Dublin Writers Museum

This charming location at least gets the good intentions rolling, even though aspiring writers would readily admit that they spend more time composing a social media status than the next Dracula.
First copies that are in high demand, humorous letters between literary acquaintances, and even Samuel Beckett's phone transport fans of early Dublin writers to a bygone period.
If inspiration does come, go to the restaurant in the basement to start writing.

In Dublin Writers Museum you can discover and find out who was famous and made the biggest contribution on Irish and international literature. Irish literary heritage is one of the most illustrious in the world and very well-known and famous for 4 Nobel Prize winners. Literature was always a big part of social and culture life of the country and this museum is a fascinating journey, which reveals to you the Irish huge wealth in terms of literature. The two museum rooms tells the history of Irish literature from its beginning to recent times through books, letters, portraits and personal belongings. Between them, Austin Clarke’s desk, Samuels Beckett’s telephone, Mary Lavin’s teddy bear. There is an audio guide that leads you through the museum filled with artifacts and Irish Literature art works throughout the ages and showing what Dublin writers has given to the world. In the museum you also will find the first Gaelic translation of the Old Testament up to modern classics.

So if you’re into literature, and wonder about Irish writers such as James Joyce , Bram Stoker, Orson Welles, W. B. Yeats, Samuel Beckett, G.B. Shaw, Sean O’Casey, Oscar Wilde and others, put this Dublin attraction as number one on your what to do in Dublin list.

The museum is next to Hugh Lane Gallery, so you can visit two of Dublin tourist attractions in one go and afterwards check it as done.