The Dalkey Duck Restaurant, Bar, see and do Live Music Venue, Victorian Tea dalkey castle & how to get to dalkey Ferry trips to Dalkey Island Rooms. 61 Castle St. heritage centre from dublin city centre in season. t 085 242 6516 t 01 552 8605. f @DalkeyDuck. e [email protected] e [email protected]. Guided Kayak Tours The Magpie Inn Gastropub. Craft to Dalkey Island. Bulloch Harbour. beers. Locally sourced artisan food. e [email protected]. Online booking 115 Coliemore Rd. t 01 202 3909 ’ ’ at www.kayaking.ie f @theMagpieInnDalkey.
Family Fun e [email protected] Picnics, Playground (Cuala GAA Club), www.magpieinn.ie Dolphin Watching, Nature Trails. The Queens Bar and Steakroom Award winning bar and restaurant.
Late Bar Saturdays until 2.30am. eat and drink 12 Castle St. t 01 285 4569. CAFÉS e [email protected]. How to get to Dalkey… Country Bake Home Bakery and www.thequeens.ie There are three railway stations in Coffee Shop. Family run since Dublin City Centre: Connolly, Tara 1987. Open from 8.00am, RESTAURANTS and Pearse. The most convenient Monday-Saturday. 35 Castle St. 1909 Restaurant and Wine Bar ones for travelling south are Tara t 01 285 2009. Irish/Steak/Seafood. Lunch and and Pearse. www.countrybake.ie Dinner. Brunch at weekends. Live We are waiting From any one of these stations you Idlewilde Café with Courtyard piano music every evening. Open 7 can travel by DART train from the Serving Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, days. 31 Castle St. t 01 285 1909. southbound platform to Dalkey, DART to to welcome you! image john fahy Dalkey from Gourmet Coffees and Teas. e [email protected] www.1909.ie along a scenic coastline. Dublin city Open from 8.00am, seven days. Benito’s Woodfired Pizza and The journey takes 30 minutes. 20 St. Patrick’s Rd. t 01 235 4501. Homemade Pasta. LIVING HISTORY TOURS AT DALKEY CASTLE EVERY HALF HOUR Check DART times at f messenger Idlewildecafé. Dinner 7 days from 5.30pm. Travel back in time to the mid 1500s and interact with costumed actors www.irishrail.ie Select Stores & Fuel Food Kitchen Lunch from 1.00pm on weekends. from Deilg Inis Living History Theatre Company as part of every guided Healthy Vegetarian WholeFood 47 Castle St. t 01 285 1010 tour. They will entertain and enlighten you with the extraordinary work of Café/ Deli/ Store. 1 Railway Road. www.benitos.ie the Archer, The Cook and the travelling Barber Surgeon. Seasonal Open Mon.-Sat. t 01 285 9611. De Villes Traditional Bistro fare. variations at Halloween and Christmas. stay f @selectstoresdalkey Dinner 7 nights from 5.00pm with www.selectstoresdalkey.ie Brunch on Fridays and at weekends. HERITAGE CENTRE The Corner Note Café 25 Castle St. t 01 284 9071. Browse the interactive timeline from Early Christian, through Viking, Breakfast a speciality. f @DeVillesDalkey. www.devilles.ie Medieval and Victorian times to modern day Dalkey (in 12 languages). Lunch and Daily Specials. Jaipur Indian cuisine. An Indo- Open Tuesday-Sunday from 8am. Hibernian experience through a WRITERS’ GALLERY 1 Coliemore Road. t 01 202 3922. world of cuisine across an infinite Marvel at the area’s literary and creative connections in the Writers’ Gallery www.thecornernotecafe.ie palate of flavours. 21 Castle St. from Joyce to Bono and Beckett to Maeve Binchy and forty more. Tropica Café t 01 285 0552. e [email protected] All day breakfast and lunch. Ouzos Steak & Seafood. OPEN Speciality coffee, Juice Bar and Ouzos’ own boat ensures the 6 days per week all year round. Asian fusion dinner. Open 7 days. freshest seafood from local waters. Closed every Tuesday and at Christmas. t 01 202 5888. f @TropicaDalkey 22 Castle St. t 01 285 1890. See our website for Admission prices. e [email protected] www.ouzos.ie Check in advance to avoid pre-booked groups. PUBS (SERVING FOOD) Thai House Thai traditional food. Finnegans Family run pub since Open 6 days from 4.00pm. Add a Guided Walk to your visit! Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel Afternoon Tea at 1970. Highly popular with locals Closed Mondays. 21 Railway Rd. Maeve Binchy and Irish Writers Guided Walk in Dalkey Affordable luxury 4 Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel and celebrities alike. Lunch is a t 01 284 7304. e [email protected] Fridays at 13.15. 8th June -7th September 2018. accommodation. This beautiful Relax in the elegant speciality. 1 Sorrento Road, Dalkey. www.thaihouse.ie (From Dalkey Castle). Other times by appointment. hotel is nestled in the leafy surroundings of our Library Bar t 01 285 0585. Walks must be pre-booked with minimum number of 6. suburb of Killiney Hill. and Lobby and enjoy Afternoon e [email protected] browse A short taxi journey from the Tea which has become a tradition www.finnegans.ie The variety of family run shops. Castle Street, Dalkey, Co Dublin heart of Dalkey. in South County Dublin. The Club Bar and Restaurant. The Gutter Bookshop. Open Mon.- t +353 1 285 8366 À La Carte and Bar Snack Menus. Sat. 10am-6pm. Sun. 12.00-5pm. e: [email protected] t +353 1 230 5400 Family run since 1969. 20 Railway Rd (opp. Finnegan’s Pub). www.dalkeycastle.com e [email protected] 107 Coliemore Rd. t 01 285 8511. t 01 285 9633 f @gutterbookshop @fitzcastle www.theclubdalkey.com www.gutterbookshop.com dalkeycastleandheritage @ dalkeycastle
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how to get Welcome to dalkey to Dalkey From Dublin Airport and Hotels Heritage Town aircoach directly to Dalkey.
