GETTING THERE
US Airways offers one-stop flights from BWI Marshall and Reagan National to Dublin, with fares starting at $603 round trip.
WHERE TO STAY
The Merrion
Upper Merrion St.
011-353-1-603-0600
Luxurious hotel where President Obama had been scheduled to stay on his May visit to Dublin, until an Icelandic volcano prompted an early flight out of town. Rooms from $270.
Kellys Hotel
36 S. Great Georges St.
011-353-1-648-0010
Probably the most chic boutique hotel in the city, in the heart of Dublin’s cool quarter, with award-winning restaurant L’Gueuleton downstairs. Rooms from $106.
WHERE TO EAT
Cafe Joly
National Library, Kildare Street
011-353-1-603-0200
www.nli.ie/en/cafe-and-shop.aspx
Recently revamped tea rooms in the National Library, with a focus on local Irish produce. Sandwiches and soups start at $6.50.
Silk Road Cafe
Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle
011-353-1-407-0770
Middle Eastern, North African and Mediterranean cuisine at reasonable prices, and entirely in keeping with the Chester Beatty’s aesthetic. Lunch dishes start at $15.
Library Bar
Central Hotel, Exchequer Street
www.centralhoteldublin.com/
library_bar.php
011-353-1-679-7302
The only library in Dublin where you’re encouraged to talk. Guinness $6, gin and tonic $10.
WHAT TO DO
Trinity Old Library
Trinity College
011-353-1-896-2320
www.tcd.ie/Library/bookofkells
Monday-Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. May-September; Sunday noon to 4:30 p.m. October-April. Adults about $12; students and seniors about $11.
The National Library of Ireland
Kildare Street
011-353-1-603-0200
Monday-Wednesday 9:30 a.m. to 7:45 p.m.; Thursday-Friday 9:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.; Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Free.
Marsh’s Library
St. Patrick’s Close
011-353-1-454-3511
Weekdays except Tuesday 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Adults about $3.40; students and seniors about $2.
Chester Beatty Library
Dublin Castle
011-353-1-407-0750
Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Free.
INFORMATION
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