Visiting Dublin for 9 days - is there a pass to visit sites - or is pay as you go better? Below are the sites we are scheduled to visit: St. Patrick's Cathedral Guided tour of Dublin Castle Walking tour of St. Stephen's Green Tour of Tara, Boyne Valley, and Newgrange Visit to Kilmainham Gaol Visit to Joyce Center Visits to Trinity College, Book of Kells, and Old Library Guided tour of Yeats exhibit (National Library) Visit to National Museum Visit to National Gallery Evening performance at Gate Theatre Train ride to Joyce Tower (Sandy Cove) Guided tour of Joyce Tower Self-guided tour of Writers' Museum (Dublin) It is all being arranged, we just have to pay entrance fees where applicable.
Thank you for reading and any help!
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The Republic of Ireland OPW Heritage Card (21 euro - 16 euro for over 60) is usually a no brainer for a busy tourist. The card is good for a whole year. For you I suggest you do the math to see if it's worthwhile. Newgrange and Knowth are covered. They will almost pay for your card. Dublin Castle tour, Hill of Tara, Boyne Battle Site and Kilmainham Gaol are also covered. You didn't mention Trim Castle but it's covered and I recommend it. One of the nice things the Heritage Card gets you is the ability to go to the front of the line. That really helped us be a 20 minute line to get into the Goal. With the pass, you go around the people taking money and they just mark you down in their pass book.