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About 25 miles away
A 5,000-year-old passage tomb, older than the Pyramids.
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National Museum of Ireland
A free museum of Irish archaeology, with Celtic gold, the Ardagh Chalice and eerily preserved bog bodies.
- Open
- Tuesday to Sunday; closed Mondays
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 2 hours
- Address
- Kildare Street, Dublin 2Directions
- Getting There
- A 5-minute walk from St Stephen's Green.
Why Go
In a Victorian building on Kildare Street, the archaeology museum shows prehistoric gold, Viking finds and early Christian treasures such as the Tara Brooch.
Its bog bodies, Iron Age people preserved in the peat, are unforgettable.
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