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Cuffe St Row
Upper Kevin St
New St L ower Kevin St St Stephen's
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adult/student/child €6/5/free; h9.30am-5pm Age and Iron Age gold artefacts in the
Mon-Fri, 9am-6pm Sat, 9-10.30am & 12.30- world, and the world’s most complete
2.30pm Sun; g50, 50A, 56A from Aston Quay, collection of medieval Celtic metalwork.
54, 54A from Burgh Quay) that St Paddy The Walk » Walk north on Kildare St and turn
himself dunked the Irish heathens into right on Nassau St, then stay right on Clare St.
the waters of a well. Although there’s
been a church here since the 5th cen- National Museum of Ireland –
tury, the present building dates from Natural History
1190 or 1225 (opinions differ).
Dusty, weird and utterly compelling,
The Walk » Just south of St Patrick’s, turn left and a window into Victorian times, this
onto Kevin St and keep going until you reach St museum (Upper Merrion St; h10am-5pm
Stephen’s Green; cross it and then turn onto Tue-Sat, 2-5pm Sun; g 7, 44 from city centre)
Kildare St. has barely changed since Scottish
National Museum of Ireland – explorer Dr David Livingstone opened
Archaeology & History it in 1857 – before disappearing into
the African jungle for a meeting with
The star attraction of this branch of Henry Stanley.
the National Museum of Ireland (www.
museum.ie; Kildare St; h10am-5pm Tue-Sat, The Walk » Turn right onto Merrion Row, skirt
2-5pm Sun; gall city centre) is the Treasury, St Stephen’s Green and go right into Grafton St to
head back to Trinity College.
home to the finest collection of Bronze
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