Please suggest some best places to visit this week within one hour drive from dublin

kevincool

Hi,
I'm new to dublin and off until 4th jan. We have a 7 month kid with us. Please suggest some good places to visit within one hour drive from dublin. We visited Glendalough last week. Thanks in advance.

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kevincool wrote: »

Hi,
I'm new to dublin and off until 4th jan. We have a 7 month kid with us. Please suggest some good places to visit within one hour drive from dublin. We visited Glendalough last week. Thanks in advance.

Avondale, power court gardens and waterfall with option of lunch in the house, newgrange, battle of the Boyne site. Mount usher gardens, russborough house, malahide castle.
Weather is to be bad this week though.

cdeb

Lucille Wonderful Honeysuckle wrote: »

newgrange, battle of the Boyne site.

Hill of Tara up near there as well (although it's just a hill - with a good view - and an interpretation centre; the actual ruins are long since gone, but it is where ancient Irish kings were crowned). In terms of historical sites, Meath would be the best bet given its ancient status as home of the Irish kings.

In Wicklow, there's the Sally Gap, Blessington Lakes, the Sugar Loaf, Bray Head, the cliff walk from Bray to Greystones. Devil's Glen, Knocksink, Kindlestown are all fairly easy but nice wooded walks. But all that's for scenery rather than something to visit as such - but still very much worth a visit. (The Sugar Loaf, Bray Head and the Cliff walk maybe aren't suited to a 7-month old kid, but I said I'd throw them out there for others who may be looking at the thread)

Wicklow in particular is quite outdoorsy and hilly - so the weather may well be a factor as Lucille Wonderful Honeysuckle notes. In terms of indoors - Wicklow Gaol gets very good reviews, though I've never been. (You could stay overnight nearby in the lighthouse if you wanted to make a weekend/adventure of it. It's pricey - but it's a lighthouse!)

SeaLife is on the Bray seafront, with lots of options for food/drink straight after.

In Kildare - the Japanese Gardens and the National Stud are two options, both at the same place more or less.

Does it have to be a drive? You could get the train from Dublin down to Rosslare and back; quite scenic and relaxing.

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I had thought of Wicklow Jail but left it out due to the baby. Its not pram friendly so you would need a harness of sorts.
You also need to dress for extreme cold....they didnt have central heating installed when it was being built.....an oversight I'm sure

kevincool

Thanks All. I will let FRANK pass by first and then planned to visit Malahide castle and stay in the portmarnock beach for a while and head back home.

otnomart

Kilkenny and Carlingford

cdeb

Lucille Wonderful Honeysuckle wrote: »

I had thought of Wicklow Jail but left it out due to the baby. Its not pram friendly so you would need a harness of sorts.
You also need to dress for extreme cold....they didnt have central heating installed when it was being built.....an oversight I'm sure

That's fair enough - as I say, never been.

The OP is a bit vague in terms of interests, particularly with the babby, so said I'd take the shotgun approach and let the OP decide from there.

LXFlyer

Newgrange?