Trinity College Tag

05 Sep Ireland Tour

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At Ireland and Scotland Luxury Tours we have a great nine/ten-day trip around Ireland.   We start with two nights at the Westbury in Dublin. This allows you to explore the city and see places like the library at Trinity College and Christchurch Cathedral. You can experience Temple Bar...

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03 May Grafton Street, Dublin

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The spine of Dublin’s most popular and stylish shopping district runs south from Trinity College to the glass-covered St Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre. At the north end, at the junction with Nassau Street, is a bronze statue by Jean Rynhart of Molly Malone, the celebrated...

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01 Aug Southeast Dublin

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Despite its location close to the old walled city, this part of Dublin remained virtually undeveloped until the founding of Trinity College in 1592. Even then, it was almost a hundred years before the ancient common land further south was enclosed to create St Stephen’s...

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28 May Lough Key Forest Park, County Roscommon

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The 3 mile wide lake, which is nearly circular, is the star attraction of the Lough Key Forest Park. Writers have chronicled the history of Lough Key for nearly 1000 years, starting with the year 1041 in the Annals of Lough Key.   The Annals were compiled...

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18 May Kells, County Meath

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Kells/Ceanannus, County Meath One of the great centres of Celtic Christianity. where the Book of Kells may have been written and illustrated, this busy little crossroads today offers numerous reminders of its glorious past. Kells is also known as Ceanannus Mor.   In AD 563, St Colmcille, also...

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04 Sep Book of Kells , Trinity College , Dublin

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This national treasure is kept on public display in the Long Room at Trinity College. It is a beautifully illuminated Latin text of the Gospels’ account of the life of Christ , and the most ornate of the Middle Age manuscripts to have survived. The exact...

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22 Aug Trinity College , Dublin City

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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...

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22 Jun Trinity College Dublin

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Any tours of Ireland that take you to Dublin should result in a visit to Trinity College. It is a must see attraction ! Trinity College Dublin is the oldest University in Ireland , founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I. The Old Library houses the Book of...

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31 May Book of Leinster

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One of the three great collections of Old Irish poems , tales , histories , and genealogies of kings and saints. Housed in the Library of Trinity College , Dublin , the "Book of Leinster" was compiled or transcribed by a bishop of Kildare at the...

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20 May Book of Kells

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North Western Europes most famous manuscript , containing illuminated copies of the Gospels , from circa 800. The Book of Kells was preserved in the Columban monastery at Kells , in County Meath , until 1653. Set up in the ninth century by monks from Iona ,...

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