Worth a DetourNewgrange
County Meath
About 26 miles away
A 5,000-year-old passage tomb, older than the Pyramids.
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National Gallery of Ireland
A free gallery of European and Irish art, with Caravaggio's Taking of Christ and the paintings of Jack B. Yeats.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Free; paid for special exhibitions
- Time Needed
- 1½ hours
- Address
- Merrion Square West, Dublin 2Directions
- Getting There
- A 10-minute walk from Trinity College.
Why Go
The collection runs from Italian and Dutch masters to Irish painters, with a room devoted to Jack B. Yeats. Caravaggio's Taking of Christ was rediscovered in a Dublin Jesuit house in 1990.
It's on Merrion Square.
Nearby in Dublin
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About 134 miles away
Huge sea cliffs, and a strange limestone landscape.
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