National Gallery of Ireland

It was founded in 1854 and opened its doors ten years later. The Gallery has an extensive, representative collection of Irish painting and is also notable for its Italian Baroque and Dutch masters painting. The current director of the gallery is Raymond Keaveney. Entry to the gallery is free.

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Merrion Sq W Dublin Dublin City Ireland

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Alan Brutenic

The Gallery has an extensive, representative collection of Irish painting and is also notable for its Italian Baroque and Dutch masters painting . Entry to the gallery is free.

Euridice Moreno

Open Space is the best! more than the paintings or sculptures ,the building itself has a lot o charming,it's impressive: big walls,huge doors, high ceilings ..definitely a must while visiting Dublin!

Grainne Regan

Excellent pop up talk today at Melchior de Hondecoeter's Poultry given by passionate member of the gallery 's conservation staff who lovingly restored it.

Summer Woods

You'll find a great collection of french painters from the early 20th century in this newly renovated building. The admission to the permanent exhibition is free.

Noura Sayed

Free entrance , worth going to just to see some of the artistry & nice architecture . Pass by other museums as well on the way.

Noa Scliar

Free entrance , it was nice but everything was from old times and I prefer also seeing modern art . Very big place

Shirley Moloney

Free admission to the general collection. The new wings are spectacular. Bright and spacious .

Renato Dell

The best place to spend many hours. It's better when you come alone.

@krishaamer

Warm & welcoming. Well worth it on a rainy day. Free entrance . Love the collection of Irish artists ' self portraits. Remember to ask for the audio guide.

Sarah Doody

The portrait gallery is excellent. Loved that the museum is small enough that you feel as though you can really see it all.

Angela Zhou

Free admission to a great collection with masterful landscapes and a rare Vermeer .

Sofia Uz

Beautiful contemporary building and a great collection, not very large, but covering the most important artists

The Ritz-Carlton

The gallery houses 14,000 works, but the most famous is Caravaggio’s 17th century Taking Of Christ. It was discovered in a Dublin Jesuit house in 1993 where it was thought to be copy.

Faith Spino

Great museum ! Look at the famous Remoir and enjoy the other art . Free admission , too.

El Mosh

did not a expect this great museum when i went inside, it is like every building in this country , a maze, with masterpieces

Pauline Sargent

Children's art workshop. Great way to spend an hour with kids. My 11y and 3y olds lived it

Joyce Cheng

Wonderfully small collection. Free admission . Dont forget to pick up the free audio guide on ur way in

Carl Griffin

Free entry. Great collection of Irish art .

Sysel 4

Free entrance . Free cloakroom.

Kat McArt

What is on display is quite small in April, literally 2 galleries , apparently mid June starts more art on display

Denis Akhapkin

Small but quite impressive collection - Vermeer , Claude Monet, Breughel, Fra Angelico... Admission is free

Sofia Galego

Free admission . But they had just one floor open and a couple of paintings ...

Bernard Goldbach

One of the first stops I make for children's books .

KT Florida

Free admission ! Wonderful Irish art on display .

Matthias Bauw

They got monet and Picasso here. Very nice collection

Enzo Martinelli

Great collection of old paintings

Marie Collins

The creative corner is a great place to bring kids, the Turner exhibition is currently running till the end of jan

aoife Flynn

Great spot for some unique Christmas shopping . Got some fab christmas cards and they've great design/fashion books in addition to the usual arty books and merch

TempleBar Tradfest

The National Gallery of Ireland houses the national collection of Irish art and European master paintings . FREE admission

Burt Simpson

Mah...the exhibits are not particularly well curated, or laid out. Few good pieces, but the size of the collection, does not make it a "gallery ".

Karolina Badzmierowska

A very good selection of books about art ! I have never left this shop without a new book ;-) Love it!

Brook H

Free admission , great selection of art .

charlotte oakes

Free admission . Good, varied collection.

Alan Fanning

Another one of Ireland's treasures in Dublin Alan (Dublin Visitors <aclass="entity url"rel="nofollow" href="http://www.dublin1.webs.com"target="_blank" data-sig="KJd8sa6HroUTHWXpcMTJZsnti9A=" onmousedown="fourSq.ui.OutgoingLink.mousedown($(this), event)" data-source="tip-text">http://www.dublin1.webs.com</a>)

Robert Arismendi

Excellent gallery . Highly recommended!

Candice Rivera

Learned a lot, got a great rooftop view !

alena sleptsova kavanagh

Check out Shades of grey, Painting without colour. Awesome!

Brian Laffan

Great place for the family

Bat Man

The toilets here are always well kept. This place is useful if you get caught short in the Merrion Square area.

Fergus O'Rourke

The cafeteria (Clare Street) entrance is a good place to get some reading & writing done

Tom Waits

Still refuse to display my exhibition of 'tea bags' pressed against frosted glass windows ! It's art , d*mn it!

Chris Murphy

Currently undergoing a €20 million of renovations and an extension, set to be completed by late 2015

Olga Gonzalez

Small but pretty

Ølya

It's free????

Valeria Slabbers

I was not impressed, there were very few paintings and the location was small..

Pavel Doronin

Бесплатный вход, очень крутая коллекция , есть бесплатные туры. Если есть желание заплатить, можно сделать пожертвование наличными или картой .

Bila Zmrzlina

Kostenloser Eintritt, Goya, mein erster Caravaggio

Romain David

La plupart des salles etaient fernées aujourdhui mais l'entrée était gratuite et il y a quelques très belles oeuvres .

Francisco Ilabaca

Fantástico espacio y cuadros, realmente me sorprendió

Aslı Öztürk

Giriş ücretsiz ve görülmesi gerekir!

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