Trinity College’s Old Library, in Dublin, is home to the Book of Kells and more than 200,000 other ancient books.

The Book Lover’s Guide to Dublin

With the Bloomsday and Dalkey literary festivals kicking off, this is the peak week to get lit in the Irish capital

By George Rush

You can’t get far in Dublin without banging into some literary giant.

Passengers arriving at the airport are confronted by a billboard asking, “Isn’t there the light of seven heavens in your heart alone … ?” The floor-to-ceiling quote from J. M. Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World is among the giant P.S.A.’s (Poetic Service Announcements) that point visitors toward Ireland’s soul in the way most airports direct you to the baggage carousel.