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Dublin 16, Dublin City

Visitors who enjoy shopping would be well advised to make a stop at the Dundrum Town Centre (353 1 299 1700), a shoppers paradise and winner of the prestigious International shopping centre of the year award. The centre is a mix of retail and entertainment, and includes exclusive flagship stores and high street brands.

Pearse Museum, a former school is worth a visit (353 1 493 6120), which includes exhibitions, a nature study room, an audio visual show and beautiful grounds.

The area also includes one of the Dublin’s most charming parks, St Enda’s park, which offers visitors riverside walks, a waterfall and a walled garden. Golfers can take advantage of the excellent courses that are in the vicinity.

Edmonstown golf club (353 1 493 3152) is a mature parkland course and is used as a qualifying course for the Irish Open. Grange golf club (353 1 493 9490) offers 24 holes on a parkland course and Stackstown golf club (353 1 493 3934) is a parkland course, of 18 holes par 72, located on the foothills of the Dublin Mountains, and is the home club of Padriag Harrington.

Riding enthusiasts will be well looked after at the Paddocks riding centre (353 1 295 4278), which is open all year and offers a cross country course, tuition and trekking.

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Eat

L'Officina by Dunne & Crescenzi

Dublin 16

Restaurant

Located in an informal dining piazza to the rear of Dundrum Town Centre, this younger ...

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Featured Establishment

Drink

Merry Ploughboy, The

Dublin 16

Pub

Having been serving pints since 1780, this is one of Dublin’s oldest pubs. Forme ...

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Gardens

Knockmore

Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow

Below a small Palladian house looking out to Dublin Bay, lie steep stone terraces, built in the nineteenth century. Hundred year old trees give the three acre garden a romantic setting. Here are many unusual features: a ...

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Golf

Naas Golf Club

Naas, Co. Kildare
Course Type: Parkland

Naas Golf Club in County Kildare is a traditional 18 hole parkland course with a number of water features, it is situated on rolling terrain with tree lined fairways and is a par 71 that plays over 6,232 yards. In 2002 holes 1 and 11 throug ...

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Self Catering

Avon Ri Blessington Resort

Blessington, Co. Wicklow

For centuries, the hill where Avon Rí is now located looked out over a valley created by the Liffey and King's River. Avon Rí has taken its name from the latter and now looks out of the Blessington Lakes – a reservoir created ...

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What's On

Marlay Park Food Market - Co Dublin - Saturday & Sunday

Marley Park Food Market - Saturday 10am-4pm & Sunday 11am-4pm

This picturesque location in Rathfarnham, overlooked by the historic 18th Century Marlay House and ...

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Tourist Attractions

Phoenix Park

Dublin 8, Dublin City

The Phoenix Park is over 700 hectares (1,752 acres) in area and is the largest enclosed public park in any capital city in Europe. Originally formed as a royal hunting Park in the 1660's and opened to the public in 1747, it includes lar ...

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Wedding Venues

Beaufield Mews Restaurant - Stillorgan Dublin Ireland

Beaufield Mews Restaurant & Gardens

Stillorgan, Co. Dublin

Dublin’s oldest restaurant is located in a characterful 18th century coach house and stables - and, as the name implies, it is surrounded by beautiful mature gardens, which are lit up by night. It is in a built-up area and near a busy r ...

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