Chester Beatty Library
Chester Beatty Library is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Special Olympics Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
The Chester Beatty Library (Irish: Leabharlann Chester Beatty), now known as the Chester Beatty, is a museum and library in the grounds of Dublin Castle, Ireland. It was established in 1953 at 20 Shewsbury Road, Dublin 4, to house the collections of mining magnate, Sir Alfred Chester Beatty. The present museum opened on 7 February 2000, the 125th anniversary of Beatty's birth and was named European Museum of the Year in 2002. The Chester Beatty is one of the premier sources for scholarship in both the Old and New Testaments and is home to one of the most significant collections of historical artefacts and manuscripts from all over the world. The museum also offers numerous temporary exhibitions, many of which include works of art on loan from foreign institutions and collections. The museum contains a number of priceless objects, including one of the surviving volumes of the first illustrated Life of the Prophet and the Gospel of Mani, one of the last surviving Manichaean scriptures. Many manuscripts from the Medinet Madi library are currently held at the Chester Beatty Library.
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Dates from 1950.
Wikidata Q391976, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Office of Public Works
- Fee
- No
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Special Olympics Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Veronica Guerin: 0.0 mi
- St. Michael's le Pale Church Yard: 0.0 mi
- Garda Memorial Garden: 0.1 mi
- Jonathan Swift: 0.1 mi
- Dubh Linn Garden: 0.0 mi
- Peace Park: 0.2 mi
- Saint Patrick's Park: 0.2 mi
- Civic Gardens: 0.2 mi
- Civic Gardens: 0.2 mi
- Black Pool, White Water: 0.1 mi
- Glass Snake: 0.1 mi
- Tree Form: 0.1 mi
- Light Shard: 0.1 mi
- Fortitude: 0.1 mi
- Dublin City Hall: 0.1 mi
- Christ Church Cathedral: 0.2 mi
- Love Wall: 0.2 mi
- Temple Bar: 0.2 mi
- Saint Patrick's Well: 0.2 mi
- Community garden: 0.3 mi
- Provost's Garden: 0.4 mi
- Visual Culture Garden: 0.4 mi
- Rose Garden: 0.5 mi
- Chemistry Garden: 0.6 mi
- St Catherine's Well: 2.0 mi
- Saint Broc's Well: 2.0 mi
- Saint John's Well: 2.1 mi
- Rag Well: 4.9 mi
- Saint Brigid's Well: 5.6 mi
- Telshaun Hill: 5.7 mi
- Kilmashogue: 6.3 mi
- Three Rock Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Montpelier Hill: 6.8 mi
- Slieve Gorra: 7.0 mi
- Revenue Museum: 0.1 mi
- Garda Museum: 0.1 mi
- Dublinia: 0.2 mi
- Civic Museum: 0.2 mi
- The Irish Rock 'n' Roll Museum Experience: 0.2 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 2.3 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 2.6 mi
- Merrion Strand: 3.2 mi
- Dollymount Strand: 5.2 mi
- Seapoint: 5.4 mi
- The Grove: 1.4 mi
- Booterstown Nature Reserve: 3.5 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 3.6 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 3.9 mi
- Wildflower Meadow: 4.9 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 8.6 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 8.6 mi
- Lover's Leap: 11.9 mi
- The Shaft: 13.6 mi
- Streaky Slab: 13.6 mi
- Leixlip Spa Waterfall: 10.0 mi
- Powerscourt Waterfall: 13.7 mi
- Glenmacnass Waterfall: 19.4 mi
- Poulaphuca Waterfall: 20.3 mi
- Devil's Glen Waterfall: 22.1 mi
- Toni's: 1.9 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 8.6 mi
- Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 13.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
- BBQ Area: 17.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Chester Beatty Library. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kippure | SSW 193° | 757 m | 11.6 mi |
| Seefingan | SSW 203° | 722.9 m | 11.3 mi |
| War Hill | S 178° | 684.8 m | 14.0 mi |
| Seahan | SSW 209° | 647.3 m | 9.9 mi |
| Tonduff | S 180° | 642 m | 12.5 mi |
| Seefin | SSW 206° | 620.6 m | 12.0 mi |
| Corrig Mountain | SSW 205° | 617.1 m | 9.8 mi |
| Tonduff East Top | S 177° | 593 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 17:52 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 04:57 | 21:00 | 21:58 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:40 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 08:39 | 15:01 | 16:09 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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