Dublin attractions free entry with the dublin pass. With free entry to over 30 of dublins top attractions, the dublin pass makes sense for those who will visit 2 or 3 spots a day. First your guide takes you through the colleges library, exploring the area known as the long room thats lined with books and statue busts of famous masters of science, literature, and art. Our online book of kells brochures are available in the following languages. The book of kells, dating from about 800 ce, is a beautifully decorated manuscript of the four gospels. This official guide by the former keeper of manuscripts at the library of trinity college, dublin, where the book of kells is on permanent display, provides fascinating insights into one of the greatest surviving examples of medieval art. Situated just off grafton street in the heart of dublin, trinity is perfectly located to explore the city. As i understand it, you need to purchase tkts to see the book of kells. The dublin pass includes free admission to 30 top attractions in the city, but its not.
The book of kells is an illuminated manuscript gospel book in latin, containing the four gospels of the new testament together with various prefatory texts and tables. The 9th century book is a richly decorated copy of the four gospels of the life of jesus christ. English brochure irish brochure french brochure spanish brochure german. Visit the trinity college library, home to the famous book of kellswidely considered among the most important of all ireland s ancient treasures. Free entry to over 25 top attractions, museums and tours all on one card. Trinity offers iconic meeting and event space, stylish dining and over 600 bedrooms on its historical campus. Sehenswurdigkeiten in dublin freier eintritt mit dem dublin pass. A walk through trinity college and the book of kells will bring you back to the 18 th century, when the maginificent old library building was constructed. We will be in dublin next month over a weekend and want to visit trinity college and library. If you start your day at 10am with epic the irish emigration museum, take. It is our best value product and offers huge savings while providing for all.
Dodublin card dublins best value travel card book now. Visitors can combine a tour here with a visit to nearby dublin castle. The book of kells and trinity college had been on my must see list for years. Our guidebook is an excellent resource to help visitors to dublin plan the perfect trip.
Save at top dublin attractions when you use the dublin pass. Located in the heart of the city centre in trinity college dublin, the exhibition displays the book of kells, a 9th century manuscript that documents the four. Admission to library to see book of kells is the last stop on the tour. With over 2000 of the oldest books housed in this gorgeous library, plus the book of kells, the 9th century gospel manuscript, what else could you ask for. Inside is housed the book of kells a 9thcentury gospel manuscript famous throughout the world. The text of the gospels is largely drawn from the vulgate, although it also includes several passages drawn from the ear. The dublin pass, however, includes a 24hour pass so you can start using it at, say, noon on one day and still use it until noon the next day. Dublin pass is giving away a free digital copy of its 90 page guidebook packed with useful information about the city and its top attractions. The book of kells and the old library exhibition dublin. I know you can book tickets online but these are for a specific time slot, which wont work for us as we have tours outside dublin and may not make it. Fasttrack easy access book of kells tour with dublin. If youre heading to dublin, perhaps following one of our dublin itineraries, you might be aware of the dublin pass an attractions pass that gives you free admission to a number of sights across the city weve used the dublin pass on a number of visits to dublin, and in this post, were going to give you a full run down as to whether or not the dublin pass is worth it for your trip. Your tour of the book of kells, trinity colleges library, and dublin castle meets in the front of trinity college in central dublin.
A ticket to the book of kells includes access to the trinity college library s long room, where youll find an original copy of the 1916 proclamation of the irish republic and a medieval harp. It was created in a columban monastery in either britain or ireland and may have had contributions from various columban institutions from both britain and ireland. Avoid the crowds and explore irish history in peace on this book of kells and dublin castle exterior tour. That said, dublin is compact enough that you probably dont want to ride around on the hoho bus more than that. James joyce centre is a mustvisit for bookworms in search of a true. The book of kells exhibition is a mustsee on the itinerary of all visitors to dublin. With free entry to over 30 of dublin s top attractions, the dublin pass makes sense for those who will visit 2 or 3 spots a day. Prices of popular attractions that arent covered by the dublin pass. Book of kells early access and dublin castle guided tour 2020. We actually took time to explore a little more of the campus which is beautiful. The dodublin freedom card is an allinone sightseeing and transport ticket, that gives you the freedom to travel anywhere in dublin using the entire public transport system, and visit all the most famous locations and attractions on dublins no. It is a sightseeing city pass giving you free entry to over 30 top attractions with one card. Youll also get to skip the lines at some of the biggest attractions including the guinness storehouse, saving you valuable time on your trip.
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