DUBLIN CITY HIGHLIGHTS - 9K
Dublin, Ireland’s capital is a small laidback city full of personality and laughter. Discover the wealthy layers of Dublin’s history through its cobbled streets. Running through it’s neighbourhoods, Temple Bar, the Georgian quarters and the Liberties you experience an invaluable glimpse of the past and present of this small European city full of green spaces, literary hero’s and entertaining pubs.
Runner on the ground - EMER
10 years of running
We start our run with a visit to the origins of Dublin, Dubh Linn to see how this intimate city began. No Dublin visit would be complete without a snapshot of the iconic Guinness Gates where we dive into Dublin’s layers of history while venturing through the colorful Liberties. The Liberties offers a view of new and old Dublin sites and is the home of St. Patrick’s Cathedral where our native saint baptized the locals.
We make our way to the literary quarter of Dublin while stretching out through the cobblestones of Temple Bar, viewing the Liffey River from the Ha’penny Bridge, experiencing the historic character of Trinity College campus and taking a peep at the secret location of St. Valentines heart.
After, we are instantly introduced to the aesthetically pleasing Georgian Dublin buildings on Merrion Square with a visit to James Joyce and Oscar Wilde’s familiar settings. We jog by Dublin’s entertaining pubs on Baggot Street and end with a peaceful finish in St. Stephens Green City Park.
This 9km tour is an amazing opportunity to run through the best of Dublin’s fair city where you will experience insider knowledge of the personality of the neighborhoods and sights all in the company of a local Dublin native.
Lauren –
This was my fifth GoRunningTour and my favorite way to explore a new city. I ran with David, who was a knowledgeable and friendly guide. He picked me up from my airbnb and was very flexible with the route and pace, even changing the route to accommodate places I had not yet seen. I loved listening to the history and stories he shared with me during our run, and provided excellent recommendations on how to spend the rest of our time in Dublin. For sure one of the highlights of my time in Dublin.
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Bridget –
We are a group of 4 female runners who booked onto the Dublin City running tour with Emer last Sunday. Emer picked us up at Connelly station and we ran a 10km route around the heart of the city. Emer is an excellent guide and made sure we ran at a pace that suited everyone. She is organised, knowledgeable, charming and an inspiration to all runners. She made sure we visited all the main attractions as well as the lesser known and took photos of us at various points. We all enjoyed it immensely and would recommend the tour to both experienced and novice runners. Thank you for a great morning Emer.
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Wayne and Beth –
What an incredible way to visit Dublin. Emer was super nice and very educated about the history of Dublin. We highly recommend the tour.
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Julie Alderson –
My nephew and I came to Ireland for his high school graduation trip. I thought a running tour of Dublin would be something he would enjoy and I was right – it was such a highlight! Emer was a wonderful guide – knowledgeable, friendly, excellent communication beforehand and after – she took some great pics of us during the run, which sent along with a few insider tips for other things to see while in the city. A truly excellent tour! I can’t recommend it enough! If you enjoy running, what a wonderful way to see Dublin!
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Emma Williams –
We ran with Colin, who was an excellent and friendly guide, providing us with loads of information on the sights as well as being great company. I would 100% recommend the running tour.
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Shuli Cohen –
It was my first trip to Europe. Emer was great in accommodating my time and itinerary requests. She was very detailed in explaining to me the history and stories in the different sites that we covered, and was flexible with the route. It has been a great experience, highly recommended. No fear in the kind of running you can do, as Emer was kind in adjusting her pace accordingly.
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Emer –
Hi Shuli, I hope your competition went well on the Saturday and that you enjoyed the West Coast
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Claire –
We ran with Colin and had a fantastic time. It was such a great way to see the city, hear stories from a local, and exercise while on vacation. Thank you!
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Emer –
Thanks for your review Claire. Colin had a ball
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Dan Bujold –
Emer met us at our central Airbnb promptly and we proceeded on a very pleasant run through central Dublin sites. It was our first time and first full day in Dublin so the run and Emer’s Excellent narration gave us a great intro to our visit. She tailored the run to our interests and gave us excellent recommendations for restaurants pubs and other activities. A great experience and a lot of fun..
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Laney Strange –
Very fun tour of Dublin with Emer! We saw all the sights, but nice and early before the city was awake on a Sunday morning. Emer was a great tour guide and I definitely recommend this tour next time you’re in Dublin!
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Michael Glienke –
Great way to wake up after getting off a red eye flight from the states! Emer met us on time and we ran the tour at a perfect pace. She was very knowledgeable and provided a ton of great information about the city and its history. Definitely recommended!
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Emer –
Thanks for your great review. I’m delighted you got experience the excitement of Dublin before you headed on to the South of Europe
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Marianne –
I had an amazing 9.5 kilometer early morning run with Emer who showed me all the exciting and charming highlights of Dublin. Emer knows a lot of interesting facts about the city which made the tour both entertaining and interesting. She adapted to my running pace and was so kind to start the tour from the hotel where I was staying. I had a great work out and can not think of a better way to have started my business trip to Dublin. Highly recommended!!
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Emer –
Thanks for the review Marianne. I had a great morning with you and hope you enjoyed the rest of your trip.
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Dorothy Wides –
My husband Jon and I are avid fans of Go Running Tours and try to take a running tour in every city we visit. We ran with Emer this past weekend and had a blast! We are not strangers to Dublin, and were very pleased to not only cover 10K on a beautiful, sunny, early morning run with a very friendly and knowledgeable Dubliner, but we were also pleasantly surprised to see and hear many things we did not know or were unaware of. We loved running through The Liberties and getting to take our picture in front of the black Guinness gates (usually impossible because of all the other tourists trying to do the same thing). Running along the canal was great and definitely off our beaten tourist path. We also very much appreciated Emer’s post-run email with suggestions for food, music and drink. Not to mention her great tips on where to watch the evening’s rugby match – that in itself became another highlight of our trip! Highly recommend a running tour with Emer and Go Running Tours Dublin!
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user_dublin –
Thanks for your fantastic review Dorothy. I’m delighted you got experience the excitement of Dublin during the rugby season as well.
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Laura Barritt –
My husband and I did a tour with Emer and it was amazing! By far one of our favorite things from the trip. It felt like we were running with an old friend. She shared so many interesting facts and gave us some great tips. After our run she even emailed us pictures from the tour and gave us some great recommendations of places to eat and sites to see. It was such a personal experience and I would love to do it again. I highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Dublin.
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Emer –
Thanks Laura. Great running with you. Delighted you enjoyed the rest of your trip and got home safely.
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