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Dublin Zoo
Ireland's largest zoo in Phoenix Park, one of the oldest zoos in Europe, home to over 400 animals.
12 km · about 20 min drive
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Kinsealy-Drinan
Leinster, Ireland · Europe
About Kinsealy-Drinan
Kinsealy-Drinan is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Portmarnock, 31km from Hill of Tara.
Kinsealy-Drinan is in Leinster, Ireland, with about 5,800 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Portmarnock, about 5 km away.
Kinsealy–Drinan (Irish: Cionn Sáile–Draighneán) is an urban area in County Dublin near Swords, Ireland.
The main business and industrial areas to the east of Swords along the R132 dual carriageway, including separate the town centre of Swords from the residential neighbourhoods further east — Seatown, Lissenhall,Read more
Holywell and Drynam (or Drinan) — for which reason the Central Statistics Office treats the latter areas as forming a separate census town, which since 1991 it has dubbed "Kinsealy–Drinan". The development plan for Fingal County Council treats Kinsealy–Drinan as part of Swords.
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What is there to see near Kinsealy-Drinan?
Within an hour or so of Kinsealy-Drinan: Dublin Zoo (12 km), St Patrick's Cathedral (12 km), Howth Cliff Walk (12 km), Hill of Tara (31 km).
Are there any good drives near Kinsealy-Drinan?
The nearest famous roads are Sally Gap, Wicklow Gap and Dundrod Circuit.
Where is Kinsealy-Drinan?
Kinsealy-Drinan is in Leinster, Ireland, about 5 km from Portmarnock.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 5,814
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Ireland
- Region
- Leinster
- Timezone
- Europe/Dublin
- Coordinates
- 53.4440, -6.2033
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Worth the detour from Kinsealy-Drinan
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
cathedral
St Patrick's Cathedral
Ireland's largest cathedral and national cathedral of the Church of Ireland, once led by Jonathan Swift.
12 km · about 25 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Howth Cliff Walk
A looped cliff path around Howth Head with views to Ireland's Eye and the Wicklow mountains, easily reached from Dublin.
12 km · about 25 min drive
ancient ruins
Hill of Tara
The ceremonial seat of the High Kings of Ireland, a set of grassy earthworks with the Lia Fáil standing stone on top.
31 km · about 35 min drive
waterfall
Powerscourt Waterfall
Ireland's highest waterfall at 121 metres, cascading down a rock face in the beautiful Powerscourt Estate in the Wicklow Mountains.
33 km · about 40 min drive
ancient ruins
Newgrange
A 5,200-year-old passage tomb in Ireland's Boyne Valley, older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids, famous for its winter solstice illumination of the inner chamber.
33 km · about 40 min drive
ancient ruins
Knowth
A great passage tomb in the Boyne Valley ringed by kerbstones carrying the largest collection of megalithic art in Europe.
34 km · about 40 min drive
mountain pass
Sally Gap
A high crossroads pass over the Wicklow Mountains amid blanket bog, with the famous Military Road running through.
35 km · about 40 min drive
Driving roads near Kinsealy-Drinan
- Right hereHowth Cliff WalkA looped cliff path around Howth Head with views to Ireland's Eye and the Wicklow mountains, easily reached from Dublin.
- 35 kmSally GapA high crossroads pass over the Wicklow Mountains amid blanket bog, with the famous Military Road running through.
- 38 kmLough Tay (Guinness Lake)A dark lake with a pale sand beach at one end, viewed from the R759 above; used as the Viking village in the series Vikings.
- 47 kmWicklow GapHigh mountain pass on the R756 across the Wicklow Mountains between Hollywood and Glendalough, following the medieval pilgrims' route of St Kevin's Road through wild granite moorland.
- 49 kmThe Spinc, GlendaloughA boardwalk ridge walk high above the Upper Lake at Glendalough, climbing beside the Poulanass waterfall.
- 65 kmVale of AvocaA wooded river valley on the R752 in Wicklow at the meeting of the Avonmore and Avonbeg rivers.
Driving in Ireland
- Drives on
- the left
- Petrol
- ~€1.78/litre
- Motorway tolls
- ~€2.10/100km
When to drive here
April to October
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