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Trinity College Library is one of Dublin's most visited sites. This may have something to do with the fact that it's home to the Book of Kells, an illustrated copy of the Gospels in Latin…
National Museum of Ireland: Kildare Street
The collections of the National Museum of Ireland are housed at a number of locations. Archaeological and historical items are displayed at the National Museum in Kildare Street. The museum…
The National Gallery of Ireland boasts an extensive collection of paintings, sculpture and objets d'art. It also hosts temporary exhibitions by internationally renowned artists. Among the…
Housed in former 17th-century Royal Hospital Kilmainham, the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) in Kilmainham is Ireland's finest contemporary art collection, with 1600 works including Damien…
Arthur Guinness brewed Ireland's best-known export at the Guinness Storehouse in St James's Gate from 1759. Now a seven-floor gallery, you can learn about its history, see James Gilroy's 1930s…
A tour around the bleak corridors and cells of mammoth Kilmainham Gaol, in Kilmainham, brings turbulent Irish history to life. Leaders of Ireland's 1916 Easter Rising were incarcerated here…
Opened in 1991, the Dublin Writers Museum celebrates the world-renowned literary heritage of the city. Using letters, books and artefacts, the museum acts as a lasting testimony to Dublin's…
Dublinia & The Viking World explores how Dublin changed from two small Gaelic settlements into a thriving Viking trading centre. Videos, reconstructions and models trace events from the 1170…
National Museum of Decorative Arts & History
Dublin's Museum of Decorative Arts & History is home to a wide range of objects ranging from weaponry to furniture, silver, ceramics and glassware, as well as examples of folklife and costume.…
The 18th-century Old Jameson Distillery in the heart of Dublin's Smithfield Village offers an insight into the art of Irish whiskey-making. An hour-long guided tour of the distillery includes…
The private collection at Chester Beatty Library comprises the 20th-century collection of American-born Beatty, including centuries-old illuminated Qu'rans and Persian miniature paintings.…
