Temple Bar

Dublin's Cultural Quarter

Temple Bar is in the heart of Dublin City and is a shopping, dining, entertainment and exploring feast for the senses. On a typical Irish morning, Temple Bar wakes up to the smell of steaming espresso, the clatter of kegs of Guinness rolling off delivery trucks and rainwater running between the cobblestones and setts down to the Liffey.

The shop doors and windows swing open to the most colourful streets in Dublin. With public spaces, pedestrian only areas and local open air shops, services and artisans that just don't exist anywhere but here, it's easy to see why Temple bar is the most vibrant and energetic part of Dublin

Known as Dublin's Cultural Quarter, Temple Bar boasts a large selection of cultural centres and galleries. There is accommodation to suit all budgets, restaurants and cafes offering food from all around the world, and late night bars and traditional Irish pubs, ensuring that temple bar has something to suit every style and taste.

Temple Bar Tops in Dublin City for 2nd year running

Temple Bar has emerged victorious in the annual Tidy Towns Competition, having been named Dublin City’s Tidiest area for the second year running. The Temple Bar Tidy Towns project is organised and funded by local traders group TASCQ, who over the last five years have raised almost 2 million euro in voluntary contributions from local traders to support local environmental, cultural and marketing activities.

According to TASCQ Director Martin Harte, ‘To be recognised as the tidiest area of Dublin City for the second year running is a huge achievement and one which would have seemed impossible 5 years ago’  TASCQ employ 7 people on a full time basis including 5 street cleaning operatives who provide street washing and cleansing services in the area 7 days per week in addition to the service provided by Dublin City Council. According to a recent An Tasice Litter Surveys Temple Bar is now the cleanest areas of Dublin City scoring an impressive 85 % litter free to European norms.