Trinity College is one of the most famous attractions of Dublin. Full name of College (a College of Queen Elizabeth the Holy and Undivided Trinity near Dublin) says about its founder - Queen Elizabeth I. it was established in 1592.

While on Southeast from the city walls of Dublin was located abandoned monastery of the Holy Trinity. In its place, and it was decided to found a College. Over time the city grew and the College was in the heart of Dublin. Today Trinity College is one of the most prestigious Universities in the British Isles along with such well-known educational institutions like Oxford and Cambridge.

The main asset of the College is its library. The library of Trinity College is one of the five richest libraries in the world. For its construction took 20 years (1712-1732). Now it holds about 4 million rare, ancient and beautiful books of the world. Since 1801, the library began to grow and today includes five large buildings.

The main treasure of the library - the book of Kells, created by Celtic monks from the 6th to the 9th century. It is written in Latin, and includes the text of the four Gospels in 680 pages, richly decorated with miniatures, ornaments, patterns and medieval calligraphy, which puts the book in one of the most significant works of art, Scotland, Ireland and Northern England.

The library is one of the most interesting attractions of Dublin, and is open to tourists.

Despite high requirements to the applicants at Trinity College today, and enrolled over 15,000 students and teaches more than 1,200 teachers. Among the graduates are outstanding people such as the author of the famous "Gulliver's Travels" Jonathan swift, Nobel Laureates Samuel Beckett and Ernest Walton, playwright Oscar Wilde, mathematician William Hamilton, the philosopher George Berkeley, the first President of Ireland Douglas Hyde, former President of Ireland - Mary Robinson, and the current President of Ireland is Mary Makkals.