Trinity College Dublin Hotels

Our Dublin City centre hotel is less than a five minute from Trinity College Dublin. Trinity College is located in the heart of Dublin City, spread over 40 acres and was founded over 400 years ago in 1592. It is recognised internationally as Ireland’s premier university. It is ranked 52nd in the top 100 universities in the world and 14 in the top 200 European universities. The three main faculties are Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; Engineering, Mathematics and Science, and Health Sciences. Trinity College also has excellent conferences and banqueting facilities.

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The Old Library and the Book of Kells Exhibition, housed in Trinity College, is one of Dublin City’s most popular visitor attractions. The Book of Kells has famous manuscripts which contains the 4 gospels in Latin written on vellum and with lavish decoration. It is estimated that the Book of Kells was written around the year 800 AD. The Book has been on display since the mid 19th century and in the mid 1950′s it was bound into 4 volumes, of which 2 are on show to the public.The main chamber of the Old Library is known as the Long Room and has over 200,00 old books and is almost 65 metres long. The impressive room has a series of marble busts, the collection of which began in 1743 and are of great philosophers and writers. The Long Room also host exhibitions.

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If you are visting Trinity College Dublin or the Book of Kells Exhibition, the Drury Court Hotel is located a short stroll away and offers a great selection of Dublin Hotel Breaks.