Dublin Walking TOurs
Use the calendar below to view and book available tours
*If you don’t find a date/time that suits you or your group, please contact us and we’ll do our best to accommodate. We add tours every time we get a message requesting a specific tours. Our guide are always happy to do tours, pop us a message and we’ll add it to the calendar.
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Our Tours
North City in-person Tour [This tour will resume in September 2024]
Duration: 60 minutes
Let us take you on a journey through the vibrant and colourful streets of Dublin 7.
Your guide, Shane, has a deep connection to the area having once called these streets home.
We’ll begin the tour outside Collin’s Barracks. Just up the steps from the Museum Luas Stop. From there, Shane will guide you through the streets, sharing his unique perspective and experiences of homelessness along the way.
We’ll wrap up the tour approximately 1 hour later opposite St. Mary of the Angels. Close by to the Luas and Smithfield square for you to continue your day exploring Dublin.
South City In-Person Tour
Duration: 60 minutes
Let us take you on a journey through the charming and laid-back streets of Dublin 2.
Your guide, Ken, has a deep connection to the area having once called these streets home.
We’ll begin the tour on Palace Street, right beside Dublin Castle. From there, Ken will guide you through the sometimes narrow and winding city centre streets, sharing his unique perspective and experiences of homelessness along the way.
We’ll wrap up the tour approximately 1 hour later in St. Stephen’s Green, close by the Luas stop (Green Line - St. Stephen’s Green) and Grafton Street for you to continue your day exploring Dublin.
We love large groups, feel free to message us with a date and time that would work for you, we’ll always do our best to accommodate your requests.
Students benefit from a discount of €3.
If you’d like to add a donation to your booking, you can select the Supporter or Premium Supporter tickets which include a donation of €10 or €20
Virtual Tour
Duration: 60 Minutes
This new channel allows us to stay connected to the issue of homelessness from your home, workplace or classroom.
The virtual experience lasts one hour and provides a platform for our guides to share their stories whilst giving you the chance to join the conversation and ask questions.
Donate - Support our Mission
If you’d like to add a donation to your booking, you can select the Supporter or Premium Supporter tickets which includes a donation of €10 or €20.
Airbnb Experience Booking
You can also book our homeless walking tour of Smithfield withShane via Airbnb Experience.
Our walking tour is listed as a Social Impact Airbnb Experience with the entirety of the ticket price redirected to Derek.
Use Airbnb Experience as a booking channel by clicking on the experience preview, or find our walking tour experience by searching “Smithfield Homeless Walking Tour” in Dublin.
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Reviews
“This was a unique experience. Derek, our tour guide, is a very talented storyteller who, while giving us nuggets of fascinating history, also opened our eyes to a whole other aspect of city life through his personal stories of life on the streets. I really enjoyed the experience and would recommend it to locals and visitors.”
“Fantastic tour off the beaten track !
Just what I love in a tour: off the beaten track, mix of history, social issues, and personal experience ! Derek was just great. The exchange in this tour is also a great reminder that homelessness can happen to anyone of us. I highly recommend it for both tourists and people who have been here for years like me.”
“Fantastic idea! A communitarian look at the oldest part of Dublin through the eyes of someone who both worked with the homeless and has been homeless himself...Our guide is humble, erudite and gives us a wonderful insight into the philanthropy of the Guinness family, the great fire of Dublin, even the origins of the Legion of Mary, proving The Liberties area breathes history.
Derek’s attention to detail, his facts and figures, anecdotes and personal stories of the area he grew up in weave together a priceless oral history of a fascinating part of Dublin. ”
