Many people just go to Trinity College to see the Book of Kells, but its worth doing the walking tour as well. The gudes are college students and they tell the history of the college and provide some good insights into Irish history and modern student life. For example, we didn't know that a Catholic could be excomminicated for studying...
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Trinity College
Grafton St. | College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
(South City Centre)
(+353) 01 896 1000
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Ranked #20 of 225 attractions in Dublin
Type: Educational Sites, Historic Sites, Libraries
Activities: Group tours/bus tour
Fee: No
Recommended length of visit: <1 hour
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The building facade of Trinity College is among many constructed since the foundation of the College on March 13th, 1592. The design is attributed to...
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The building facade of Trinity College is among many constructed since the foundation of the College on March 13th, 1592. The design is attributed to Theodore Jacobsen, a London-based amateur architect, with the collaboration of Henry Keene and John Sanderson.
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When you visit Dublin, it is worth to walk around these buildings and the library which is in one of these.
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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Free to enter (unlike the library itself), and worth a stroll around on even only 1 day's visit to Dublin. While a good deal older than most, it reminded me of the early American university campuses dotted across the Atlantic coast which were founded in the mid-late 1700s. It's a worthy muse if those campuses are modeled after it.
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Atlanta, Georgia
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The library is the most fascinating place of everything at Trinity College. It is worth paying the 9 Euros to go in and look at all the educational items before looking at the Book of Kells and other monk written books. Once you are done in this section, you are directed to see the vast library that is a very...
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Brooklyn, New York
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It is a beautiful campus to just walk around and take in... We missed the Book of Kells and the library by 10 minutes.. not happy about that .. but it is a beautiful campus and should be seen ... it is centrally located and should only take a few minutes to see by itself
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Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Even if you don't want to pay to go inside the uni, exploring the grounds is definitely a must! Beautiful buildings.
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Calgary, Canada
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It was a quick visit was going to see the Book of Kells but that was a fee visit so we just looked around the main quad area as the buildings are off limit. The College shop was a disappointment very small and just like a small general store with the addition of College clothing. Was an eatery but we...
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London, United Kingdom
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Visit the Old Library and see the Book of Kells. It is interesting to know more the making of the Book of Kells:) The Old Library has a great library hall which is very worth visiting. Students can enjoy a discount price (8euro) to enter the Old Library. Adult -9euro
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Very pleasant student guides with good sense of humour. Being in Dublin everyone must see beautiful Book of Kells, which is on display in Trinity College.
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Mantoloking, New Jersey
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Liked explanation of scribes and illustrators of book of Kelly's. But even more fun was the 30 minute tour of the campus given by Dani, She was witty and friendly and I wish her good luck in the future
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