Things to do in Crumlin
Attractions, heritage sites and walks around Crumlin, drawn from open data. Distances are straight-line from the town centre.
In brief
Crumlin is a town in County Dublin about 5 km from Dublin city centre. Open datasets list 541 Fáilte Ireland visitor attractions within 10 km, nine national monuments open to visitors within 20 km. Everything below comes from published sources, refreshed regularly.
Attractions near Crumlin
Visitor attractions listed by Fáilte Ireland within 10 km (top 12 of 541).
- Brickfield Park in Drimnagh is a Dublin city park with an all-weather pitch, located between the Crumlin Road and Mourne Road. To the north of the well-known Iveagh…
- Drimnagh Castle in South County Dublin is one of the oldest continually inhabited castles in Ireland. It is the only Irish castle still surrounded by a flooded moat…
- Eamonn Ceannt Park is located between Sundrive Road and Clogher Road, in the Crumlin area of South Dublin City. It includes numerous mature trees, an athletic track,…
- Rascals HQ is the home of the award winning independent Dublin craft beer producer Rascals Brewing Company.
- Tymon Park in Tallaght, Dublin City, is a valuable resource for visitors and locals in the surrounding hinterland. Opportunities to avail of a wide range of outdoor…
- Bushy Park is a peaceful Dublin City park noted for its woodland walks, ornamental ponds and beautiful Dodder Walk as well as catering for football, tennis, skate…
- The Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) in Dublin City is a dynamic modern art museum nestled on 48 acres of land in the heart of Dublin 8. The home of IMMA is the…
- Urban Plant Life Garden Centre is located in Dublin's historic Liberties district. You'll find shrubs, climbers, roses, interior and artificial flowering/foliage…
- Founded by Pearse and Deirdre Lyons, Pearse Lyons Distillery is a working distillery in the former St James Church, with the glass steeple. Discover fascinating local…
- Experience first hand the sights and sounds of a fully operational distillery. The Teeling Whiskey Distillery is one of Dublin City’s premier destinations for whiskey…
- The Dublin Liberties Distillery, established in 2019, is a whiskey experience in the heart of Dublin City. Please note: The distillery is temporarily closed and tours…
- Rathfarnham Castle located in South Dublin is one of the earliest examples of a fortified house in Ireland. Built in 1583, it was substantially remodelled in the…
Heritage and monuments
National monuments open to visitors within 20 km.
- One of the largest unoccupied gaols in Europe, covering some of the most heroic and tragic events in Ireland's emergence as a modern nation from 1780s to the 1920s.
- The original castle at Rathfarnham dates back to the Elizabethan period and was built for Archbishop Adam Loftus, an ambitious Yorkshire clergyman, who came to Ireland as chaplain to the Lord Deputy and quickly rose to…
- Sited in the heart of the walled medieval city, St Audoen's Church is the only remaining medieval parish church in Dublin. It is dedicated to St Ouen the 7th century bishop of Rouen and patron saint of Normandy.
- St. Mary's Abbey is one of Dublin's best kept secrets. It was once the wealthiest Cistercian Abbey in Ireland. Today only two rooms remain - the Chapter House and the Slype.
- Today the wedge tomb at Kilmashogue is located in forestry, but originally it would have been situated on an open mountain side overlooking the lowlands now occupied by Dublin city.
- The Casino was designed by Sir William Chambers as a pleasure house for James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont.
- Today Monkstown Castle is situated in the suburbs of Dublin. In medieval times the castle here was the centre of a large farm owned by the Cistercian monks of St.
- The old church of Tully near Cabinteely is situated on a low hill overlooking much of south county Dublin and has fine views of the Dublin Mountains.
Walks and nature
Waymarked trails from Sport Ireland's National Trails Register and NPWS parks and nature reserves, starting near Crumlin and across Co. Dublin.
- Ireland's largest national park and the only one in the east, almost 23,000 hectares of blanket bog, heath, oak woodland and upland lakes south of Dublin.
- North Bull Island Nature ReserveA UNESCO biosphere on a sandy island in Dublin Bay, internationally important for wintering wildfowl and waders.
- Rogerstown Estuary Nature ReserveA tidal estuary near Rush that is a key roost for Brent geese and other wintering birds.
- Baldoyle Estuary Nature ReserveA sheltered north Dublin estuary and saltmarsh, important for wintering waterfowl.
Plan around Crumlin
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- See every nationally rated heritage building and monument in our heritage guide to Co. Dublin.
Attraction data from Fáilte Ireland Open Data (CC BY 4.0), last refreshed 13 July 2026. Monuments from the National Monuments Service and heritage buildings from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (both data.gov.ie, CC BY 4.0). Trails from Sport Ireland's National Trails Register. Parks and reserves from the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Opening hours and admission can change; check the linked site before travelling.