Newgrange

If you are in Dublin and the weather is good, go and have a look at Newgrange. It's around 30-40 minutes north of Dublin and is definitely worth a go. You can get bus tours to Newgrange if you don't have a car yourself. The best is to check this out at the Visitor Centre in Suffolk St.

Newgrange is one of the passage tombs in the Bru na Boinne complex. It's only accessible via guided tour. It was built 3200 BC and excavated and restored in the 60's and 70'. You can only visit 2 of the passage tombs, Newgrange and Knowth and Newgrange the only one that is accessible. Both tombs have been restored differently because there is no proof of what they have looked like. It is pretty much an interpretation of whoever restored them.

Get there fairly early as tickets sell out very fast. I arrived there one year around 3pm and I couldn't get on a tour anymore. Get the combination ticket for both passage tombs as it so interesting to see how different they both look. It's around 10 Euro but well worth it.