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What Will Your Dublin Encounter Be?

Perusing the rare and exquisite manuscripts of the Chester Beatty Library

Dancing up a storm at a ceilidh

Strolling through the lofty Elizabethan academe of Trinity College

Paying homage to Dublin's theatrical geniuses [...]

A small country with a big reputation, helped along by a timeless, age-caressed landscape and a fascinating, friendly people, whose lyrical nature is expressed in the warmth of their welcome. Fionn Davenport, Lonely Planet Writer
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