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Swords

Swords (Sord) is a town 12 km north of Dublin, with a population in 2022 of 41,000. It's historically in County Dublin, which in 1994 was divided, with Swords becoming the county town of Fingal. Wikivoyage

Population 40,776 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Ireland

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Ireland
Tourist office · 270 m Fingal Tourism Office

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

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.

Through the year

  1. St Patrick's Day

    March

    St Patrick's Day is on 17 March, whenever that falls in the week. The Swords parade starts at noon, heading down Dublin Road, Main St and North St. It's followed in the afternoon by Irish dancing, events at the Castle and a Fun Fair

  2. Flavours of Fingal

    June

    Flavours of Fingal is the County Agricultural Show (livestock, equestrian events, equipment displays, and horticulture) combined with a Food & Drink Fair. Plus music and family entertainments.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Swords); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 25 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

Train stations: Malahide 4.3 km, Donabate 5.6 km

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.