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Dublin 17, Dublin City

This area of Dublin is home to the villages of Priorswood and Darndale. Priorswood is a district formed in northern Coolock, which took its name from a large house called Friarswood, situated off Belcamp Lane. Priorswood is largely comprised of residential property and is within 2.5 kilometres of Dublin Airport (353 1 814 1111). Darndale was originally a large expanse of farmlands on northern Coolock and has been intensively developed. Clare Hall is a large shopping centre in Darndale and the village also boasts an impressive substantial fishing pond built in co-operation with the Eastern Fisheries Board (353 1 278 7022).

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

Castle Golf Club

Dublin 14, Dublin City
Course Type: Parkland

Castle Golf Club is a rolling parkland golf course playing to 6,246 yards and a par of 70, with firm fairways that are heavily featured by mature trees, Harry Colt's design includes five par-3s and three very achievable par-5s. In 1999 a major ...

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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

Castleknock Village Food Market

Sunday 10am-4pm

Location:

Castleknock Shopping Centre (Behind Silver Spoon/Flynn's Auctioneers), Castleknock Village, Dublin 15

Contact:

Darragh Walshe Tel: ...

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Tourist Attractions

Croke Park & GAA Museum

Dublin 3, Dublin City

Croke Park has been at the heart of Irish sporting life for over a hundred years. Boasting a capacity for 82,300 people, the stadium is the home of Gaelic games and the headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and has three major att ...

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Wedding Venues

The Merrion Hotel

Dublin 2, Dublin City

Just off Dublin’s finest Georgian square, the period elegance of this fine hotel provides a stunning setting for wedding celebrations. The Merrion has been created from four restored Georgian townhouses and, although wedding blessings are n ...

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