In the heart of Dublin's The Liberties

Dublin's The Liberties: Anthony Freeman O’Brien, Operations Manager RECDP

Anthony on camera for #cityofcare tells us about the 'In Our Shoes Walking Tours' project: a social enterprise initiative of Robert Emmet CDP. Their guides will lead you off the beaten track, through local history and folklore, across famous and hidden landmarks and through high streets and back laneways.

Dublin's The Liberties: James Crowe, Guide at In Our Shoes Walking Tours

Stellar guide James Crowe introduces himself and 'In Our Shoes Walking Tours' project for #cityofcare

The 40 steps by St. Audoens Church: Anthony Freeman O’Brien, Operations Manager RECDP

Anthony on camera for #cityofcare invites us to uncover secrets and discover The Liberties community.

Dublin's The Liberties: James Crowe, Guide at In Our Shoes Walking Tours

In Our Shoes Walking Tours is a responsible tourism initiative, training local unemployed people within Dublin 8 as walking tour guides - in one of Ireland's most visited parts of Dublin: The Liberties. James on camera for #cityofcare

Newgate Prison south: James Crowe, Guide at In Our Shoes Walking Tours

James on camera for #cityofcare begins to tell a story of life and death in the Dublin of 1682: psychotic stuff!

The history of John's Bar on Thomas Street : James Crowe, Guide at In Our Shoes Walking Tours

Named after John Creeth, a haberdasher who ran his shop under lease at 61 Thomas St in the 1850s, the pub aims to preserve the history of the Liberties, a history of distilling, a history of tailoring and a history of being the original home of a pint of plain. James on camera for #cityofcare

Catherine's Bakery in Meath st: James Crowe, Guide at In Our Shoes Walking Tours

James brings us to smell the freshly baked bread at St. Catherine’s Bakery, once located a short walk past the tenement buildings on Marrowbone Lane.

Horse and carts in The Liberties: James Crowe, Guide at In Our Shoes Walking Tours 

There is no doubt that The Liberties holds a special place in the ❤️ of Dublin people and in fact of people from all over Ireland. But why the fascination? Why the aura, magic and mystery that seems to surround the area? Let's listen to James Crowe telling for #cityofcare that at the beginning of the 1800s the business of digging up deceased bodies needed access to a horse and cart... more at the "In Our Shoes Walking Tours".