Dunleary Attractions

Dún Laoghaire ("Leary's Fort": pronounced Dunleary) lies at the south end of the wide sweep of Dublin Bay, below the northeasterly foothills of the Wicklow Mountains. At the beginning of the 19th C. it was still a small fishing village.

Today Dún Laoghaire is an attractive suburb of Dublin, a seaside resort and residential town much favored by retired people, and an important port, terminus of the mail boat and car ferry services from Holyhead (Anglesey). It is also Ireland's great yachting center, with the headquarters of three major yacht clubs.