Trinity College is an ode to the most famous sights of Dublin. Full name of the college (College of the Holy Queen Elizabeth and Indivisible Trinity near Dublin) says its founder - Queen Elizabeth I. Year of foundation - 1592.

While in the south-east of the city walls of Dublin was located abandoned monastery of the Holy Trinity. In its place, and it was decided to establish a College. Over time, the city grew and the College was in the heart of Dublin. Today, Trinity College - one of the most prestigious universities of the British Isles, along with such famous educational institutions as Oxford and Cambridge.

The main property of the College - his library. 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 of rare, ancient and most beautiful books in the world. Since 1801, the library began to replenish and today is the five large buildings.

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

The library is one of the most interesting sights of Dublin, and is open for tourists.

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