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The life and works of Yeats, Behan, Wilde, Shaw and many other literary greats, plus the Book of Kells, can be visited in Dublin, starting with Trinity College.

Inexpensive places to stay aren't always easy to come by in Europe's capital cities, but here are some recommended cheap hotels and other options in Dublin, Ireland

Affordable accommodation in Dublin can be found, as there is a lot of choice so deals may be available. For the cheapest rooms, look to the suburbs not the city centre

The Oxford coffee house was the perfect meeting place for intellectually curious, and argumentative male students. But the Oxford University authorities were watching.

Discovering Dublin is easy. It's small enough to walk around and is steeped in history and also loaded with contemporary culture.Temple Bar great for night life an music.

Dublin is an intimate capital of outstanding Irish history and lively fun, but its people are what make it special and well worth a visit.

Super producer Timothy Mosley also known as Timbaland will be welcomed into the Philosophical Society of Trinity College Dublin in October.

Cambridge is a town with a long and varied history and a lot to see, so if the visitor only has one day here, what is the best way? The answer is a guided walking tour.

Arthur Hallam and Alfred Tennyson met in 1829 at Cambridge University when they were eighteen and nineteen. They took to each other instantly and forged a lifelong bond.

Dublin offers the historic and the contemporary: 8thc. Book of Kells at Trinity College, a concert by rock band U2, Bewley's 19th-c. coffee house or trendy Temple Bar.

Dublin city is small and compact by European standards, making it the ideal city to navigate by foot and enjoy on a short weekend break.

Although he taught literature at Toronto's Trinity College for 21 years, Davies entered university as a non-degree student because he could not pass a mathematics exam.

Charles Dance (soon to feature in BBC ONE's Merlin) graces the screen in ITV2's sinister yet darkly comical drama, Trinity in which he plays an odious college dean.

Often the best way to explore a European city is on foot and Dublin, Ireland, is no exception. It's even easy to do with iWalk Dublin free audio tours.

The number of Americans calling themselves Christians has declined drastically over the last two decades as more people identify with nontraditional denominations.

Oscar Wilde is one of the finest of wittiest writers ever to grace the English language with verse. This is a short biography of his life and later scandal.

Mona Lisa is an informal restaurant with a family atmosphere serving contemporary Italian-American food in the heart of Dublin.

The Dublin Bus hop on-hop off tour aims to give tourists the freedom to explore everything Dublin has to offer within 24 hours.

In 1625, George Calvert owned a 2,300-acre estate in County Longford in Northern Ireland. He would soon be made the first Lord Baltimore.

A review of Fiona McCarthy's superb one-volume biography of Romantic poet Lord Byron.

Short history of the Christmas carol "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night," a best-loved Nativity song.

Sir Isaac Newton was a pioneering physicist and mathematician and one of the foremost scientific intellects of all time.

Two universities, each subdivided into many colleges - spire inspirations for many writers and works of fantasy...fatal, freakish, and fairytale stories from Oxbridge.

Brief biography of Irish writer Samuel Beckett, influential British writer of the 20th century, leading dramatist and Nobel laureate in literature.

Aleister Crowley's obsession with the occult, satanism, and the pursuit of magical power led him to a life filled with a mix of brilliant study and bizarre ritual.

Temple Bar, Guinness Brewery, St. Stephen's Green, Tattoos - Dublin, Ireland is a city of entertainment, where the old and the new live comfortably side by side.

Grinling Gibbons, influenced by the Baroque style of the Netherlands, created realistic still life woodcarvings from limewood. His skill has never been surpassed.

Whenever college baseball is mentioned, the Northeast doesn't always come to mind as a college baseball hotbed. Several Major League Baseball teams did think so, however.

One of Europe's most buzzing cities, Dublin tends to charm most visitors. What's mosre the city's charisma can be sampled on even the shortest of visits.

When the result of the Man Booker Prize was announced on 16th October 2007, the winner came as a surprise to most. Who exactly is Enright, and is The Gathering any good?

The life, times and personal triumphs of one of the world's most brilliant philosophers and statesmen.

Everyone has read books about the Holocaust, and may feel that everything to be said has been said. John Boyne's book disproves this time and time again with readers.

Biography of Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, British composer with enormous influence as music professor.

Many colleges in Oxford open their doors to visitors, a wonderful chance to marvel at the architecture, enjoy the gardens and feel inspired by great men and women.

Brief biography of English playwright and poet William Congreve, best known for The Old Bachelor and The Way of the World.

As the first Indian to win two Oscars, Rehman, the Mozart of Madras, has enabled Indian music to move onto the world stage.

Written by Henry F. Lyte and composed by William H. Monk, this solemn hymn is a favorite among Christians in times of sorrow.

Influenced by Arthur Edward Waite, he joined the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Later, he was a member of the Ordo Temple Orientis, Order of the Temple of the East.

Traditional loved thanksgiving and harvest Christian song, with tune name St. George's Windsor, collaborated by Henry Alford and George Elvey.

Anthony Blunt lead a successful life as museum curator and Royal Family insider. Later it was revealed that Blunt was a double agent working for MI5 and the KGB.

Inspired history of the gospel song 'Beyond the Sunset, O Blissful Morning' and brief biography of hymn-writer Virgil Brock and his wife Blanche, who composed it.

People incorrectly assume that St. Patrick first introduced Christianity to Ireland. Instead, he replaced Palladius, the first Irish bishop.

Connecticut was the home of two of the most celebrated and performed composers of the nineteenth century in the persons of Dudley Buck and Harry Rowe Shelley.

Marriage rates across the world have been on a steady decline since 1972.

Brief biography and works of American dramatist Edward Albee, prominent in the mid-20th century theatrical stage.

You don't have to be a student to enjoy history, art and sports at Duke University. Spend a day exploring this beautiful campus and see why Blue Devils pride runs deep.

A new tactile rug by artist Amanda Allen helps blind people and children make the most of their visit to the Painted Hall of the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich.

Fergal Murray is envied by millions of beer drinkers, even if they don't recognize his name - he's been head brewmaster for Guinness and Southwick since 1995.

Gulliver's Travels is seen as many things, from biting satirical commentary to mild-mannered children's fiction.

Life and works of James Clerk Maxwell, considered the 19th century's greatest scientist, famous for electromagnetism and Maxwell's Equations.