Dun Laoghaire

DUN LAOGHAIRE

Attractions

Harbour

Location: 11.2 kilometres southeast of Dublin

Parking: Pay/Display, 2 euro hour and max 8 euro (9am until 8pm)

Website: http://www.dlharbour.ie/

Notes: Take a stroll along east pier and get ice cream from Teddy’s.

James Joyce museum

Location: Sandycove Harbour

Parking: Pay/Display same as above

Price/hours: Tuesday-Saturday: 10am-5pm (Closed 1pm-2pm)

Sunday: 2pm-6pm Closed on Mondays. 6 Euros

Website: www.dunlaoghaire.com/profile/joyce_tower/index.html 

Notes: Famous Irish writers James Joyce and Samuel Beckett are also associated with the area. Beckett was born in nearby Foxrock and Joyce set the opening chapter of Ulysses in Sandycove's Martello Tower - now the small James Joyce Museum dedicated to his life and works