Trinity College (Dublin, 24-3-2007)

Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Other

Well this is definitely a must see in Dublin and not just because a lot of tourists do. Trinity College holds the famous and beautiful Book of Kells and has an impressive library too.

It's quite expensive to get into the Book of Kells / Library exhibit but then again this book is from 800 AD and terrifically illuminated so I'm willing to pay some money to keep it in mint condition.
There's a lot of info to see before you see the actual book. There are some other illuminated books there too by the way.
Actually there is not a lot to see in this exhibit but what you get to see is quite special. Still it's a pity you cannot look through the book and see all the pages ;-)

After the Book of Kells exhibit you go upstairs into the "Long Room" which is an impressive library hall. I wish I had a library like this at home! In it are 200.000 of the oldest books and manuscripts the college owns!!
It also houses a proclamation of the Irish Republic (which was torn of the burning post office in 1916) and Ireland's oldest harp (15/16th century).

Well, they can just pack the whole library and sent it to me ;-)