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Title: "Picturesque Dublin, old and new ... With ninety-one illustrations by Rose Barton, etc"
Author(s): Gerard, Frances A., pseudonym [i.e. Miss Geraldine Fitzgerald] [person]
British Library shelfmark: "Digital Store 10390.g.24"
Page: 393 (scanned page number - not necessarily the actual page number in the publication)
Place of publication: London (England)
Date of publication: 1898
Publisher: Hutchinson
Type of resource: Monograph
Language(s): English
Physical description: xxii, 429 pages (8°)
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St Patrick's Cathedral
Ireland's largest cathedral and national cathedral of the Church of Ireland, once led by Jonathan Swift.
3 km · about 5 min drive
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Terenure
Leinster, Ireland · Europe
About Terenure
Terenure works well as a base: 19km from Powerscourt Waterfall.
Terenure is in Leinster, Ireland, with about 7,700 people. You drive on the left here.
Terenure (Irish: Tír an Iúir, meaning 'land of the yew tree'), called Roundtown from around 1800-1870, is a middle class suburb of Dublin in Ireland. It is located in the city's D6 and D6W postal districts. The population of all electoral divisions labelled as Terenure was 17,972 as of the 2022 census.
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What is there to see near Terenure?
Within an hour or so of Terenure: St Patrick's Cathedral (3 km), Dublin Zoo (5 km), Howth Cliff Walk (16 km), Powerscourt Waterfall (19 km).
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The nearest famous roads are Sally Gap, Wicklow Gap and Dundrod Circuit.
Where is Terenure?
Terenure is in Leinster, Ireland.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 7,674
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Ireland
- Region
- Leinster
- Timezone
- Europe/Dublin
- Coordinates
- 53.3097, -6.2853
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Worth the detour from Terenure
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Dublin Zoo
Ireland's largest zoo in Phoenix Park, one of the oldest zoos in Europe, home to over 400 animals.
5 km · about 10 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.
16 km · about 20 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.
19 km · about 20 min drive
mountain pass
Sally Gap
A high crossroads pass over the Wicklow Mountains amid blanket bog, with the famous Military Road running through.
19 km · about 20 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Lough 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.
23 km · about 25 min drive
waterfall
Glenmacnass Waterfall
A waterfall spilling off the plateau beside the Military Road in the Wicklow Mountains, with parking right at the top.
27 km · about 30 min drive
racetrack
Mondello Park
Ireland's only permanent motorsport circuit, located in County Kildare and the home of Irish national racing since 1968.
31 km · about 35 min drive
Driving roads near Terenure
- 16 kmHowth Cliff WalkA looped cliff path around Howth Head with views to Ireland's Eye and the Wicklow mountains, easily reached from Dublin.
- 19 kmSally GapA high crossroads pass over the Wicklow Mountains amid blanket bog, with the famous Military Road running through.
- 23 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.
- 31 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.
- 34 kmThe Spinc, GlendaloughA boardwalk ridge walk high above the Upper Lake at Glendalough, climbing beside the Poulanass waterfall.
- 50 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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