A long weekend of Georgian doors, wet cobbles, one very good library and a great deal of stout.
In from the airport, straight into a snug. It'll be raining. That's the point.
Airlink or the 16 bus into the centre, about 30 minutes. No train from this airport, so don't go looking for one.
The famous ones — four sides of a square, every door a different colour under a fanlight. Ten minutes, and the best photograph of the weekend.
Tiny room on Merrion Row, big flavours, excellent wine list. Book or don't eat.
Two of the last proper Victorian pubs in the city — snugs, mahogany, no television. Order stout and let it settle properly before you touch it.
One of the most beautiful rooms on earth in the morning, and the best view in the city at sunset.
First slot, before the coaches. The Book of Kells is small and behind glass — the Long Room upstairs is the thing you'll remember. Two hundred thousand books under a barrel vault.
Cut through Front Square and out past the campanile. Buskers all the way down Grafton Street to St Stephen's Green.
Walk west into the oldest part of Dublin — Christ Church, the markets, and the good pubs the tour groups don't reach.
Yes it's the touristy one. Go anyway, and time it so you reach the Gravity Bar at the top for sunset — 360° over the whole city with a pint you poured yourself.
Smithfield, ten minutes' walk. Musicians in the corner, no stage, no microphones, and nobody claps until it's finished.
Thirty minutes on a train and you're on a cliff. This is Dublin's best trick.
The coastal train from Connolly, about 30 minutes, and the last ten run right along the water. Sit on the right.
Two hours round the head — gorse, gulls, the lighthouse, and the Irish Sea doing something dramatic. Proper shoes, it gets slippy.
Chowder and brown bread by the harbour, watching the seals work the fishing boats for scraps.
DART to the centre, collect the bags, bus to the airport. Allow a full hour — the 16 gets busy on a Sunday.
Three days, one library you'll think about for years, and a stout that genuinely does taste different here.