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Trinity College Dublin

Visitors can drift among the ghosts of artists past in one of the world's most famous centres of learning. Jonathan Swift, Bram Stoker, Oscar Wilde, Samuel Beckett and many other seminal thinkers and writers studied at Ireland's oldest university, which was founded in 1592. Its main attraction is the Book of Kells, an illuminated manuscript dating from around AD800, which is displayed in the magnificent Old Library.

Address: 
College Green,
South Central Dublin,
Dublin,
Dublin 2
Ireland
Telephone: 
+353 1 896 2320.
Website: 
www.tcd.ie
Opening times: 

Mon-Sat 0930-1700, Sun 0930-1630 (May-Sep) and 1200-1630 (Oct-Apr).

Admission fees: 

Yes (for The Book of Kells and tours); free access to campus.

Disabled access: 
Yes
Unesco: 
No

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