Custom House Visitor Centre — Local services in Dublin

Just had a mesmerizing experience starting at The Customs House Visitors Centre thoroughly enhanced by the wonderful Dublin Discovery Trails app which allowed me to witness the burning of the Customs House in 1921 through virtual reality. Dublin Discovery Trails helps to guide you on a journey of discovery to some of the City's most loved sites and attractions, enabling you to uncover compelling stories of Dublin's culture, heritage and history via themed GPS- enabled walking trails and augmented reality tours. 10 of Dublin's most famous statues have been given the gift of the gab! Pass a Talking Statue, swipe your smartphone on a nearby plaque and presto, get a call back from James Joyce (written by Roddy Doyle and voiced by Gabriel Byrne), Oscar Wilde (written by John Banville and voiced by Andrew Scott), or Fidelity on the O'Connell Monument (written by Paula Meehan and voiced by Ruth Negga)! Each has a story to tell. Together, they tell Dublin's story. From Brendan Gleeson, Eoin Colfer to Brendan O'Carroll and Brenda Fricker, the array of Irish talent is there for all to hear on your very own personal phonecall and piece of Dublin History. A thoroughly compelling use of today's technology to remind us of our...

The building is beautiful. You can get a lovely full photograph from the other side of the river. You do have to pay to enter. There is an audio guide included in the entrance price. Inside, you can walk through the rooms, read the information boards, and watch the videos that explain the history of the building. There were only a few artifacts to see. I did learn some new facts, but I feel it would be more interesting if there were more items to see. Staff were welcoming and happy to answer any questions. There were toilets on the ground floor. These were very clean. The building is fully wheelchair accessible. It also has...

Such an informative tour- probably the best informative historical tour I've been on. Dane had such a great insight on the complexities of the civil unrest at the time and was able to put so much in perspective, I was able to really connect it all so much better mentally with what I knew to begin with (which was much less than I thought I knew!). I only wish the tour could have been longer so I could have learned more. This tour makes me want to learn more about the conflicts of the time and really get a better understanding of the impact that's had on modern Ireland. Highly...