Book of Kells Experience & Trinity Trails

Get the ultimate Trinity visitor experience with a combined Book of Kells Experience & Trinity trails ticket.
A tour guide with 3 people in Trinity's Museum Building.

Start with a guided tour of Trinity campus

Maximise your Dublin itinerary and opt for a combined Book of Kells Experience & Trinity Trails ticket. This immersive experience takes in all of Trinity’s visitor highlights and spans 2 hours in total.

Start in Trinity’s iconic Front Square where you will meet your expert Trinity Trails guide and embark on an 45 minute walking tour of Trinity’s historic campus.

As you pass through leafy walkways and cobblestone squares, your guide will take you through the ages of Trinity’s 400 year history. Discover hidden gems, learn about famous past students and get exclusive access to the Museum Building, which boasts one of the most stunning interiors in Dublin.

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An installation of Earth in the Long Room

Afterwards, take a journey through the Book of Kells Experience

When your Trinity Trails walking tour is complete, your guide will drop you to the Old Library, where the Book of Kells Experience begins.

Learn about the making of the Book of Kells before you view the 1,200 year old manuscript up close. Afterwards, explore the world-famous Long Room library chamber and to marvel at the new Gaia installation.

Your journey continues at the Pavilion building, less than a minute’s walk from the Old Library. Here, you will explore a series of awe-inspiring digital spaces that allow visitors to experience the Book of Kells and the Libraries collections like never before.

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Ticket FAQs

Answers to your questions

Online booking is recommended, since this is a timed experience there is no guarantee that a slot will be available on your arrival to Trinity campus.

Tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded, except at the absolute discretion of the Visit Trinity team. For further details contact trinitytrails@tcd.ie.

Yes, the tours are suitable for families. Please advise, children must be supervised at all times.

Yes, the nearest accessible toilets for visitors are located:

Monday – Friday: The Arts Block (beside the Perch Café)

Saturday – Sunday: The Berkeley Library (inside the front door on the left)

This timed experience that starts in Front Square at the specific time-slot that you book. Your visit to the Book of Kells and Old Library will take place after your tour through Trinity’s 47 acre campus.

Our guided walking tours follow accessible walkways across Trinity campus. Please be advised that from time to time, there may be an area that is not entirely suitable, in which case there will simply be a slight delay on route.

The Book of Kells and Old Library (which you will enter after your campus tour) is fully wheelchair accessible. If you plan on visiting with a wheelchair, please reach out in advance by emailing us at: trinitytrails@tcd.ie.

Tours of Trinity campus can only be conducted through Trinity’s official tour guides and by authorized staff of the University. For further information email: Enquiries@tcd.ie.

Photographs are permitted across Trinity campus. However, tripods are not permitted.

Photographs are permitted in the Book of Kells Exhibition and in the Long Room. However, flash photography is not permitted in the Old Library.

Photos of the Book of Kells itself are not permitted.

All customer cash tips are kept by our employees in full. Tips and gratuities do not form part of our employee’s contractual pay. Any tips paid in cash are retained by the individual employee. They may or may not have arrangements in place to share these tips with other employees. We do not participate in any aspect of cash tips. We don’t charge any admin fees or make any other company deductions. Trinity Brand Commercial Services LTD fully supports the Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Act 2022.

Getting to Trinity

Taxi
• Ask for Trinity College, College Green entrance. Cost €30.

Bus
• The Aircoach leaves Dublin airport every 15min, 24 hours a day. Cost: €9
• Ask to be dropped off at Kildare Street. Walk towards Nassau Street and take the Nassau street entrance of Trinity College opposite KC Peaches/Costa Coffee.

By taxi:
• Ask for Trinity College, College Green entrance. Cost: €15.

By tram:
• Head to the Connolly LUAS stop or the Bus Aras LUAS stop
• Buy a ticket to Trinity. Cost €3
• You will need to switch from the RED LUAS line to the GREEN LUAS line at the Abbey Street LUAS stop.

By taxi:
• Ask for Trinity College, College Green entrance. Cost: €15.

By tram:
• Head to Hueston LUAS stop.
• Buy a ticket to Trinity. Cost €3
• You will need to switch from the RED LUAS line to the GREEN LUAS line at the Abbey Street LUAS stop.