Shankill
Shankill is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, on the southeast of County Dublin, close to the border with County Wicklow.
Shankill is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, on the southeast of County Dublin, close to the border with County Wicklow. It is in the local government area of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown and had a population of 14,257 as of the 2016 census. It runs from the coast, between Loughlinstown and Bray, inland towards the foothills of the Dublin Mountains. Shankill borders Rathmichael, as well as Loughlinstown, Killiney, Ballybrack and Bray in County Wicklow. It is part of the civil parish of Rathmichael and contains the formerly separate district of Shanganagh, and in its southern parts, the locality of Crinken.
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Worth seeing in and around Shankill
5 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.
- 01Carrickgollogan
Carrickgollogan is a hill in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown in Ireland, towards the southern border of the traditional County Dublin. It is 276 metres high, on the eastern edge of the Dublin Mountains, rising above the districts of Rathmichael and Shankill.
2.5 km · 276m high mountain in Ireland · Wikipedia - 02Holy Redeemer Church, Bray
The Church of the Holy Redeemer is a Catholic church situated on the Main Street in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. It is included in the Record of Protected Structures maintained by Wicklow County Council.
2.7 km · main church of Bray (Co. Wicklow), Ireland, Build in 1792 · Wikipedia - 03Christ Church, Bray
Christ Church, Bray is in the Church of Ireland parish of Bray, County Wicklow located on Church Road on a rise, previously known as the Rock of Bray, behind Bray Town Hall. The church was built in 1863 in a Gothic Revival style.
3.3 km · church in Bray (Co. Wicklow), Ireland (1863) · Wikipedia - 04Killiney Church
Killiney Church is an ancient church in County Dublin, Ireland.
3.2 km · church ruin in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland · Wikipedia - 05Tully Church
Tully Church is an ancient church in County Dublin, Ireland.
3 km · church in Ireland, Ireland · Wikipedia
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Getting to Shankill
- Airports
- Dublin (DUB), 24 km · Isle of Man (IOM), 137 km · Belfast (BFS), 159 km
- Stations
- Bray Daly Station, 2.9 km · Killiney railway station, 3.3 km · Shankill railway station, 1.2 km · Brides Glen Luas stop, 2.2 km · Cherrywood Luas stop, 2.6 km
- Charlestown → Shankill4820 km · quickest by air, 11h 20m · $790–1,210
- Shannon → ShankillTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Cork → Shankill217 km · quickest by road, 3h 49m · €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 Shankill
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 Shankill. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFive mainline trains per day from Dublin Connolly call at Bray heading for Wicklow, Arklow, Gorey, Wexford and Rosslare, which has ferries from Fishguard and Pembroke.
- Get inAlthough it's designed for day trips (with four hours to explore Glendalough), you can take it as a point-to-point bus.
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Next door to Shankill
Shankill is 15 km from Dublin, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Loughlinstownsuburb of Dublin, Ireland2.7 km
- Ballybracksuburb in Leinster, Ireland3 km
- Cherrywoodsuburb of Dublin, Ireland2.4 km
- RathmichaelRemote southern suburb of Dublin, Ireland2.4 km
- Carrickminessuburb in Dublin, Leinster, Ireland3.9 km