One of the most desirable postcodes in Dublin, D4 is home to the RDS and the upmarket Donnybrook area, where ladies like to lunch.
Visitors to this regal part of Dublin will enjoy a stroll around the Herbert Park (353 1 222 5278), or a visit to Shelbourne Park Greyhound stadium (353 1 668 3502), which offers a terraced grandstand and lounge.
A less well known point of interest is the National Print museum (353 1 660 3770), which was established to document the history of printing in Ireland and houses a collection of over 10,000 objects that cover the whole range of the printing craft in Ireland.
Corrupted from the Irish Ard Choill (high wood), Ardgillan was aptly named until the Rev Robert Tayleur paid labourers a penny a day to clear the land for his new home in 1737. The estate, with its Gothicised house situated in a 200 acre park abo ...
Situated next to the N7 near Kill, comprising of 800 acres of magnificent coutryside with undulating meadows, mature woodlands and lakes and streams, the PGA National golf course at Palmerstown House is set to take the golfing world by storm.
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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 ...
Built in honour of Ireland's patron saint, Saint Patrick’s Cathedral stands adjacent to the famous well where tradition has it Saint Patrick baptised converts on his visit to Dublin. The present building dates from 1220.
The Cathedral i ...
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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