Ballinteer
Ballinteer is a small southside suburb of Dublin, located in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, County Dublin, Ireland, extensively developed from the late 1960s onwards.
Ballinteer is a small southside suburb of Dublin, located in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, County Dublin, Ireland, extensively developed from the late 1960s onwards.
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Worth seeing in and around Ballinteer
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.
- 01Rathfarnham Castle
Rathfarnham Castle is a 16th-century fortified house in Rathfarnham, South Dublin, Ireland. Originally a semi-fortified and battlemented structure, it underwent extensive alterations in the 18th century.
2 km · castle in Rathfarnham, South Dublin, Ireland · Wikipedia - 02Islamic Cultural Centre of Ireland
The Islamic Cultural Centre of Ireland is an Islamic complex, including a mosque, in Clonskeagh, Dublin, Ireland. It is funded by the al-Maktoum Foundation of Dubai and has a Sunni orientation.
3.2 km · Islamic complex, including a mosque, in Clonskeagh, Dublin, Ireland · Wikipedia - 03UCD Bowl
The UCD Bowl, also known as the Belfield Bowl, is a rugby union and football stadium in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. It is the home ground of University College Dublin R.F.C. in the AIB All Ireland League and League of Ireland First Division side University College Dublin A.F.C. It has also hosted training sessions for the Ireland national rugby union team and various touring international teams including the All Blacks.
3.9 km · stadium in Dublin, Ireland · Wikipedia - 04Kilmashogue
Kilmashogue or Kilmashoge is a mountain in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown county in Ireland. It is 408 metres high and forms part of the group of hills in the Dublin Mountains which comprises Two Rock, Three Rock, Kilmashogue and Tibradden Mountains.
3.6 km · mountain in Ireland · Wikipedia - 05Nine Arches Bridge
The Nine Arches Bridge is a viaduct over the River Dodder in Milltown, Dublin, Ireland. The Luas tram Green Line crosses the bridge.
2.9 km · bridge in Ireland · Wikipedia - 06Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland
The Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland, An Institiúid Éireannach um Chosaint Raideolaíoch, was an independent public body in Ireland under the aegis of the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. The RPII was established in 1992 under the Radiological Protection Act 1991, which conferred on the RPII a broad remit in relation to radiological protection in Ireland.
3.6 km · Irish research institute · Wikipedia - 07University College Dublin Library
The University College Dublin Library, composed of five separate bodies, holds varied ranges of digital and printed books on a wide range of topics, including architecture, arts and humanities, business studies, engineering, law, medicine, science, social sciences and veterinary medicine. In 2015 UCD Archives and the National Folklore Collection UCD came under the administrative umbrella of UCD Library.
3.9 km · university library · Wikipedia - 08Marlay Park
Marlay Park is a 121 hectares suburban public park located in Rathfarnham in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. Lying about nine kilometres from Dublin city centre, the parkland comprises woodlands, ponds and walks.
700 m · park in Dublin, Republic of Ireland · Wikipedia - 09Pearse Museum
The Pearse Museum is dedicated to the memory of Patrick Pearse and his brother, William. Patrick Pearse was an educationalist and nationalist who was executed for his part in the 1916 Rising.
1 km · biographical museum in Dublin, Ireland · Wikipedia - 10Dundrum Luas stop
Dundrum is a stop on the Luas light rail tram system in Dublin, Ireland which serves the suburb of Dundrum. It opened in 2004 as a stop on the Green Line, which re-uses the alignment of the Harcourt Street railway line which closed in 1958.
1.8 km · Tram/light rail stop in Dublin, Ireland · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ballinteer
- Airports
- Dublin (DUB), 16 km · Isle of Man (IOM), 140 km · Belfast (BFS), 153 km
- Stations
- Balally Luas stop, 2 km · Stillorgan Luas stop, 3.8 km · Kilmacud Luas stop, 2.8 km · Cowper Luas stop, 3.8 km · Milltown Luas stop, 3.1 km
- Charlestown → Ballinteer4810 km · quickest by air, 11h 2m · $770–1,190
- Shannon → BallinteerTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Cork → Ballinteer214 km · quickest by road, 3h 40m · €26–36
- 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 Ballinteer
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 Ballinteer. 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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If you know how people move in Ballinteer – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Ballinteer
Ballinteer is 5 km from South Dublin, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Rathfarnhamhuman settlement2.1 km
- Dundrumsuburb of Dublin1.7 km
- Rathgarsuburb of Dublin3.2 km
- Terenuresuburb of Dublin in Leinster, Ireland3.2 km
- Clonskeaghsuburb of Dublin3.3 km
- Milltownsuburb of Dublin, Ireland3.6 km