Dalkey
Dalkey is a suburban town in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown county southeast of Dublin, Ireland.
Dalkey is a suburban town in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown county southeast of Dublin, Ireland. It was founded as a Viking settlement and became a port in the Middle Ages. According to chronicler John Clyn (c.1286–c.1349), it was one of the ports through which the plague entered Ireland in the mid-14th century. Dalkey lies within a townland and civil parish of the same name, in the barony of Rathdown.
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Worth seeing in and around Dalkey
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.
- 01James Joyce Tower and Museum
The James Joyce Tower and Museum is a Martello tower in Sandycove, Dublin, where James Joyce spent six nights in 1904. The opening scenes of his 1922 novel Ulysses take place here, and the tower is a place of pilgrimage for Joyce enthusiasts, especially on Bloomsday.
1.6 km · museum in Dublin, Republic of Ireland · Wikipedia - 02Manderley Castle
Manderley Castle, formerly "Victoria Castle" and "Ayesha Castle," is a large castellated Irish mansion built in Victorian style, in Killiney, County Dublin, Ireland. It has been owned by the musician Enya since 1997.
1.6 km · castle in Ireland · Wikipedia - 03Killiney Hill
Killiney Hill is the southernmost of the two hills which form the southern boundary of Dublin Bay, the other being Dalkey Hill. These two hills form part of Killiney Hill Park.
1.3 km · 153m high mountain in Ireland · Wikipedia - 04National Maritime Museum of Ireland
The National Maritime Museum of Ireland opened in 1978 in the former Mariners' Church in Moran Park, located between the seafront and the centre of Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland. President Michael D. Higgins officially re-opened the museum in 2012.
2.6 km · maritime museum in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland · Wikipedia - 05Dalkey Hill
Dalkey Hill is the northernmost of the two hills which form the southern boundary of Dublin Bay. Dalkey Hill is 140 metres high and has views over the surrounding areas : Dublin to the northwest; the Irish Sea and the mountains of Wales to the east and southeast; and Bray Head and the Wicklow Mountains to the south.
1.1 km · Hill in Ireland · Wikipedia - 06Dlr Lexicon
DLR Lexicon, branded as dlr LexIcon, is a building in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland, housing the main public library and cultural centre of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council. Whilst initially attracting controversy during construction, with some commentators concerned with its scale and its €36.6m cost at a time of austerity in Ireland, though with many recognising the potential of its interior, usability, and environmentally responsible construction, the innovative design has in large part contributed to it becoming the most popular library in all of Ireland.
2.7 km · public library in Ireland · Wikipedia - 07Carrickbrennan Churchyard
Carrickbrennan Churchyard located on Carrickbrennan Road, Monkstown, Dublin, Ireland is a graveyard that can still be seen today, but is no longer in use. It is notable as the burial place of many people who perished in local maritime disasters.
3.5 km · cemetery in Monkstown, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown · Wikipedia - 08Monkstown Church, Dublin
Monkstown Parish Church, is a 19th Century Anglican church in Monkstown, Dublin, Ireland. It was built to replace an earlier church in Carrickbrennan Churchyard.
3.8 km · church in MonkstownCounty Dublin, Ireland · Wikipedia - 09People's Park, Dún Laoghaire
The People's Park is a small public park in the suburban town of Dún Laoghaire in County Dublin, Ireland. Located near the East Pier of Dún Laoghaire Harbour and Glasthule, it opened in 1890, and major elements were redeveloped between 1985 and 1997, and again in 2012.
2.3 km · small semi-formal park, Dún Laoghaire, Ireland · Wikipedia - 10County Hall, Dún Laoghaire
County Hall, formerly known as Dún Laoghaire Town Hall, and before that, Kingstown Town Hall, is a municipal facility in Marine Road, Dún Laoghaire in the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland.
2.9 km · building in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Dalkey Castle
14th-century fortified town house, with an 1890s extension that used to be the town hall.
- 02Coliemore Harbour has views over Dalkey Island
- 03Dalkey Island
300 m offshore, is now uninhabited but was long settled and a centre for pilgrimage.
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Things to do
Walk: instead of turning back at the south end of Coliemore and Sorrento Roads, continue southwest along the shore by Vico Road. This parallels the railway tracks and eventually brings you to Killiney DART Station, with trains back to Dalkey every ten minutes. Golf: Killiney GC is on the hill, and Carrickmines is inland. South towards the boundary with Wicklow are Woodbrook, Old Conna and Dún Laoghaire.
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Where to eat
The Coliemore, 115/116 Coliemore Road A96 HE22,. Daily 10AM-11:30PM. Pub with decent food and beers. They also have accommodation. Mugs Café, 61A Castle St A96 TP83,. Mon-Fri 7AM-6PM, Sat Sun 8AM-6PM. Friendly place, cash only. Others along main street are Guinea Pig, Thai House, Kathmandu, Jaipur, Ouzos and Benito's.
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Getting to Dalkey
- Airports
- Dublin (DUB), 20 km · Isle of Man (IOM), 132 km · Belfast (BFS), 154 km
- Stations
- Dalkey railway station, 0 m · Dún Laoghaire railway station, 2.9 km · Killiney railway station, 2.4 km · Glenageary railway station, 1.5 km · Salthill and Monkstown railway station, 3.9 km
- Charlestown → Dalkey4820 km · quickest by air, 11h 11m · $780–1,200
- Shannon → DalkeyTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Cork → Dalkey222 km · quickest by road, 3h 57m · €27–38
- 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 Dalkey
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 Dalkey. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFour mainline trains per day pass through without stopping on the way to Dublin Connolly from Wicklow, Wexford and Rosslare (for ferries to Wales): change at Bray for these.
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Next door to Dalkey
Dalkey is 12 km from Dublin, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Cabinteelysuburb of Dublin, Ireland3.2 km
- KillineyIrish town1.4 km
- Monkstownsuburb in Leinster, Ireland3.9 km
- Sandycovesuburb in Leinster, Ireland1.4 km
- Glasthulesuburb of Dublin in Leinster, Ireland1.8 km
- Loughlinstownsuburb of Dublin, Ireland3.5 km