This area of Dublin is a golfer’s paradise with no less than two excellent courses on offer. Grange Castle golf club (353 1 464 1039) is an 18 hole, par 71 course, over 155 acres of parkland with a beautiful backdrop of the Dublin Mountains. Newlands golf club (353 1 459 3498) is a fine modern club which enjoys a unique setting in a 17th Century parkland estate, 18 holes, par 71.
Angling enthusiasts are well catered for at the Corkagh Park Fishery (353 1 459 2622) which is the biggest leisure angling lake in Dublin, and is comprised of two lakes over seven acres of fishing space.
One of the youngest open gardens, Hunting Brook has all the excitement of a fresh approach and new ideas. But the bones of the place are very old indeed - behind the house there is a ring fort dating back to the 7th century, and the namesake broo ...
A treasured location
Bull Island, home to The Royal Dublin Golf Club, is a protected wildlife habitat with a fabulous range of flora and fauna. Despite this, it is only three miles (5km) from Dublin city centre ...
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 ...
Originally designed for two new government departments, the Local Government Board and the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction, as well as the Royal College of Science.
However in more recent times, Government Buildings has be ...
Set in 80 acres of gardens and woodland just outside Naas town, this hotel and wedding venues been developed around a Victorian building and has earned a reputation for excellent weddings, which can range from relatively small parties of up ...
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