Guidebook for Dun Laoghaire
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The Forty Foot is a promontory on the southern tip of Dublin Bay at Sandycove, County Dublin, Ireland, from which people have been swimming in the Irish Sea all year round for some 250 years.
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Forty Foot
The Forty Foot is a promontory on the southern tip of Dublin Bay at Sandycove, County Dublin, Ireland, from which people have been swimming in the Irish Sea all year round for some 250 years.
Over twenty five years, up to 1000 workers each year laboured in extremely difficult conditions to build the magnificent granite harbour. The East Pier is one mile long and the West Pier even longer.
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Dun Laoghaire Harbour
Over twenty five years, up to 1000 workers each year laboured in extremely difficult conditions to build the magnificent granite harbour. The East Pier is one mile long and the West Pier even longer.
Sightseeing
The James Joyce Tower is a Martello tower situated on a cliff top in South County Dublin. The tower is best known for featuring in the opening section of Ulysses and houses a James Joyce museum.
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James Joyce Tower & Museum
Sandycove PointThe James Joyce Tower is a Martello tower situated on a cliff top in South County Dublin. The tower is best known for featuring in the opening section of Ulysses and houses a James Joyce museum.
The park was officially opened in September 1890. The Victorian gate lodge is currently being converted into a Fallon & Byrne restaurant and there is a popular food market each Sunday afternoon.
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Volkspark
Park RoadThe park was officially opened in September 1890. The Victorian gate lodge is currently being converted into a Fallon & Byrne restaurant and there is a popular food market each Sunday afternoon.
1.3 million people walk Dun Laoghaire’s East Pier every year, passing jangling masts and an elegant bandstand en route to the 19th-century battery at the harbour mouth.
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East Pier
East Pier1.3 million people walk Dun Laoghaire’s East Pier every year, passing jangling masts and an elegant bandstand en route to the 19th-century battery at the harbour mouth.
The Metals is the historic route that once brought stone from Dalkey Quarry to the great harbour works in Dún Laoghaire. Over 600,000 tonnes of stone was dragged by horse along a railway.
The Metals
The MetalsThe Metals is the historic route that once brought stone from Dalkey Quarry to the great harbour works in Dún Laoghaire. Over 600,000 tonnes of stone was dragged by horse along a railway.
The National Maritime Museum of Ireland opened in 1978 in the former Mariners' Church in Haigh Terrace.
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National Maritime Museum of Ireland
Haigh TerraceThe National Maritime Museum of Ireland opened in 1978 in the former Mariners' Church in Haigh Terrace.
Food Scene
Award winning sushi. The word Michie in Japanese means “filled with smiles and laughter”. Michel Piare Sushi Chef and Proprietor hand selects all the fresh fish and ingredients for Michie Sushi.
Michie Sushi Dun Laoghaire
64 George's Street UpperAward winning sushi. The word Michie in Japanese means “filled with smiles and laughter”. Michel Piare Sushi Chef and Proprietor hand selects all the fresh fish and ingredients for Michie Sushi.