A visit to the Old Library and the Book of Kells exhibition is a “must see” on everybody’s itinerary.

This major exhibition features large-scale details from the manuscript and explains the background to the Book of Kells and other manuscripts such as the Book of Armagh and the Book of Durrow.

The main chamber of the Old Library is the Long Room, filled with 200,000 of the library’s oldest books in oak bookcases. The current exhibition in the Long Room is The Body in the Library – the great detectives from 1841 to 1941 – which includes Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.

OPEN DAILY:
Monday to Saturday, 9.30am to 5pm
Sundays, 12 noon to 4.30pm

Adults €9.00
Students/Oaps €8.00
Family ticket €18.00 (2 adults + 4 children)
Under 12 years old free

School groups have free admission from 1st October to 1st April

Further information at: www.tcd.ie/Library/ or tel: 01 896 2320 or 01 896 2308