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16 of the most Instagram-worthy floors around Ireland's capital city

A reminder to look down every once in a while.

FLOORS. THEY’RE ALL THE rage on Instagram. Scroll through Instagram long enough and you’ll likely stumble upon a photo taken by a person proclaiming, “I have this thing with floors.”

In fact, I Have This Thing With Floors is an enormously popular Instagram account with nearly 850,000 followers. But that’s beside the point.

As it happens, Dublin is home to lots of ornate, photogenic floors. Here’s a small selection…

1. The doorstep of The Stag’s Head

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2. These gorgeous tiles in St. Patrick’s Cathedral

3. Monochrome flooring in the Jervis Centre

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4. A rather grand mosaic in The National Library

5. A bright, colourful doorstep on Middle Abbey Street

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6. An impossibly photogenic floor in Industry on Drury Street

7. Look who greets you when you step inside Louis Copeland!

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8. A rather fitting mosaic for The Swan on Aungier Street

9. A wonderfully random assortment of tiles in Wigwam

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10. A stunning floor in Blackrock Library

11. A decadent doorstep in McDowell’s Jewellers on O’Connell Street

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12. The floors of Christ Church Cathedral

13. This imposing bull in FX Buckley

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14. A pretty floor in Sprout on Mount Street

15. The honeycomb-esque floors in Pearse Street Library

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16. And finally, the doorstep to Genius on Exchequer Street  That cursive…

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