Foxrock

Worth seeing in and around Foxrock

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
   National 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.

   4 km · maritime museum in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Carrickmines Castle

   Carrickmines Castle is an archaeological site in Carrickmines, County Dublin, in eastern Ireland. The castle was built in the Middle Ages to protect the English-ruled Pale around Dublin.

   1.5 km · castle in Ireland · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School

   The Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School is the graduate business school of the University College Dublin and is located in Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland, on the site of the former teacher-training Carysfort College. Undergraduate business education is provided by the Quinn School of Business on USD's main Belfield campus.

   3.3 km · postgraduate division of University College Dublin, in Blackrock, Dublin · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Kilgobbin Castle

   Kilgobbin Castle is a 15th-century tower house in Dublin, Ireland.

   2.7 km · tower house in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Carysfort College

   Our Lady of Mercy College, Carysfort was a College of Education in Dublin, Ireland from its foundation in 1877 until its closure in 1988. Educating primary school teachers, and located in a parkland campus in Blackrock, it was a recognised college of the National University of Ireland from April 1975.

   3.4 km · Teachers college in Dublin, Ireland · Wikipedia
6. 06
   St. Paul's Church, Dublin

   St. Paul's is a former church building of the Catholic Church sited on Arran Quay, Dublin, Ireland.

   3.6 km · church in Dublin, Ireland · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Carrickbrennan 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 km · cemetery in Monkstown, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Friends Burial Ground, Dublin

   The Friends Burial Ground, also called Temple Hill Burial Ground or the Friends Sleeping Place is a Quaker burial ground located at Temple Hill, Blackrock, Dublin. It opened in 1860 and is one of two Quaker burial grounds in Dublin, the other being at Cork Street.

   3.2 km · cemetery in Dublin, Ireland · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Monkstown 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.

   3.3 km · church in MonkstownCounty Dublin, Ireland · Wikipedia
10. 10
    People'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.

    4 km · small semi-formal park, Dún Laoghaire, Ireland · Wikipedia

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Getting to Foxrock

Airports

Dublin (DUB), 19 km · Isle of Man (IOM), 137 km · Belfast (BFS), 155 km

Stations

Glenageary railway station, 3.7 km · Salthill and Monkstown railway station, 3.5 km · Sandycove and Glasthule railway station, 3.9 km · Seapoint railway station, 3.7 km · Central Park Luas stop, 2 km

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