Dún Laoghaire

Dún Laoghaire is a port 10 km south of Dublin. It's no longer the ferry port, but has strong associations with James Joyce, who wrote and set the opening scenes of Ulysses here. Wikivoyage

Population 23,857 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Ireland

• 112AnyAll emergencies

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Ireland

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• The Oratory Attraction · 830 m
• King Laoghaire Monument · 440 m
• Commemorative Tower to the Hobblers Memorial · 530 m
• Queen Victoria Fountain Monument · 750 m
• King George IV Monument Monument · 880 m
• RMS Leinster Monument · 890 m
• Christ the King Artwork · 900 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Somewhere to run

• South Dublin Bay Special Area of Conservation 5.1 km across 3.3 km
• Longford Park 500 m across 1.2 km
• Vesey Gardens 240 m across 900 m
• Dunedin Park 270 m across 1.6 km

Getting around

• Dún Laoghaire Mallin 660 m
• Salthill and Monkstown 970 m
• Sandycove and Glasthule 1.6 km
• Seapoint 1.7 km
• Glenageary 2.4 km
• Blackrock Cabs 2.5 km

More train stations: Blackrock 2.6 km, Dalkey 3.6 km, Booterstown 3.8 km, Killiney 5.3 km, Sydney Parade 5.3 km

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