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Kilmainham Gaol. Contact Details Address: Inchicore Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8.Telephone No: +353 1 453 5984Fax No: +353 1 453 2037Email: kilmainhamgaol@opw.ie Group Booking : kilmainhamgaol@opw.ie Opening Hours April - September: Daily 09:30 - 18:00 (last admission at 17:00) October - March: Mon -Sat 09:30 - 17:30 (last admission at 16:30), Sunday: 10:00 - 18:00 (last admission at 17:00) Average Length of Visit: 1.5 hours Closed on the 24th, 25th & 26th December Kilmainham Gaol has achieved a Tripadvisor rating of 4.5 by its guests for the year 2012 and has been awarded a Certificate of Excellence Admission Fees C Adult: €6.00 Sen/Group: €4.00 Child/Student: €2.00 Family: €14.00 Credit/Debit cards are not accepted at the moment.

Kilmainham Gaol

Facilities Toilets, Disabled Toilets, Baby changing, Exhibition Area Restaurant/Tearooms: Yes - Tearoom One of the largest unoccupied gaols in Europe, covering some of the most heroic and tragic events in Ireland's emergence as a modern nation from 1780s to the 1920s. St Patricks Cathedral. GUINNESS STOREHOUSE. The Iveagh Gardens. Contact Details Address: Clonmel Street, Dublin 2.

The Iveagh Gardens

Telephone No: +353 1 475 7816Fax No: +353 1 475 5287Email: info@heritageireland.ie Opening Hours Open all year 2014. St Stephens Green. Ireland Museum of Modern Art. Christ Church Cathedral. Christ Church Cathedral (founded c.1028) is the spiritual heart of the city, and one of the top visitor attractions in Dublin.

Christ Church Cathedral

Step inside and you can enjoy the cathedral’s beautiful interior and fascinating medieval crypt. There’s so much to see and discover at Christ Church Cathedral. Here are a few ideas to get you started... Explore the crypt Follow the steps that bring you beneath the cathedral and explore the medieval crypt, one of the largest in Britain & Ireland, and the earliest surviving structure in the city. Follow in the footsteps of pilgrims Christ Church Cathedral was a major pilgrimage site in the medieval period, with an important collection of relics ranging from a miraculous speaking cross to a piece from the crib of Jesus. Visit the ‘Cat & the Rat’ A mummified cat & rat are the most unusual inhabitants of the crypt, but also the most popular.

Experience Evensong Treat yourself to tasty delights in the Cathedral Cafe in the atmospheric 12th Century Crypt. National Botanic Gardens. Contact Details Address: National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 Telephone No: Tour Bookings +353 1 857 0909Other enquiries +353 1 804 0300 Fax No: +353 1 836 0080 Email: Tour Bookings botanicscentre@opw.ie Other botanicgardens@opw.ie.

National Botanic Gardens

Dublin Castle. Contact Details Address: Dame Street, Dublin 2.

Dublin Castle

Telephone No: +353 1 645 8813Fax No: +353 1 679 7831E-mail: dublincastle@opw.ie Website: www.dublincastle.ie Opening Hours Open all Year Round 2014 Mon - Sat: 10.00 - 16.45Sun and Bank Holidays: 12.00 - 16.45Closed 24 - 28 and 31 December, 1 January and Good Friday. Last admission at 16.45 Dublin Castle can be closed at short notice for Government Business.The State Apartments may be closed occasionally for State functions.

Average Length of Visit: 1 hour. Admission Fees Adult: €4.50 Student/Senior Citizen: €3.50 Child (under 12): €2.00 Facilities Craft shop, Toilets, toilet for visitors with disabilities. Dublin Castle: Originally built in the 13th century on a site previously settled by the Vikings it functioned as a military fortress, a prison, treasury, courts of law and the seat of English Administration in Ireland for 700 years. Bus Routes: 54 (Burgh Quay), 50, 50A, 56A, 77, 77A, 77B (Aston Quay) St Marys Abbey Dublin. Contact Details Address: Meetinghouse Lane, Off Capel Street, Dublin 1.

St Marys Abbey Dublin

Email: info@heritageireland.ie Opening Hours Please email info@heritageireland.ie with any queries. Admission Fees Free Facilities Exhibition.