Trinity College is a beautiful and spacious campus (50 acres) founded in 1592…read more It's considered to be the Harvard of Ireland. My beloved Oscar Wilde is an alumni. The 18th century architecture is a mashup of Victorian Gothic, Neoclasical, Georgian, etc. It's wonderful campus for strolling to take in the architecture, green spaces, and people. The Trinity Trails walking tour is student-led and about an hour long. It's a great way to take in all of the campus.

Trinity College is Ireland's top university and most historical and is an unmissable attraction in…read morethe Irish capital. It is also the home of the famed Book of Kells One of the most prestigious universities in the world, Trinity College Dublin, was packed with both students and visitors, leisurely walking or rushing through the main campus. Once inside, you find yourself in the enclosed Parliament Square with several impressive buildings surrounding you. They all date from different centuries with none of them surviving since the first days of the college. You are free to stroll the grounds at your own liberty but to visit the Long Library Room and the Book of Kells you need to pay an admission fee. it is located in College Green at the top of Dublin's Dame Street. The street is perhaps Dublin's finest, a stroll down takes you past the Bank of Ireland (the world's first purpose-built Parliament House), City Hall, Dublin Castle and up towards Christchurch Cathedral. Along the way, you will find lots of high street shops, and charming restaurants and pubs.

I've loved every second here. Ireland's 'University Town', you really do feel like you know a large…read morechunk of the staff, and your fellow students, in a way that reflects the size of the university. I have nothing but praise for the History Department. The town needs the university and the university needs the town. Lunch in Elite Confectionary (bliss) or a quiet pint in The Roost are unmatched, and there is nothing better than a walk around the south campus if you've time to kill. The university is expanding rapidly, and you'd worry about it retaining its sense of community. Maynooth has a lot to offer.

I did my undergraduate degree here so I feel that I am good expert on all things Maynooth related!…read moreI really loved my time here, the first year was a tough adjustment but once I got into the second year I really got into the swing of things. I also started to spend an unhealthy amount of time in the student bar. It's a small college so the excellent thing is you really get to know people easily. The teachers that I had there were great and very approachable. The Old Campus crowds are spectacular and well worth the visit to walk around. History just oozes from the place. The college chapel there will stunned you to silence. Dublin buses and trains run there frequently, the train goes from Connolly.

This college started out as a small private college in Ranelagh and has developed significantly…read more Probably the biggest step was developing this state of the art building in the IFSC. They have a variety of classrooms and lecture theatres here and the building is very modern and airy. The offer mainly business courses but have branched out into other areas as well. They are probably most competitive with the ITs rather than the university, and they run evening and distance learning courses as well

Spending your weekends stuck in lectures here is no fun. At least the NCI make it comfortable…read more The building in the IFSC is relatively new, and it shows. Well-structured lecture halls, so you've plenty of room and the acoustics are good. There's a decent enough canteen, but there's also plenty of food options around the IFSC, including the Point Village market. Getting to and from is pretty easy too. The Red Line of the Luas will bring you right outside the door (make sure you're on a tram heading to the Point though. And if you're feeling energetic, there's a Dublin Bikes platform around the corner too.

The most tech-y of the Dublin universities, DCU is also the only one on the northside. And it's…read morevirtually unaccessible to anyone not from around the city centre northwards. Kind of like UCD actually (acronyms apparently have more than letters in common!). It has a reputation for being slightly more vocational than either Trinity or UCD, and focuses far more on the science end of things, rather than the more traditional arts and humanities (which it still has, I hasten to add). The campus is very modern, belying its more recent development in comparision to Trinity and even UCD. However, it's lovely in its modernity and it's got some top facitilies too.

Worked there for a year (Post-Doc). Nice place actually, great campus, safe place. And great…read morerestaurant on-campus. And I left 4 EUR a day at the Spar for coffee. One of my labs was cold all the time, but I was told that would be a problem of that specific building. Well... what can you do?

