This old library building dated from 1732 and is a must-see attraction when visiting Dublin. At Ireland and Scotland Luxury Tours we recommend a visit to all our clients. The collection within began in 1601. There is a new library building which dates from 1967. The whole library contains...
Little is left of this once great Abbey, founded in 553 by St Columba, or Colmcille. The Venerable Bede called it ‘a noble monastery known as Dearmach, the Field of Oaks, because of the oak forest in which it stands’. Though it was plundered and burnt...
Trinity College was founded in 1592 by Elizabeth I to consolidate the Reformation through education. The restriction on Catholic students was abandoned in 1873 but the Roman Catholics church maintained its own ban until 1970 on its members being students. Today the majority of the 7000...
Everyone on tours of Ireland has heard of the " Book of Kells" But a real hidden gem is the "Book of Durrow" It is a copy of the Gospels and one of Europes most important manuscripts , surviving from around 700 A.D Of uncertain provenance (Ireland or...