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CHESTER BEATTY LIBRARY
Book of Kells, shmells…the world-famous Chester Beatty Library, housed in the
Clock Tower at the back of Dublin Castle, is not just Ireland's best small museum, but
one of the best you'll find anywhere in Europe.
DON'T MISS...
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Nara e-hon scrolls
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Ibn al-Bawwab Qu'ran
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New Testament papyri
PRACTICALITIES
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01-407 0750
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Dublin Castle
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10am-5pm Mon-Fri, 11am-5pm Sat, 1-5pm Sun year-round, closed Mon Oct-Apr, free tours 1pm Wed,
3pm & 4pm Sun
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50, 51B, 77, 78A or 123
This extraordinary collection, so lovingly and expertly gathered by New York mining
magnate Alfred Chester Beatty - a man of exceedingly good taste - is breathtakingly beau-
tiful and virtually guaranteed to impress. How's that for a build-up?
