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1. Book of Kells Experience at Trinity College

Medieval manuscript and historic libraryTrinity College

The ninth-century Book of Kells and the 65-metre Long Room of Trinity College's Old Library, with immersive digital galleries in a separate pavilion.

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2. Guinness Storehouse

Brewery visitor experienceThe Liberties

Seven floors of exhibits in a 1902 fermentation plant at St James's Gate, ending with an included drink in the rooftop Gravity Bar.

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3. Kilmainham Gaol

Historic prison museumKilmainham

A former county gaol of 1796 where leaders of the 1916 Rising were held and executed, now a museum seen on guided tours.

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4. National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology

Archaeology museumKildare Street

Ireland's national collection of archaeology on Kildare Street, home to the Ardagh Chalice, the Tara Brooch, prehistoric gold and Viking Ireland, with free entry.

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5. National Gallery of Ireland

Art museumMerrion Square

Ireland's national art collection on Merrion Square, free to enter, with Caravaggio's The Taking of Christ, a Vermeer and the Yeats collection.

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6. St Patrick’s Cathedral

Gothic cathedralThe Liberties

Ireland's largest church, founded in 1191, where Jonathan Swift served as dean and is buried, with free guided tours from Monday to Saturday.

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7. Christ Church Cathedral

Medieval cathedral and cryptChristchurch

Dublin's medieval cathedral, founded after 1028 and rebuilt in stone by the Normans, with a 12th-century crypt that is the largest in Britain or Ireland.

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8. EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum

Interactive history museumDocklands

An interactive museum in the Docklands' CHQ building telling the stories of Irish emigrants across 20 galleries, with a genealogy centre on site.

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9. Phoenix Park

Historic city parkPhoenix Park

One of Europe's largest enclosed city parks, a 707-hectare former royal deer park with wild fallow deer, Dublin Zoo and the President's residence.

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10. St Stephen’s Green

Victorian city parkSt Stephen's Green

A 22-acre Victorian park at the top of Grafton Street, with a lake, bandstand, memorials and a garden for the blind, free to enter.

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