#1 bucket list item checked off today, and it was everything I'd dreamed of. ❤️ A cathedral for books. I didn't want to leave. #trinitycollege #thelongroom #library #theoldlibrary #dublin #ireland

The Long Room Library at Trinity College Dublin. c1885. The National Library of Ireland. No known copyright restrictions.

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Photo I took of the library in Trinity College Dublin.

Construction finished in 1732 and it contains 200,000 books.

You’ll find preserved one of the few remaining copies of the original 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic which was read out by Padraig Pearse at the start of the Easter Rising.

It also houses marble busts of famous historic writers and philosophers.

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You can find a lot of cool pics of #TheLongRoom at #TrinityCollege, so I'll throw in a #Huawei360camera version for variety.

Featuring #Shakespeare's bust, and the one of the oldest harps in #Ireland.

https://www.tcd.ie/library/old-library/long-room/

The Long Room - The Library of Trinity College Dublin - Trinity College Dublin

The main chamber of the Old Library is the Long Room; at nearly 65 metres in length, it is normally filled with 200,000 of the Library’s oldest books and is one of the most impressive libraries in the worl