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We invite you to enjoy the State Apartments with our excellent audio guide:<\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/www.dublincastle.ie\/audio_guide\/” button_text=” State Apartments Audio Guide” button_alignment=”center” admin_label=”Audio Guide Button” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”22px” button_text_color=”#6a3460″ button_bg_color=”#FFFFFF” button_border_color=”#582d40″ button_border_radius=”8px” button_icon=”||divi||400″ button_icon_color=”#582d40″ button_icon_placement=”left” button_on_hover=”off” transform_translate=”63px|0px” custom_margin=”|100px||0px|false|false” custom_padding=”10px||10px||false|false” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_color=”#582d40″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ admin_label=”Row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_testimonial admin_label=”Testimonial” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]I recommend taking the guided tour, you will thoroughly enjoy the stories behind every part of the castle, old or new.
\n[\/et_pb_testimonial][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_testimonial admin_label=”Testimonial” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]I have just attended a tour on Dublin Castle and 1916. It was excellent! The guide took us to places associated with the Rising and gave eye witness accounts of those who were there at the time. Just wonderful.
\n[\/et_pb_testimonial][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_testimonial admin_label=”Testimonial” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]I had the pleasure of taking a guided tour with a wonderfully well spoken and knowledgeable guide. I learned so much.
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Daily Guided Tours<\/h3>\n

Join one of our experienced guides for a fascinating tour that takes you from the excavation site of Viking and medieval Dublin to the Gothic Chapel Royal and finally to the splendour of the former viceregal State Apartments. You can also download our free self-guiding app here.<\/p>\n

We offer free tours for primary and secondary schools (advance booking essential). Children\u2019s tours and workshops are available from our Education<\/a> department.
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The State Apartments<\/h3>\n

The State Apartments dominate the south range of the Great Courtyard. They were built as the residential and public quarters of the viceregal court and were the seat of the executive and focus of fashionable and extravagant social life. Today the Apartments are the venue for Ireland\u2019s Presidencies of the European Union, Presidential inaugurations and prestigious functions.
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The Viking Excavation<\/h3>\n

The Viking Excavation in the Medieval Undercroft is sited at lower ground floor level in the Lower Castle Yard, opposite the Chapel Royal. The city walls join the Castle at this point. The double archway and postern gate are still visible. Also on view here is the Viking defence bank, within the butt of the Norman Powder Tower which originally was five storeys high.
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The Chapel Royal<\/h3>\n

The Chapel Royal is a gothic revival building designed by Francis Johnston. It is famous for its vaulting, its particularly fine plaster decoration and carved oaks and galleries. Of particular interest are the coats of arms of the Justiciars, Lord Deputies and Lord Lieutenants from the first, Hugh de Lacy (1172) to the last, FitzAlan (1922), which, remarkably, occupies the last available space.
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