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Trinity College builds on its four-hundred-year-old tradition of scholarship to confirm its position as one of the great universities of the world.
Since its foundation more than four centuries ago, Trinity College Dublin has been one of the world's great universities.
Since its foundation more than four centuries ago, Trinity College Dublin has been one of the world's great universities. Combining advanced research and scholarship with an educational environment that values the whole student experience, Trinity is a unique and vibrant College which emphasises the importance of a liberal education.
Trinity is proud that many of its alumni have gone on to make an impact in Ireland and in the wider world: from the physicist E.T.S. Walton who won the Nobel Prize for splitting the atom, to the mathematician William Rowan Hamilton who invented quaternions, to the great figures of world literature Jonathan Swift, Oscar Wilde, and Samuel Beckett.
The Old Library and the Book of Kells Exhibition
Trinity College Dublin has been voted the No.2 Top Attraction to visit on Trip Advisor's list of Ireland's Top 10 Attractions for 2013, and has also been awarded a Trip Advisor's Travellers' Choice Award.
The Old Library and the Book of Kells Exhibition - a “must see” on the itinerary of all visitors to Dublin. Located in the heart of Dublin City, a walk through the cobbled stones of Trinity College Dublin will bring visitors back to the 18th century, when the magnificent Old Library building was constructed. Inside is housed the Book of Kells - a 9th-century gospel manuscript famous throughout the world. Visitors are welcomed by our friendly staff seven days a week.
Opening hours
The Old Library and the Book of Kells Exhibition are open seven days a week. However, from time to time and at short notice we have to close for a few hours. Where possible we post this on the home page of the website.
Monday - Saturday : 09:30 - 17:00
Sunday (May - September) : 09:30 - 16:30
Sunday (October - April) : 12:00 - 16:30
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