Malahide CastleThe same family held this castle for centuries. There is a walled garden and parkland around it.
Walk
The Howth cliff walk
Howth, County Dublin
The loop goes around the head from the village, cliffs on one side and Ireland's Eye offshore.
- Where
- Howth, County Dublin
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
Nearby
The closest places on our lists, in any county.
Malahide CastleThe same family held this castle for centuries. There is a walled garden and parkland around it.
The Ha'penny BridgeThe cast iron footbridge over the Liffey, named after the toll it used to charge to cross.
EPIC The Irish Emigration MuseumIrish emigration, told underground in the vaults of the CHQ Building on the north quays.
National Gallery of IrelandThe state art collection on Merrion Square. You can walk in free, and Caravaggio's Taking of Christ is in there.
Trinity College and the Long RoomThe Book of Kells is in the Treasury under the Long Room. Most of the Long Room's books are out while the building is restored, until the end of 2027.
Killiney HillShort climb above the coast to an obelisk, with the whole of Dublin Bay below it.On nearby
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Kilmainham GaolMuseum · KilmainhamThe prison is kept as it was. The leaders of the 1916 Rising were held here and shot here.
The Phoenix ParkPark · Dublin 8The walled park on the edge of the city has a wild deer herd in it and long straight roads through it.
Dublin CastleCastle · Dublin 2Britain ruled Ireland from here until 1922. State rooms and a garden are open to the public now.
Christ Church CathedralCathedral · Dublin 8Older of the two city cathedrals, and its crypt runs the full length underneath it.
St Patrick's CathedralCathedral · Dublin 8Jonathan Swift is buried inside the national cathedral, and there is a public park beside it.
Temple BarTown · Dublin 2Cobbled lanes on the south bank, with galleries, pubs and a food market at the weekend.
St Stephen's GreenPark · Dublin 2A square of park in the middle of the south side, with a lake, a bandstand and gates onto Grafton Street.
Guinness StorehouseDistillery or brewery · Dublin 8Seven floors of brewing exhibits fill the old fermentation plant at St James's Gate, with a glass walled bar on the roof.