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Berkeley Library, Trinity College
“In a brilliant historic setting, suddenly there’s this Brutalist 1960’s building. To me, the contrast speaks to Dublin’s transformation from Europe’s poorest capital into one of its wealthiest ones.” College Green; 353-1/896-1000; tcd.ie.
Guinness Storehouse
What’s said to be the earliest steel-framed multistoried building in the British Isles was built in 1904 as the Fermentation House for the brewery. St. James’s Gate; 353-1/408-4800; guinness-storehouse.com. -
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
“It’s amazing,” says Stipe of the church where Jonathan Swift, a former dean, is buried. Steps away, Marsh’s Library, the first public library in Ireland (ca. 1701), is still open. St. Patrick’s Close; 353-1/454-3511; marshlibrary.ie.
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