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Rathmines

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Rathmines

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
    Abbey Theatre

    Theatre in Dublin, Ireland

    3.1 km · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Dáil Éireann

    Lower house of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament)

    2.3 km · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Aviva Stadium

    Football and rugby stadium in Dublin

    2.8 km · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Trinity College, Dublin

    Constituent college of the University of Dublin in Ireland

    2.7 km · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    University College Dublin

    University located in Dublin, Ireland

    3.2 km · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Dublin Castle

    Castle

    2.6 km · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    University of Dublin

    University located in Dublin, Ireland

    2.7 km · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    St Patrick's Cathedral

    Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland

    2.2 km · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    National Library of Ireland

    Heritage institution

    2.4 km · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Spire of Dublin

    Monument in Dublin, Ireland

    3.3 km · 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.

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Getting to Rathmines

Airports
Dublin (DUB), 12 km · Isle of Man (IOM), 137 km · Belfast (BFS), 149 km
Stations
Dublin Connolly railway station, 3.6 km · Dublin Pearse railway station, 2.7 km · Dublin Heuston railway station, 3.5 km
  • Charlestown → Rathmines
    4808 km · quickest by air, 10h 47m · $760–1,180
  • Shannon → Rathmines
    Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
  • Cork → Rathmines
    217 km · quickest by road, 3h 41m · €25–35
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Rathmines

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 Rathmines. 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

    232 km
  2. 02
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    261 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    262 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    288 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    296 km

If you know how people move in Rathmines – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

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Next door to Rathmines

Rathmines is 2 km from Dublin, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.