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the National Print Museum has
an extensive collection which
depicts the history of print in
Ireland. The collection includes
functional printing machinery,
printing blocks, pamphlets,
periodicals and books. Along
with regular exhibitions and
tours, the museum has a variety
of art and crafts workshops on
calligraphy, letterpress printing,
traditional bookbinding, origami
and card making.

7 Casino Marino
Cherrymount Crescent. Tel 833 1618.
£ DART to Clontarf. @ 20A, 20B,
27A, 42, 42C, 123. Open mid-Mar–Oct:
10am–5pm daily. & 8 obligatory
(last tour 45 mins before closing).
A lake at the National Botanic Gardens, Dublin ∑ heritageireland.ie
5 National Botanic (see p105); the gate between the This delightful little villa (see
Gardens two is open to the public. pp44–5), designed by Sir William
Built by local craftsmen using Chambers in the 1760s for Lord
Botanic Ave, Glasnevin, Dublin 9. traditional building materials Charlemont, now sits in its own
Tel 804 0300. @ 4, 13, 19, 19A, 83. and techniques, the new Viking grounds at Marino. Originally
Open Oct–Feb: 9am–4:30pm Mon– House is a faithful replica of a built as a summer house for the
Fri, 10am–4:30pm Sat & Sun; Mar–Sep: typical Dublin house and garden Marino Estate, the villa survives
9am–5pm Mon–Fri, 10am–6pm Sat of one thousand years ago, although the main
& Sun. Closed 25 Dec. - 0 7
8 noon & 2:30pm Sun. similar to buildings excavated in house was pulled
∑ botanicgardens.ie the city centre in the late 1980s. down in 1921. The
Casino is acknow-
Opened in 1795, the National 6 National Print ledged to be one
Botanic Gardens are Ireland’s of the finest
foremost centre of botany and Museum examples of
horticulture. They still possess Garrison Chapel, Beggar’s Bush Neo-Classical
an old-world feel, thanks to the Barracks, Haddington Road, Dublin 4. architecture in
beautiful Palm House and Tel 660 3770. £ DART to Ireland. Some
architect Richard Turner’s Landsdowne or Grand Canal Dock innovative
curvilinear glasshouses. Turner @ 4, 7. Open 9am–5pm Mon–Fri, features were
was also responsible for the Palm 2–5pm Sat & Sun. Closed Bank used in its
House at Kew Gardens, London, holiday weekends. 8 - = 7 construction, Carved stone lion at
and the glasshouses at Belfast’s limited ∑ nationalprintmuseum.ie including Casino Marino
Botanic Gardens (see p282). chimneys
The 20-ha (49-acre) park Opened in 1996, in the former disguised as urns
contains over 16,000 different chapel of Beggar’s Bush Barracks, and hollow columns that
plant species. Particularly accommodate drains. Outside,
attractive are the colourful four carved stone lions, thought
old-fashioned Victorian carpet to be by English sculptor Joseph
bedding, the rich collections Wilton, stand guard at each of
of cacti and orchids, renow ned the corners.
rose garden, and 30-m (100-ft) The building’s squat,
high redwood tree. com pact exterior conceals
The visitor centre houses a 16 rooms built on three floors
restaurant, a display area with around a central staircase.
exhibits relating to the history The ground floor comprises a
and purpose of the gardens and spacious hall and a saloon,
a lecture hall, which hosts a with beautiful silk hangings,
programme of regular talks and elaborate flooring and a
workshops. The National Botanic cof fered ceiling. On the first
Gardens back onto the huge floor is the ostentatious State
Glasnevin or Prospect Cemetery Printing blocks at National Print Museum Room and servant rooms.
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp296–7 and pp308–11

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