Attractions
Book of Kells, Trinity College Dublin
Dublin
The Book of Kells is a richly illuminated manuscript of the Gospels made by monks around 800 AD, one of Ireland's greatest treasures, displayed in Tr…
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Glendalough
Wicklow
A glacial valley in the Wicklow Mountains with two lakes and the remains of a monastic settlement founded by St Kevin in the 6th century, including a…
Historic sites
Newgrange (Brú na Bóinne)
Duleek, Meath
A Neolithic passage tomb built around 3200 BC, older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids, a great mound with a ring of carved kerbstones.
Attractions
Powerscourt Estate and Gardens
Enniskerry, Wicklow
Often called one of the world's great gardens, Powerscourt has 47 acres of formal gardens, Italian terraces, statues and ornamental lakes beneath the…
Attractions
Guinness Storehouse, Dublin
Dublin
Ireland's most visited attraction, in a seven-storey former fermentation building, shaped like a giant pint glass, at the St James's Gate brewery.
Attractions
Jameson Distillery Bow St, Dublin
Dublin
The original Jameson distillery in Smithfield, where whiskey was made from 1780 until production moved to Midleton in County Cork in 1975.
Historic sites
Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin
Dublin
A former prison where many leaders of Ireland's struggle for independence were held, and where the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising were executed in…