Tips & Tricks
St. Patrick’s Festival (downtown Dublin) – this is a four-day event (March 14-17), where downtown Dublin comes alive with pageantry, carnivals and free entertainment. The principal aim of St. Patrick’s Festival, since its inauguration, is to develop a major annual international festival around the national holiday over which the ‘owners’ of the festival, the Irish […]
The O2 (North Wall Quay, Dublin 1) – this is a 14,500-capacity amphitheatre located at North Wall Quay in the Dublin Docklands. The O2 was built on the site of the former Point Theatre, a smaller music venue. Its 14,500 capacity makes it the largest indoor arena in Ireland. In 2011, The O2 was named […]
National Aquatic Centre (Snugborough Road, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15) – this is one of the world’s largest indoor water centers. Opened in March 2003, it successfully hosted the swimming events of the 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games, the first time this event was held outside of the United States. It also hosted the European Short […]
Taste of Dublin (The Iveagh Gardens, Clonmel Street, Dublin 2) — Fine dining is transported to Iveagh Gardens with Taste of Dublin for four days of summer eating, drinking and entertainment. 20 of the city’s latest, greatest and hottest restaurants will be dishing up their finest in an unbeatable alfresco gourmet feast, while 100 producers provide […]
Portmarnock Golf Club (Golf Links Road, Portmarnock, Co. Dublin) – this golf club, which is just north of Dublin, was established in 1894 (attesting to the sport’s long-standing tradition in Ireland). It was originally just nine holes, with another nine being added two years later. This has been a long-time site of the Irish Open […]
Phoenix Park (Dublin 8) – this is one of the largest and most magnificent city parks in Europe at 707 hectares. It is an historic landscape of international importance and one of the largest designed landscapes in any European city. About 30% of the Phoenix Park is covered by trees, which are mainly broadleaf parkland […]