said it was Dublin they had enjoyed spending time in the most.“I’m from South Wales and this is our third time in Dublin,” one woman told“We love the city, we’re here for a hen do. [There’s] live music and we just love the atmosphere.”“Drink,” she said.
The Ha'penny Bridge spans Dublin's River Liffey in June 2017. Picture by: Ben Ryan Photography / Alamy Stock Photo“We’ve travelled from Birmingham today, we’re on a stag do,” a tourist said.The news also came as no surprise to a local who spotted to talk to Josh. “As a local, I’d say definitely it might be a small city but it’s not short on places that are, as we like to say, good for the craic.”Overall, the enthusiasm for the city is music to the ears of Tourism Ireland’s interim CEO.“What we hear from the US visitors [is] they love the friendly people, they love the fact that you can be in a bustling city centre one minute and then out by the coast in a very short period after that.