20 Things to Do in Dublin Before You Go for a Feckin' Pint

by Colin Murphy, Donal O'Dea

A humorous guide to the highlights of Dublin, for native and tourist alike. A broad selection of twenty things to see from cultural highlights to distilleries, historical sites to seats of learning, all with Murphy and O'Dea's trademark humour.

Genres: Travel

256 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Colin Murphy is the author of The Most Famous Irish People You’ve Never Heard Of and co-author of the bestselling ‘Feckin’ collection (The O’Brien Press). His début historical novel Boycott (Brandon) was published in 2012 to great acclaim.

Reviews

[Elisabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was an enjoyable first read for planning a trip to Ireland next year. The flight is booked, the Air BNB reserved, but we didn't have any idea what to do once we got there. Enter this book.

I would not call this the end-all-be-all travel book to Dublin, but it's a really good stepping stone into planning. It will help you to see there are a lot of opportunities in Dublin besides a local bar. Not that a local bar isn't fun either, but you'll be able to explore the city as well with this book.

[Kaysa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love everything about this book! I’ve wanted to visit Ireland for quite sometime now so I’ve looked at many other books. Recently I discovered this one and it’s the most informative book I’ve read yet! It’s so well written and humorous so I want to read it over and over. I highly recommend reading this one! (And visiting Ireland)

[Sophia F · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hilarious yet informative. The sarcasm is fairly clear, but avoid this book if you don’t do well with picking up on sarcastic tones in writing. Be careful about some of the statistics. I appreciate the color brought to the anecdotes and explanations.

[Geoffrey Kelley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Light and entertaining.

[Chris Aylott · Rating 3 out of 5]

I never had any particular interest in going to Dublin before reading this book, but you can sign me up for a trip any time now. Murphy and O'Dea's breezy tone doesn't obscure the the vast quantity of history and cool architecture to explore, and the long list of great pubs doesn't hurt either. Now I just need to find someone willing to haul me out to Ireland for a month or two of working vacation.

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cute title, but I didn't appreciate most of the jokes. It seems like I saw most of the 20 things when I spent 2 days in Dublin a few years ago--I was hoping for some more off-the-beaten-path trip ideas.

[Marilyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is MY kind of tour guide! I loved the advice told with humor and interesting factoids--I can't wait to get to Dublin and go for a feckin' pint (or two)

[GordieF · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great read- best done over a pint when planning "tomorrow's" adventure. Well written, great advice and seriously comical.

[Stephen Maxwell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun and funny field guide to the sights of Dublin. Really makes me want to visit.

[Wendy]

Easy read and pretty funny. Read this in preparation to go to Ireland next month, with 4 days spent in Dublin itself. It was informative and fun.