The south side of the Liffey, Viking origins, and Irish mythology.
A private, personalized tour of Dublin's south side, crossing the Ha'penny Bridge and covering Viking origins and Irish mythology.
This personalized tour crosses the Ha'penny Bridge to the south side, covering Viking origins, Irish mythology, and Gaelic games along the way.
A popular starting point — every Voyzo itinerary is fully customizable, so we'll shape the order and stops around your group.
Private pickup arranged for your group; priced per group.
A genuinely distinct thematic angle from the standard landmark-focused tours.
Back to your hotel, home, or the airport — whenever your day wraps up.
A private, personalized tour of Dublin's south side, crossing the Ha'penny Bridge and covering Viking origins and Irish mythology. This personalized tour crosses the Ha'penny Bridge to the south side, covering Viking origins, Irish mythology, and Gaelic games along the way.
This tour crosses into the south side over the Ha'penny Bridge, Dublin's oldest surviving footbridge and the first iron bridge built in Ireland, in 1816. It exists because a ferry operator named William Walsh was told to either fix his unsafe boats or build a bridge - he built the bridge, and was granted the right to charge a half-penny toll on it for 100 years. Officially it's still called the Liffey Bridge; the toll itself wasn't dropped until 1919.
Dublin's own name carries a similar two-sided story. The city grew out of two neighbouring settlements: the Viking trading post of Dyflin, built around a dark tidal pool the Vikings called Dubh Linn ("black pool"), and a separate Gaelic settlement further upriver called Áth Cliath ("ford of hurdles") - which survives today as the city's Irish-language name, Baile Átha Cliath.
The south side route also makes room for Irish mythology and Gaelic games - hurling and Gaelic football have genuinely deep roots in Irish tradition, with early legends crediting the mythical warrior Cú Chulainn as a champion hurler. The modern game itself was formally codified much later, when the Gaelic Athletic Association was founded in 1884 in Thurles, County Tipperary, to standardise rules that varied from parish to parish.
Every Voyzo tour is a starting point — tell us what you have in mind and we'll build it.