Have you ever wanted to visit beautiful South Dublin in Ireland? Take a walk with me at night.

So here we are on our walk around some of the streets of South Dublin at nightime, just to give you a little taste of the ambience of the city.

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And we begin on Suffolk Street, just off Grafton Street, and take a look at the splendidly lit pub called M J O’Neill, with its great clock protruding from the wall.

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And then it’s on to see a well-known Dublin landmark. It is of course Molly Malone with her cart full of ‘cockles and mussles alive alive o’ – as the aule song goes. This statue’s been moved a couple of times – it was at the bottom of Grafton Street for a while as I remember. In any case it’s one of Dublin’s most loved statues I think it’s fair the say. It was cheekily nicknamed ‘The tart with the cart’– probably because she was rumoured to have been a prostitute.

The building just behind her is the old St Andrews Church and we’re just turning into St Andrew’s Street here. It’s not a particularly busy night, but there are some people out enjoying themselves which is nice.

We’re just approaching the junction of Wicklow Street now, and this bar on the corner on our left is the International Bar – you may know it from my previous Naked Ireland video, look that one up if you haven’t seen it.

This is a very cosmopolitan part of the city. There are restaurants of all kinds around here and lots of chic shops, obviously closed at this time of night. I’m filming here at the end of April and as you can see people are sitting out on the terraces and braving the weather. This area is pedestrianised, with access just for delivery vans and shop owners, which make walking around it all the more pleasant. You can probably see there are quite a few bikes too. It’s nice to be able to cycle in a city.

Dublin is a popular venue for stag and hen parties – often from England, though I think there has been an attempt, as in other European cities, to discourage this.

This grand Georgian Building on the left here is the Powerscourt Shopping centre, well worth a visit. You may also remember my film on this. And just on the other side of the road, that red pub on the corner is one of my favourite Dublin bars – Grogan’s, a great place for your authentic Dublin pint of Guinness. Again, I devoted a film to this amazing bar so be sure to check that out too. You can see how lively it is around here. And all these side streets are also full of good places to eat and drink.

You may be looking at this film now thinking that this looks a lot like London and you’d be right. Obviously Dublin was once an important city in the British Empire, before partial independence. So, it shares its Georgian architecture with London. Even many of the street names are similar to those found in London. Though of course it’s much smaller and so easier to get around, and most would say a much friendlier place – you’ll have to come here and judge for yourself. But you’ll have noticed the abundance of pubs. If you like a pint, Dublin is a good place to be – St James’ Gate, where Guinness is brewed is not very far from here, so you can imagine there gallons of the stuff consumed here by the hour.

The St Stephen’s Green shopping Centre is on our right here and in the distance on the left you can just see the glass awning of the Gaity Theatre. It’s an amazing theatre established in 1871. There’s a range of stuff you can see there from opera to musical shows. It’s a very beautiful building as you can see – and on the inside as well – typically Victorian. I’ve said it before, but the Victorian’s really knew how to build nice public buildings.

We’re now approaching the junction with Grafton Street. Again, I’ve made films of Grafton Street as well as of Bewley’s Coffee house in Grafton Street, so if you want to know more about that you know where to go.

This is a very popular part of the city as you have beautiful St Stephen’s Green now on the right surrounded by a Georgian square housing some really exclusive hotels and up market shops....and then on into St Stephen’s Green West.

As you can see the road broadens here and this is where you might pick up one of the Dublin Trams – the Luas as they’re called (check out my film on the Luas). This is also the place to grab a taxi as you can see. And now you can just see the Luas tram approaching on the right of the screen.