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Crumlin

Crumlin is a Southside suburb of Dublin, Ireland.

The place

Crumlin is a Southside suburb of Dublin, Ireland. Formerly a rural area, it became heavily built up from the early 20th century onwards. Crumlin is the site of Ireland's largest children's hospital, Our Lady's Children's Hospital.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Crumlin

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.

  1. 01
    Dublin Castle

    Dublin Castle is a major Irish government complex, conference centre, and tourist attraction. It is located off Dame Street in central Dublin.

    3.9 km · castle · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    St Patrick's Cathedral

    Saint Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland is the national cathedral of the Church of Ireland. Christ Church Cathedral, also a Church of Ireland cathedral in Dublin, is designated as the local cathedral of the Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough.

    3.4 km · cathedral in Dublin, Ireland · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin

    Christ Church Cathedral, more formally The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, is the cathedral of the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough and the cathedral of the ecclesiastical province of the United Provinces of Dublin and Cashel in the Church of Ireland. It is situated in Dublin, Ireland, and is the elder of the capital city's two medieval cathedrals, the other being St Patrick's Cathedral.

    3.7 km · Diocesan cathedral of Dublin and Glendalough, Church of Ireland · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Phoenix Park

    The Phoenix Park, previously stylised as Phœnix Park, is a large public urban park in Dublin, Ireland, lying 2–4 kilometres west of the city centre, north of the River Liffey. Its 11 kilometres perimeter wall encloses 707 hectares of recreational space.

    3.8 km · park in Dublin, Ireland · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Chester Beatty Library

    The Chester Beatty Library, 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.

    3.8 km · Library and museum in Dublin, Ireland · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Irish Museum of Modern Art

    The Irish Museum of Modern Art, also known as IMMA, is Ireland's leading national institution for the collection and presentation of modern and contemporary art. It is located in Kilmainham, Dublin.

    2.4 km · art museum in Dublin · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Dublin Zoo

    Dublin Zoo, in Phoenix Park, is a zoo in Dublin, Ireland, and one of Dublin's most popular attractions. Established and designed in 1830 by Decimus Burton, it opened the following year.

    3.5 km · zoo · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    James Joyce Bridge

    James Joyce Bridge is a road bridge spanning the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland, joining the south quays to Blackhall Place on the north side. Designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, it is a single-span structural steel design, 40 m long.

    3.4 km · bridge in Dublin, Ireland · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Dublin Mosque

    Dublin Mosque is a mosque on the South Circular Road, Dublin in Ireland. It is the headquarters of the Islamic Foundation of Ireland.

    2.4 km · mosque in Dublin, Ireland · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Guinness Storehouse

    Guinness Storehouse is a tourist attraction at St. James's Gate Brewery in Dublin, Ireland.

    2.8 km · Museum and visitor attraction in Dublin, Ireland · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Crumlin

Airports
Dublin (DUB), 12 km · Isle of Man (IOM), 140 km · Belfast (BFS), 149 km
Stations
Dublin Heuston railway station, 3 km · Park West and Cherry Orchard railway station, 3.6 km
  • Charlestown → Crumlin
    Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
  • Shannon → Crumlin
    Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
  • Cork → Crumlin
    215 km · quickest by road, 3h 34m · €25–35
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Crumlin

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 Crumlin. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Dublin, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    228 km
  2. 02
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    262 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    263 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    289 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    296 km

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Around it

Next door to Crumlin

Crumlin is 4 km from South Dublin, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.