Anne’s guidebook
Food scene
Bar and grill eatery in a lovely seaside setting offering an extensive menu, including their famous chicken wings!
21 locals recommend
Blue Bar
25 Harbour RdBar and grill eatery in a lovely seaside setting offering an extensive menu, including their famous chicken wings!
Family-run village pub with bar and restaurant serving classic pub food and seasonal dishes.
Whytes Bar and Restaurant
Family-run village pub with bar and restaurant serving classic pub food and seasonal dishes.
Gastropub offering exciting menu and wide selection of craft and specialist beers.
12 locals recommend
The Lime Kiln Gastropub
Main StreetGastropub offering exciting menu and wide selection of craft and specialist beers.
Modern Irish cuisine served in the grounds of the Irish Institute of Music. They also have a music tree in the outdoor area that is worth checking out!
The La-La
3 Church StreetModern Irish cuisine served in the grounds of the Irish Institute of Music. They also have a music tree in the outdoor area that is worth checking out!
Family-run bar and seafood eatery on the harbour, featuring prawns and crab claws, plus farm-to-fork meats.
24 locals recommend
Stoop Your Head
19 Harbour RdFamily-run bar and seafood eatery on the harbour, featuring prawns and crab claws, plus farm-to-fork meats.
Duende Gastro Bar
Dublin RoadMediterranean and Spanish cuisine.
Family run countryside café with indoor and outdoor dining, farm shop, giftshop and gallery. Great place to stop for a coffee when out on a cycle.
8 locals recommend
Sage & Stone
Family run countryside café with indoor and outdoor dining, farm shop, giftshop and gallery. Great place to stop for a coffee when out on a cycle.
Beach-side café serving local Irish cuisine.
Lovely place to stop for a snack while on a beach walk from Gormanston to Bettystown.
11 locals recommend
Relish Cafe
Beach-side café serving local Irish cuisine.
Lovely place to stop for a snack while on a beach walk from Gormanston to Bettystown.
Gourmet Food Parlour Skerries
65 Church StMediterranean and Irish cuisine
Dunne and Crescenzi
14-16 Frederick St SOur favourite Italian restaurant in Dublin.
Strandfield
Cafe, Florist, and Grocer
Drinking and Nightlife
Quaint and cosy Irish country pub located in seaside village of Laytown that offers live Irish music nights.
Gilna's The Cottage Inn
Alverno TerraceQuaint and cosy Irish country pub located in seaside village of Laytown that offers live Irish music nights.
Tommy Leddy Theatre - TLTdrogheda co louth
12 Matthew's LnParks and Nature
Ardgillan Castle
Lovely parkland for a walk, with tearooms and gardens.
Entertainment and Activities
Ireland's only theme park and zoo. Based on the iconic Irish Tayto crisp brand.
31 locals recommend
Tayto Park station
Ireland's only theme park and zoo. Based on the iconic Irish Tayto crisp brand.
30,000 square foot indoor waterpark with over 200 water-based activities
26 locals recommend
Funtasia Drogheda
30,000 square foot indoor waterpark with over 200 water-based activities
Dublin Zoo
Zoo RoadClay pigeon shooting & also home to Flynn Park which offers water trampoline course and aerial trekking
Courtlough Shooting Grounds
Clay pigeon shooting & also home to Flynn Park which offers water trampoline course and aerial trekking
Skerries Watersports Academy
89 Strand StreetLessons in Kitesurfing, Paddleboarding, Kayaking and Windsurfing
Movies @ Swords
Omniplex Cinema Dublin - Balbriggan
10 Mill StreetSmall local cinema.
Explore the Seven Kingdoms on the official Game of Thrones Studio Tour at Linen Mills Studio, Banbridge, Northern Ireland.
Option to travel directly to the Studio by coach from Dublin.
26 locals recommend
Game of Thrones Studio Tour Vacations
Cascum RoadExplore the Seven Kingdoms on the official Game of Thrones Studio Tour at Linen Mills Studio, Banbridge, Northern Ireland.
Option to travel directly to the Studio by coach from Dublin.
Arts and Culture
National Gallery of Ireland
Merrion Square WestGuinness Storehouse
Trinity College Library
College GreenHome to the Book of Kells and the beautiful Old Library.
Jameson Distillery Bow St.
Bow StreetKilmainham Gaol Museum
Inchicore RoadSlane Castle is set in the middle of a 1,500 acre estate in the heart of the Boyne Valley, County Meath.
Slane Irish Whiskey Distillery, on the castle grounds, offers tours.
23 locals recommend
Slane Distillery
Slane Castle is set in the middle of a 1,500 acre estate in the heart of the Boyne Valley, County Meath.
Slane Irish Whiskey Distillery, on the castle grounds, offers tours.
Stone Age (Neolithic) monument with interactive visitor centre.
43 locals recommend
Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre Newgrange and Knowth
Stone Age (Neolithic) monument with interactive visitor centre.
Racecourses
Rural racecourse situated on the Hill of Crockafotha.
Race meetings take place in July, August, and September.
Bellewstown Racecourse
Rural racecourse situated on the Hill of Crockafotha.
Race meetings take place in July, August, and September.
The only horserace event run on a beach.
Race meetings take place in September each year.
Laytown Race Course
Strand RoadThe only horserace event run on a beach.
Race meetings take place in September each year.
Dundalk Stadium
Racecourse RoadIreland's only all weather horse track & dual racecourse.