Things to do in Irishtown
Attractions, heritage sites and walks around Irishtown, drawn from open data. Distances are straight-line from the town centre.
In brief
Irishtown is a town in County Dublin about 3 km from Dublin city centre. Open datasets list 556 Fáilte Ireland visitor attractions within 10 km, eight national monuments open to visitors within 20 km. Everything below comes from published sources, refreshed regularly.
Attractions near Irishtown
Visitor attractions listed by Fáilte Ireland within 10 km (top 12 of 556).
- The National Print Museum, in Dublin City, is thought to be the only museum of its kind in Ireland and the British Isles. The vision is to champion print and its…
- Dating back to 1909, Pearse Street Library houses the Dublin Collection, including Dublin and National daily newspapers and periodicals, dating from the 18th century.…
- Enjoy an interactive tour of the Irish Traditional Music Archive at Merrion Square, Dublin City. Learn about the history of traditional music, learn to sing a…
- The vision of the Irish Georgian Society is to conserve, protect and foster an interest and a respect for Ireland’s architectural heritage and decorative arts.…
- Take a guided tour of Oscar Wilde House, Merrion Square, Dublin City, the childhood home of the famous playwright and wit. Hear the incredible story of the Wilde family.
- Discover the Museum of Curiosities in Dublin City. The fascinating museum showcases bizarre taxidermy, eerie haunted dolls, mummified creatures, antique medical…
- Follow in the footsteps of those who fled the Famine to North America on board the Jeanie Johnston, a replica famine ship situated in Dublin's Docklands. Hear the…
- The Oriel Gallery on Clare Street in Dublin City is the oldest independent gallery in Ireland. It specialises in 18th to 21st century paintings, drawings and…
- The National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin City displays work by many artists including Johannes Vermeer, Lavinia Fontana, Jack B Yeats, Alice Neel, Caravaggio, Mainie…
- The Zoological Museum, located in the heart of Trinity College, Dublin City, is home to some 25,000 specimens and also live animal displays. It is one of Dublin's…
- The National Museum of Ireland, Merrion Street in Dublin City is currently closed to the public for a full refurbishment project. However, some of the collections are…
- The Apples & Atoms Sculpture is positioned outside the Institute of Physics at Trinity College in Dublin City. The piece was commissioned in 2013 to celebrate the…
Heritage and monuments
National monuments open to visitors within 20 km.
- 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.
- 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.
- The Casino was designed by Sir William Chambers as a pleasure house for James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont.
- 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…
- 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.
- 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 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 Irishtown 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 Irishtown
- What's on across Leinster this week, refreshed every Monday.
- Thinking of moving here? Living in Irishtown covers prices, rents and schools. Median sale price €585,000.
- 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.