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A marble bust between the bookshelves of the Long Room at Trinity College

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Things to do in Dublin 2

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6 of the 20 places on our County Dublin list are in Dublin 2: Trinity College and the Long Room; Dublin Castle; Temple Bar; St Stephen's Green; National Museum of Ireland, Archaeology; and National Gallery of Ireland. Between them a museum, a castle and a park.

On our Dublin list

6 places in and around Dublin 2.

  1. A marble bust between the bookshelves of the Long Room at Trinity CollegeTrinity College and the Long RoomMuseum · Dublin 2The Book of Kells is in the Treasury under the Long Room. Most of the Long Room's books are out while the building is restored, until the end of 2027.
  2. The courtyard at Dublin Castle with the clock tower at the end of itDublin CastleCastle · Dublin 2Britain ruled Ireland from here until 1922. State rooms and a garden are open to the public now.
  3. A cobbled street of pubs in Temple BarTemple BarTown · Dublin 2Cobbled lanes on the south bank, with galleries, pubs and a food market at the weekend.
  4. The Fusiliers' Arch at the corner of St Stephen's GreenSt Stephen's GreenPark · Dublin 2A square of park in the middle of the south side, with a lake, a bandstand and gates onto Grafton Street.
  5. Bronze age gold ornaments in a case at the National Museum of Ireland on Kildare StreetNational Museum of Ireland, ArchaeologyMuseum · Dublin 2The Kildare Street museum. The Ardagh Chalice, the Tara Brooch and the bog bodies are all in it.
  6. The stone front of the Millennium Wing at the National Gallery of Ireland on Clare StreetNational Gallery of IrelandMuseum · Dublin 2The state art collection on Merrion Square. You can walk in free, and Caravaggio's Taking of Christ is in there.

The top of the Dublin list

  1. A marble bust between the bookshelves of the Long Room at Trinity CollegeTrinity College and the Long RoomMuseum · Dublin 2The Book of Kells is in the Treasury under the Long Room. Most of the Long Room's books are out while the building is restored, until the end of 2027.
  2. The landing and cells inside Kilmainham GaolKilmainham GaolMuseum · KilmainhamThe prison is kept as it was. The leaders of the 1916 Rising were held here and shot here.
  3. A fallow deer with full antlers lying in the grass in the Phoenix ParkThe Phoenix ParkPark · Dublin 8The walled park on the edge of the city has a wild deer herd in it and long straight roads through it.
  4. The courtyard at Dublin Castle with the clock tower at the end of itDublin CastleCastle · Dublin 2Britain ruled Ireland from here until 1922. State rooms and a garden are open to the public now.
  5. The front of Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin on a clear dayChrist Church CathedralCathedral · Dublin 8Older of the two city cathedrals, and its crypt runs the full length underneath it.
  6. St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin under a blue skySt Patrick's CathedralCathedral · Dublin 8Jonathan Swift is buried inside the national cathedral, and there is a public park beside it.

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