Food destinations within easy reach of Dublin. worth the train, the rental car or the early start.

Worth the trip

Howth (seafood village) ★ 4.8

30 min by DARTDART from Connolly Station, the Howth Junction line, terminus at Howth station

Famous forSeafood: oysters, mussels, fresh fish landings

Howth at the end of the DART line is the city's weekend seafood destination: harbour-side seafood bars, the West Pier walk and the weekend market opposite.

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Dún Laoghaire (coastal market) ★ 4.3

25 min by DARTDART from Pearse Station to Dún Laoghaire, twenty-five minutes

Famous forSunday People's Park Market, coastal walks, Teddy's ice cream

Dún Laoghaire on the south coast holds the Sunday People's Park Market with fifty stalls, the East and West Piers for coastal walks, and Teddy's 1950 ice.

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Malahide (coastal village, castle) ★ 4.0

35 min by DARTDART from Connolly Station to Malahide, thirty-five minutes north

Famous forSaturday farmers market, Malahide Castle, coastal lunch

Malahide on the north coast holds a Saturday farmers market at the GAA pitch, Malahide Castle with its grounds and a coastal village with seafood pubs.

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Bray (south coast) ★ 4.2

45 min by DARTDART from Connolly Station to Bray, forty-five minutes south

Famous forBray Head walk, fish and chips, Italian ice cream

Bray on the south coast of Co Wicklow holds the Bray to Greystones cliff walk, the original Italian-Irish chippers and the Bray Sea Front bistros.

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Kilkenny (medieval city) ★ 4.6

90 min by trainTrain from Heuston Station to Kilkenny, ninety minutes south

Famous forKilkenny Castle, the Hole in the Wall pub, Smithwick's brewery

Kilkenny in Co Kilkenny is an hour and a half by train south of Dublin: the medieval castle, the Smithwick's Brewery Experience, the Hole in the Wall pub.

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Wicklow (Glendalough and the mountains) ★ 4.5

60 min by carCar or St Kevin's Bus from Dublin city centre to Glendalough, sixty minutes

Famous forMountain walks, Wicklow lamb, Hunter's Hotel afternoon tea

Glendalough and the Wicklow Mountains south of Dublin: Glendalough's monastic site, Wicklow Way walks, Powerscourt Estate, and Hunter's Hotel afternoon tea.

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Dublin: 2.5-Hour Fabulous Food Tasting Trail★ 5.0 (12)

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Dublin: 2.5-Hour Fabulous Food Tasting Trail

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