A first class school, providing a first class education. A catholic school yes, but in no way…read morereligiously forceful. Belvedere's grade A academic faculty has a lot to do with why I am soon to begin an Msc. in e-business. The misconception that belvedere is a 'sandbox for rich kids', as said to me by an ex teacher, is total BS! The school is built on the ethos of being 'men for others', the statement sounds a bit cheesy today, true, but charity and putting others before yourself is more important than superficial grades for the superficial leaving cert in the eyes of this school, thus giving the pupil a greater view on what really is important in life, and allowing exams to be approached with less intensity, making them all the easier. The annual 6 figure sum raised for the homeless by students sleeping rough ('the sleep out') at the GPO on the days building up to Christmas is just one great example of theory put to practice, and I stress just one example of mission and values being executed. The school is one of, if not the, most technically up to date schools in the country, while boasting James Joyce as a past pupil and having world class teachers. The opportunities in sport, societies and facilities are in abundance. Yes belvedere is on the perceived 'upper tier' (whatever that means) of this, deemed by some, unfair school ladder Ireland is guilty of having. But take schools such as Belvedere or Blackrock out of the system and eradicate their right to seek fees from pupils, and then watch these schools 'hands on' approach toward enhancing society which is made by the schools active students. (Goal, St. Vincent de Paul, Irish Guide Dog society, CRC... the list goes on) So Please, put away that evening herald or equivalent rag you read bashing such schools, and turn off the BS that is Joe 'your phone call really is important and will make a difference' Duffy, and understand that fee paying schools and this so called "2 tier" education system, is in fact, far more beneficial to society than a total state controlled education system. Last time I checked there wasn't a hammer and schical defacing the tricolour anyway. To conclude, if you are lucky enough to have the chance to send your son to Belvedere jump on it. It was great when I was there, and with the recent complete modernization of the school and I.T. Upgrade, it is even better. Dave (sick of people failing to see the bigger picture) E. p.s. This review was written mainly in response to a radio argument I heard recently. Belvedere was singled out a lot for some reason on this Joe Duffy 'debate' (more an opportunity to vent opinion on why private schools are evil for middle aged women) hence my meagre attempt to offer a rebuttal... Great school all the same...

As Brian pointed out Portobello was recently acquired by the Dublin Business School and thus it…read moreseems to be pouring a lot of focus and attention into promoting the business courses in the school. It's not a good time to be in business, but perhaps it's a good time to study business? That in mind they still have a pretty strong Law programme and the school is located in a super convenient area and isn't far from the Luas. They offer both full-time and evening classes so it's convenient to fit into your schedule.

The Portobello College is, potentially, the third most acclaimed under-graduate legal institution…read morein Dublin. I'll admit that's a lot of stipulations on an already dubious accolade and more so when one considers there may not be that many other under graduate institutions to compete against but I'll let them have it. The college was taken over by the DBS a larger pay-as-you-go college from down the road. I wouldn't like to say the take-over was 'botched' or 'a catastrophe' per se, all I know is they use it as a cautionary tale in business courses in other colleges. Despite this the college does have a great atmosphere with a plethora of free facilities including pool table, juke box, giant TV and comfortable seating area all at no cost whatsoever to the student. I can't vouch for quality of education having never studied here but at the premium I'd want to be learning and learning hard!

This is the site for the new DIT Grangegorman campus. Clearing work has commenced and 70% of…read morestudents are due to move in in 2016. It will regenerate North West Dublin !

I met a groovy guy, he was arty farty, He said 'I know a…read morelittle latin man a cus man a kai' I said 'I don't know what it means' he said 'neither do I' ... Even if you don't know where me jumper is, this is the place if you're a bit 'arty farty' and I meant that in the most positive light. This is DIT's home to the School of Applied Arts. So yea there's a lot of visually arty things going on, but at the same they also do stuff like Media. Definitely worth a look if you want to do something in journalism, etc.

One of the maddest of all the DIT's, this routinely feels like being stuck on the set of Fame…read more There are men in tights prancing around, people doing vocal exercises, lunch time concerts-exactly what a school of music and drama should be like. Check out the library, it's an experience.