South Dublin
South Dublin is a county in Ireland, within the province of Leinster and the Eastern and Midland Region.
South Dublin is a county in Ireland, within the province of Leinster and the Eastern and Midland Region. It is one of three successor counties to County Dublin, which was disestablished for administrative purposes in 1994. South Dublin County Council is the local authority for the county. The county contains both dense suburbs of Dublin and stretches of unpopulated mountains. In 2022 it had a population of 301,075, making it the fourth most populous county in the state.
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Worth seeing in and around South Dublin
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Tallaght Stadium
Tallaght Stadium is an association football stadium in Ireland based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club Shamrock Rovers originally announced details of the stadium in July 1996.
3.8 km · Soccer stadium in the suburbs of Dublin, Ireland · Wikipedia - 02Park West
Park West is a large business park within west Dublin, Ireland. Over 300 companies, with more than 10,000 employees, are based in the business park.
3.7 km · park in Republic of Ireland · Wikipedia - 03Baldonnel
Baldonnel is a townland in County Dublin, Ireland. It is an agricultural and industrial area near Rathcoole, Clondalkin, Tallaght, Lucan, Saggart, Newcastle and Naas.
1.8 km · Townland in South Dublin, site of the HQ of the Irish Air Corps · Wikipedia - 04Institute of Technology, Tallaght
The Institute of Technology Tallaght was a third-level institution in Tallaght, the largest suburb of Dublin, Ireland. Established in 1992, IT Tallaght offered degree and postgraduate courses as well as adult education courses.
3.8 km · constituent college of TU Dublin · Wikipedia - 05Drimnagh Castle
Drimnagh Castle is a Norman castle located in Drimnagh, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is the only remaining castle in Ireland with a flooded moat around it; this moat is fed by a tributary of a local river, the Camac.
5.7 km · Norman castle · Wikipedia - 06Clondalkin Round Tower
Clondalkin Round Tower is an Irish round tower located in Clondalkin, County Dublin, Ireland. Located on the site of a monastery founded by Saint Mochua, the tower is protected as a national monument.
2 km · round tower in Clondalkin, Ireland · Wikipedia - 07Ballyfermot College of Further Education
Ballyfermot College of Further Education is an educational institution in Ballyfermot, Dublin, Ireland, a college of further and higher education.
5.4 km · College in Dublin, Ireland · Wikipedia - 08Liffey Valley Shopping Centre
Liffey Valley Shopping Centre is a shopping centre located in Dublin, Ireland which comprises 80 stores and 20 restaurants. The centre opened on 14 October 1998 and is located near the junction of the M50 motorway and N4 road closely surrounded by Lucan to the west, Palmerstown Village to the east and Clondalkin to the south.
5.3 km · shopping centre in the western suburbs of Dublin, Ireland · Wikipedia - 09National Basketball Arena
National Basketball Arena, also known as Tallaght Arena, is an indoor sporting arena located in Tymon Park, Tallaght, South Dublin, adjacent to the M50 motorway. The capacity of the arena is 2,500 people and it opened in January 1993.
5.5 km · an indoor sporting arena located in Ireland · Wikipedia - 10Tully's Castle
Tully's Castle is a castle and a National Monument in Clondalkin, Ireland.
2.1 km · castle in South Dublin, Ireland · Wikipedia
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Getting to South Dublin
- Airports
- Dublin (DUB), 17 km · Isle of Man (IOM), 146 km · Belfast (BFS), 151 km
- Stations
- Casement Aerodrome, 2.6 km · Adamstown railway station, 4.9 km · Park West and Cherry Orchard railway station, 4.4 km · Clondalkin/Fonthill railway station, 2.9 km · Kishoge railway station, 3.2 km
- Charlestown → South Dublin4804 km · quickest by air, 11h · $770–1,190
- Shannon → South DublinTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Cork → South Dublin211 km · quickest by road, 3h 31m · €25–35
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for South Dublin
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for South Dublin. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inEurolines 871 runs on Saturday evening from London Victoria via Birmingham, Holyhead and the ferry to reach Dublin city centre early Sunday morning; the reverse run leaves Dublin Friday evening.
- Get inhas ferries from Holyhead in Wales (Stena and Irish Ferries, 3 hr 30 min) and Douglas, Isle of Man (Isle of Man Ferries, 3 hr 30 min).
- Get inThe former ferry port of Dún Laoghaire is no longer used.
- Get inAnother ferry route is the short crossing from Cairnryan in Scotland to Belfast, then by road or rail to Dublin.
- Get inIf you're visiting just for a day trip, don't bring a car into the congested centre, use a Park & Ride.
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Next door to South Dublin
South Dublin is 11 km from Dublin, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.