Ireland's Ancient East: A Fortnight From Dublin Port

On Cook Street, pass through St Audoen's Arch, the only surviving gate of Dublin's medieval walls, and climb the steps from it to the church above

In the Book of Kells exhibition, find the page on show — at least three monks' hands have been identified in the manuscript, and it took the skins of about 185 calves

At Clonycavan Man, look at the hair — held up with a gel of plant oil and pine resin from Spain or southern France, which is Iron Age trade you can see

Climb the seven floors around the atrium shaped like a pint

Start at the Brú na Bóinne visitor centre and take the shuttle across the Boyne

Climb the Hill of Slane and pick out the Hill of Tara 16km to the south

Find Muiredach's High Cross at Monasterboice, 5.5 metres tall and regarded as the finest high cross in Ireland, beside a 28-metre round tower

On the Hill of Tara, find the Lia Fáil, the Stone of Destiny, standing on the Forradh, where legend says it cried out under the true king

Tour Kilkenny Castle and its Picture Gallery, remodelled in the 1860s to hang the Butler family's paintings

Take the guided tour down into the cave, 11km north of Kilkenny city

Take the guided tour of the abbey — the cloister carvings require explanation to understand

Find the Romanesque frescoes in Cormac's Chapel, the only ones to survive in Ireland

Find the portcullis still hanging at the gate

Tour the Swiss Cottage at Kilcommon near Cahir, an 1810 cottage orné attributed to Regency architect John Nash

Cross the field and the stream to reach the priory — there is no formal entrance

Cycle the greenway west from Kilmacthomas towards the coast

Start at the Copper Coast Geopark visitor centre in the old church at Knockmahon

Walk Stradbally Cove, 8.5km west of Bunmahon on the Copper Coast UNESCO Global Geopark

Walk Tintern Abbey, founded around 1200 by William Marshal after a vow made when his ship was caught in a storm nearby — hence its name, Tintern de Voto

Walk the full length of the roofless nave and stand under the crossing tower

Take the guided tour from the Mesolithic camp to the Viking harbour

Walk up past the Upper Lake and the Poulanass waterfall to Reefert Church, the 11th-century 'church of the kings' where the O'Toole and O'Byrne chiefs were buried

Climb the zig-zag path from the Upper Lake car park, up past the Poulanass waterfall, onto the Spinc

View Lough Tay, the 'Guinness Lake', from the R759 viewpoint — the shore below is private land, so this is the view

Walk the Italian Garden down to Triton Lake