Dalkey is an urban oasis nestling on From Dublin City Centre the east coast of Ireland just ten car Dalkey is 12.8km south off miles south of Dublin city. Dalkey N11. Parking locally. is half an hour by DART train from train DART directly to Dalkey. 30 Dublin city centre. minutes approx from city centre.
A warm, welcoming atmosphere From Dún Laoghaire awaits you here. Whether it’s car Via coast road, travelling castles, panoramic scenery, fun, south through Glasthule and bars cafés international and Irish cuisine, Sandycove. 10 minutes. castles culture festivals, lively pubs, theatre or train DART directly to Dalkey. village atmosphere you are looking festivals food fun for, Dalkey is the place to visit. From M50 Motorway harbours heritage exit 16 (Cherrywood) and follow history literature The area is home to many creative signs for Killiney and Dalkey. restaurants scenery artists such as writers, musicians, film directors and rock stars. You shops walks never know who you might meet!
cover image donal murphy image design verso.ie cover Heritage Trail 1 – via the sea Heritage Trail 2 – to Bulloch Harbour Heritage Trail 3 with panoramic sea views
Begin at Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre. Begin at Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre. Begin at Coliemore Harbour. Travel along Castle Street right up Railway Road, then left along See the remains of St Begnet’s 8th century Church and Graveyard. It Take a detour into Sorrento Park and left onto Vico Road with its Sorrento Road and left at Y junction towards Sorrento Terrace. Explore is dedicated to the local saint – Begnet. The graveyard was probably panoramic sea views. Watch out for dolphins in the bay! Access the sea Sorrento Park, opposite Sorrento Terrace, with its panoramic sea used as a burial ground from the 13th century. See Archbold’s Castle, at the Ramparts. Alternatively, visit White Rock from the Vico Road views across Dublin and Killiney Bays. Visit Dillon’s Park at the top of one of the seven castles of Dalkey across from the Heritage Centre. At and see the safe, sandy beach. Back on the Vico Road, look out for the Coliemore Road which has access to the sea for rock fishing but not the north end of Castle Street, turn right along Ulverton Road and the ‘Cat’s Ladder’ steps in the trees on the right and climb all 237 steps. At swimming. Use the telescope at Coliemore Harbour – and see the well next Castle on the right is called Bulloch. It had a thriving fish industry, the top, turn left onto Green Road. Follow signs to the Obelisk at the preserved 10th Century Church dedicated to St Begnet on Dalkey run by Cistercian monks, in the 13th century. It is now a private Nursing summit. Dalkey and Killiney Hill Parks have lots of tracks for rambling Island. Dalkey Sound was prominent in the Middle Ages when Dalkey Home. Turn right down Harbour Road towards the sea. Stop and enjoy and great areas for rock climbing and paragliding. Follow the path acted as the port for Dublin. Coliemore Harbour was built in 1868. Bulloch Harbour and see lobsters and crabs caught by local fishermen. beyond the Obelisk to the right, down through the woods to a car park. Today, it is used for leisure purposes and boats can be hired here from This harbour was built in the early 19th century to facilitate the From the car park, take the main avenue, past the children’s play- local fishermen. Continue along Coliemore Road and return to Dalkey shipping of granite across Dublin Bay. Continue along Harbour Road ground, and then turn right down Dalkey Avenue and back to the town. via Sorrento Road. and return to the town via Leslie Avenue or Convent Road. A 2-2.5 hours. Reasonably strenuous. Not suitable for buggies or A 60-70 mins. Not strenuous. Buggy & wheelchair friendly. A 45-50 mins. Not strenuous. Buggy & wheelchair friendly. wheelchairs.
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