Sandyford
Sandyford is an outer suburb of Dublin, located in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland.

Sandyford is an outer suburb of Dublin, located in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland.
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Worth seeing in and around Sandyford
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.
- 01Three Rock
Three Rock Mountain is a mountain in County Dublin, Ireland. It is 444 metres high and forms part of the group of hills in the Dublin Mountains which comprises Two Rock, Three Rock, Kilmashogue and Tibradden mountains.
2.9 km · mountain in Ireland · Wikipedia - 02Two Rock
Two Rock is a mountain in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. It is 536 metres high and is the 382nd highest mountain in Ireland.
3.9 km · mountain in Ireland · Wikipedia - 03Islamic Cultural Centre of Ireland
The Islamic Cultural Centre of Ireland is an Islamic complex, including a mosque, in Clonskeagh, Dublin, Ireland. It is funded by the al-Maktoum Foundation of Dubai and has a Sunni orientation.
3.9 km · Islamic complex, including a mosque, in Clonskeagh, Dublin, Ireland · Wikipedia - 04Kilmashogue
Kilmashogue or Kilmashoge is a mountain in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown county in Ireland. It is 408 metres high and forms part of the group of hills in the Dublin Mountains which comprises Two Rock, Three Rock, Kilmashogue and Tibradden Mountains.
3.5 km · mountain in Ireland · Wikipedia - 05Carrickmines 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.
3.8 km · castle in Ireland · Wikipedia - 06Michael 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.
3.9 km · postgraduate division of University College Dublin, in Blackrock, Dublin · Wikipedia - 07Kilgobbin Castle
Kilgobbin Castle is a 15th-century tower house in Dublin, Ireland.
1.4 km · tower house in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland · Wikipedia - 08Dundrum Town Centre
Dundrum Town Centre is a shopping centre located in Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland. It is one of Ireland's two largest shopping centres with over 131 shops, 47 restaurants, 3 amusement facilities and a cinema, retail floor space of 111,484 m2 and almost 140,000 m2 total floor space, and over 3,000 car parking spaces.
2.1 km · Large shopping centre in southern suburban Dublin · Wikipedia - 09Dundrum Luas stop
Dundrum is a stop on the Luas light rail tram system in Dublin, Ireland which serves the suburb of Dundrum. It opened in 2004 as a stop on the Green Line, which re-uses the alignment of the Harcourt Street railway line which closed in 1958.
2.8 km · Tram/light rail stop in Dublin, Ireland · Wikipedia - 10William Dargan Bridge
William Dargan Bridge, informally Dundrum Luas Bridge, opened in 2004, is a 162 metre cable-stayed bridge in Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland. It carries the Green Line of the Luas over the busy Taney junction, of the R112 and R117 regional roads as well as the little-known Slang River.
2.9 km · bridge in Ireland · Wikipedia
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Getting to Sandyford
- Airports
- Dublin (DUB), 18 km · Isle of Man (IOM), 139 km · Belfast (BFS), 154 km
- Stations
- Balally Luas stop, 1.9 km · Central Park Luas stop, 1.4 km · Sandyford Luas stop, 1.6 km · Glencairn Luas stop, 1.1 km · The Gallops Luas stop, 1.6 km
- Charlestown → Sandyford4875 km · quickest by air, 12h 36m · $770–1,190
- Shannon → SandyfordTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Cork → Sandyford215 km · quickest by road, 3h 42m · €26–36
- 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 Sandyford
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 Sandyford. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFour or five mainline trains per day call on the route between Dublin Connolly, Wexford and Rosslare, which has ferries from Fishguard and Pembroke.
- Get inIrish Sea ferries no longer come here, but you can still arrive old-style by Dublin Bay Cruises.
From Wikivoyage: Dún Laoghaire, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Sandyford
Sandyford is 7 km from Dublin, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Foxrocksuburb of Dublin, Ireland3.4 km
- Dundrumsuburb of Dublin2.5 km
- Mount Merrionarea of Dublin3 km
- Leopardstownsuburb in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Leinster, Ireland1.7 km
- Ballinteersouthern suburb of Dublin, Ireland3.1 km
- Churchtownsuburb of Dublin, Ireland3.6 km