Irish Rock 'N' Roll Museum Experience Dublin
Description
Journey through Ireland's musical history on this 75min tour! Along with your passionate local guide, you'll go behind the scenes of one of Ireland's largest recording studios, where artists like Van Morrison, The Script, and Sinead O'Conner have all spent time recording. Here you'll find photos and memorabilia of some of the world's largest artists, from U2 and Michael Jackson to the iconic guitarist, Thin Lizzy. Because this is still a working studio there's no telling who you'll run into!
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Located in the heart of Temple Bar—Dublin's Cultural Quarter—the Irish Rock 'N' Roll Museum Experience is the only place in Ireland to celebrate Rock 'N' Roll. This 1.5-hour tour will take visitors on a historical musical journey, where you'll travel behind the scenes of some of Ireland's largest acts. This fully-guided tour has informative exhibits from Irish Rock 'N' Roll with access to one of Dublin's most legendary venues and recording studios. Over the years these facilities have hosted some of Ireland's most popular artists including Van Morrison, Thin Lizzy, Sinead O'Conner, and others. Discover more than just the music itself, this museum provides some insight into the lives and careers of the artists, and is a way to really walk in the footsteps of some of your musical heroes. At the end of the 75-minute tour, you finish in the middle of Temple Bar where you originally started the tour.
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- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Minimum number of participants for activity to operate
Reviews(6,927)
We had such a fantastic tour!Our guide, Stirling, was incredibly knowledgeable and enthusiastic, and he really brought the whole experience to life. He even ended up jamming along with one of our fellow tour members, which made the tour even more special and fun. What I also really enjoyed was how Stirling introduced us to artists I didn’t know much about before. He definitely managed to spark my interest in some new music! All in all, it was a fantastic experience and a real must for anyone who loves music. Highly recommended! 🎶🤘
Matthew, our guide, gave us a sterling tour jam packed with fascinating info and stories, it was lovely to be led through the museum by someone so passionate about the Irish music scene. The museum itself is brilliant with rare and valuable memorabilia and items representing various famous bands and individual musicians. Our two teenage boys loved it; being musicians themselves they relished the tour and Matthew made it very interesting for them.
Brilliant museum tour in this working music studio. For a first time visitor to Dublin, i would recommend you do this tour towards the beginning of your stay. It gives you the understanding of how Ireland’s rock musicians of different eras developed around that small area of Temple Bar, how they interacted and drew inspiration from each other. Our tour guide was Matthew, a musician himself, he had so much knowledge of the industry and had many interesting facts about the artists and memorabilia.
Had a fab tour at the Rock and Roll museum on 6th August 2026. I persuaded my daughter to come with me and despite her not knowing most of the legends, she also thoroughly enjoyed the experience. We were met by our guide Sterling who was very enthusiastic and also extremely knowledgeable about rock history. I was drawn to this experience because it featured my rock hero - Rory Gallagher (as well as all the better known Irish musicians) The museum is situated in the centre of Temple Bar and is a working studio and live music venue - took me back to my teenage years. The tour even offers the chance of taking part in a jam session - our guide Sterling is an impressive drummer :-) If you are a rock fan , this is a must.
Matthew was our guide and did a great job. He shared great stories and is a musician himself, which added to his presentation. The Thin Lizzy room was very impressive and contained a better collection for any one artist than anything I’ve seen at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland or the Country Hall of Fame in Nashville. The Irish Museum was much smaller than Cleveland and Nashville, but definitely worth a visit. The tour focused on Rory Gallagher, U2, and Thin Lizzy. For any Thin Lizzy fan, this is a must do visit when in Dublin.
Very enthusiastic guide who had a deep knowledge and clear love of Irish rock music!
A absolutely must do if your a music fan. A great bit of Irish music history all in one place, Great memorabilia on display. Mathew our tour guide was brilliant, Well versed in the history of Irish music and some great knowledge of the music scene
A great guided tour with lots of memorabilia on display. I particularly liked the Thin Lizzy room. Our guide Sterling was excellent and very knowledgeable. I didn't really see the point of the practice room, and wish the film we saw had been a bit longer instead to include other artists such as the Corrs, Hothouse Flowers and Cry Before Dawn
The tour of the Irish R&R museum with Eli far exceeded expectations. Eli was engaging, knowledgeable, and clearly passionate about Irish music. Learned a lot and was super impressed by the collection. Highly recommend.
Visited the Irish Rock n Roll Hall of Fame with Matthew as our tour guide. His love for rock n roll was infectious. His knowledge and amazing story telling also made for quite an enjoyable experience🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
