until William O'Shea filed for divorce that the scandal would reach its zenith.

Among Victorian society, The O'Shea affair would utterly destroy Parnell's political career as well as the Irish Home Rule Party but; with the affair revealed and Katharine's divorce finalised, the two would finally marry on June 25th 1891. Tragically, their marriage would last just three months.

Parnell fell ill in September and would later die in the arms of his beloved wife on October 6th 1891. His final words were, "Kiss me sweet wifie and I will try to sleep a while".

Among his possessions, Katharine found an envelope with her name and the date they had met on it. Inside, was the rose that had fallen from her bodice the day they first met.

On his burial, she placed this rose to lie on Charles' heart for eternity. ♥️

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http://www.localdublintours.ie/

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