Perhaps Ireland's oldest town, Dún Laoghaire is a port situated just 7 miles
south of Dublin city, easily accessible by DART and buses.
The town is named after its founder, the High King of Ireland in the Fifth
century - King Laoghaire - who used the area as his sea-fort (Dún) for raiding
into Britain and France. This was the King who allowed Saint Patrick travel the
land preaching the Christian message.
With festivals virtually every week from the June to September and many in
the autumn and winter months, the port-town is now serving as the leisure town
adjacent to Dublin city. Quality entertainment is the style of this rapidly
developing town which boasts such attractions as the National Maritime Museum
of Ireland, the James Joyce Tower and Dún Laoghaire harbour with its East Pier
promenade.
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