It is a historical neighborhood of Dublin city center, bordered to the north by the Liffey River, south by Dame Street, east by the O'Connell Bridge and west by the Christ Church Cathedral. In this neighborhood it's nice to wander the narrow streets once nightfall hits, where you can find the nightlife hub of Dublin with an impressive number of fashionable pubs, restaurants, art galleries ...
This is the Ireland I was craving when I made my first pilgrimage to the motherland! You could spend all day exploring this neighborhood, Guinness by Guinness, in a thousand different pubs, shops, and the like. Slip into any pub while a soccer game is on and prepare for an experience. A couple of the people I met swore that Temple Bar was mainly for tourists, which I suppose it is, but hey it was a great first impression of Ireland. There are some food and trinket markets there during the day as well, but I have to admit that I couldn’t see too much of Temple Bar during the day because I saw too
