Best Traditional Irish Dublin Trinity and Guinness Heritage Tour Destinations
Browse more guides: Ireland travel | Europe destinations Best Traditional Irish Dublin Trinity and Guinness Heritage Tour Destinations TL;DR Dublin - Ireland's capital and the cultural heart of the country - preserves an extraordinary literary heritage (four Nobel Laureates lived here), the world's most famous illuminated manuscript at Trinity College, the original Guinness brewery, and 5,000-year-old Neolithic chamber tombs an hour north. Major destinations: Trinity College and the Book of Kells , Guinness Storehouse , Dublin Castle , Brú na Bóinne (UNESCO Newgrange-Knowth-Dowth), Glendalough monastery , plus broader Dublin cultural-tourism. Plan a 5-7 day Dublin trip. This is one of Europe's most literary cities and the most accessible Celtic heritage destination. Background Dublin was founded in 988 by Vikings as a slave-trading port; the Anglo-Norman invasion 1169 brought English rule that lasted 750 years. The Georgian-era 18th-century rebuild gave Dublin it...