Rathgar
Rathgar is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland.
Rathgar is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. Originally a village, which from 1862 was part of the township of Rathmines and Rathgar, it was absorbed by the growing city and became a suburb in 1930. It lies about three kilometres south of the city centre.
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Getting to Rathgar
- Airports
- Dublin (DUB), 13 km · Isle of Man (IOM), 138 km · Belfast (BFS), 150 km
- Charlestown → Rathgar4808 km · quickest by air, 10h 51m · $760–1,180
- Shannon → RathgarTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Cork → Rathgar216 km · quickest by road, 3h 39m · €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 Rathgar
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 Rathgar. 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 Rathgar
Rathgar is 3 km from Dublin, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.