Things to do in Dublin

Dublin

A former prison where leaders of the 1916 Rising were held and executed, visited on a guided tour through the cell wings and yard. The prison opened in 1796, and leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising were executed here. It is now a museum telling the story of Irish nationalism through guided tours.

Dublin

One of Europe's largest walled city parks, with a resident herd of fallow deer, long avenues and the presidential residence inside it.

Dublin

The university's Old Library and Long Room, displaying the ninth-century illuminated Book of Kells in a timed-entry exhibition. Trinity College was founded in 1592. Its Old Library displays the Book of Kells, a 9th-century illuminated gospel manuscript, and contains the Long Room, a vaulted hall lined with ancient books.