National Gallery of IrelandThe state art collection on Merrion Square. You can walk in free, and Caravaggio's Taking of Christ is in there.
Museum
Trinity College and the Long Room
Dublin 2, County Dublin
The 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.
Discover Trinity College Dublin, Ireland's oldest university, founded by Queen Elisabeth I in 1592.
- Where
- Dublin 2, County Dublin
- Address
- College Green
- Official site
- tcd.ie
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
Nearby
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National Gallery of IrelandThe state art collection on Merrion Square. You can walk in free, and Caravaggio's Taking of Christ is in there.
National Museum of Ireland, ArchaeologyThe Kildare Street museum. The Ardagh Chalice, the Tara Brooch and the bog bodies are all in it.
St Stephen's GreenA square of park in the middle of the south side, with a lake, a bandstand and gates onto Grafton Street.
Temple BarCobbled lanes on the south bank, with galleries, pubs and a food market at the weekend.
The Ha'penny BridgeThe cast iron footbridge over the Liffey, named after the toll it used to charge to cross.
EPIC The Irish Emigration MuseumIrish emigration, told underground in the vaults of the CHQ Building on the north quays.On nearby
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