Howth Castle ( HOHTH) is a historic dwelling, based on 14th and 15th century Anglo-Norman construction, that lies by the village of Howth, County Dublin, Ireland. It is sited within a substantial estate. The castle was the ancestral home of the St Lawrence family that had held the area since the 12th century Norman invasion, and the head of which held in time the titles of Lord Howth (a feudal barony) until circa 1425, Baron Howth to 1767, then Earl of Howth until 1909. The castle and estate were held by distaff heirs, the Gaisford-St Lawrence family, from 1909 to 2019, when they were sold to an investment group, Tetrarch.
Howth ( HOHTH; Irish: Binn Éadair, meaning 'Éadar's peak'; Old Norse: Hǫfuð) is a peninsular village and outer suburb of Dublin in Ireland. The district as a whole occupies the greater part of the peninsula of Howth Head, which forms the northern boundary of Dublin Bay, and includes the island of Ireland's Eye, which holds multiple natural protection designations.
Ireland's Eye (Irish: Inis Mac Neasáin) is a small long-uninhabited island off the coast of County Dublin, Ireland. In ancient times it was called 'Adros' by Ptolemy, 'Adrea Deserta' by Pliny, and 'Andros' and 'Edria' by other early navigators. Colloquially called "the Eye", the island is situated directly north of Howth village and harbour and is easily reached by regular seasonal tourist boats, which both circumnavigate it and drop off day trippers. There is a yacht anchorage on its north side, and kayakers can also land.
Sutton (Irish: Cill Fhionntain, meaning 'Fintan's cell or church') is a residential suburb on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. It occupies the tombolo which links Howth Head to the mainland, some of the lower slopes of Howth Hill, and a little of the adjacent coasts. There is a small commercial core at the Sutton Cross road intersection.
The Ben of Howth ( HOHTH; Irish: Beann Éadair ) is a hilly area on Howth Head, adjacent to the 171 metre high Black Linn, the peninsula's highest point.
Bayside (Irish: Cois Bá) is a small residential suburb on the northside of Dublin, Ireland, purpose-built from 1967 on lands previously part of Kilbarrack. It has a planned central service area with retail facilities and lies inshore of Bull Island. It absorbed a neighbouring development, Sutton Park, also on Kilbarrack lands adjacent to Baldoyle. Established in 1967 under Dublin Corporation, it was later moved to the jurisdiction of Fingal County Council.
Donaghmede (Irish: Domhnach Míde, meaning 'St Mide's Church') is a mixed socio-economic residential suburb on the northern side of Dublin, Ireland, formed from parts of Baldoyle, Coolock and Raheny in the 1970s. It contains a mid-size shopping centre and a ruined chapel.
Clongriffin railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Chluain Ghrifín) is a station at the western edge of Clongriffin on the northern section of the (DART), also accessible from Myrtle Avenue in Baldoyle and also serving other parts of northern Donaghmede, and Balgriffin.
Abbeville, formerly Abbeyville House, is an 18th-century Georgian house in the townland of Abbeyville, civil parish of Kinsealy, County Dublin, Ireland.
The Baily Lighthouse (Irish: Teach Solais Dhún Criofainn) is a lighthouse on the southeastern part of Howth Head in County Dublin, Ireland. It is maintained by the Commissioners of Irish Lights.
Donaghmede Shopping Centre is a mid-size shopping centre located in Donaghmede, a suburb in Dublin's Northside.
Father Collins Park (Irish: Páirc an Athar Uí Choileáin) is a public park located in Dublin, Ireland, near the boundary of Dublin city and Fingal. Its official address is Donaghmede, and it is located near the new development at Clongriffin, with Balgriffin a little to the west. It is owned and managed by Dublin City Council.
Grange Abbey is a ruined chapel on the former Grange of Baldoyle lands, in the townland of Baldoyle, now in Donaghmede, at the northern edge of Dublin, Ireland. It belonged to the Priory of All Hallows and then, from 1539, to Dublin Corporation. Disused by 1630, it was later noted as a "picturesque ruin" and was registered as a National Monument. It was part-restored in the mid-1980s, and archaeological works were carried out in 1986 and 1999.
Kinsealy–Drinan (Irish: Cionn Sáile–Draighneán) is an urban area in County Dublin near Swords, Ireland.
Malahide Community School (MCS; Irish: Pobalscoil Íosa), also known as Scoil Íosa by the students and staff, is a co-educational secondary school located in Malahide, County Dublin, Ireland. It accepts pupils of all religious denominations. The school grew from 512 students in 1976 to 1200 students by 2006, and remained at around 1200 as of 2018.
The National Transport Museum of Ireland (Irish: Iarsmalann Náisiunta Iompair na hÉireann), the main project of the Transport Museum Society of Ireland, is based in the grounds of Howth Castle in Ireland. It is the current form of a project begun in the 1940s and restructured in the early 1970s. It operated the Castleruddery Transport Museum from 1974 to 1985, opening in Howth in 1986. It has a collection of more than 180 vehicles in all.
Portmarnock Golf Club is a golf club in Portmarnock, north County Dublin, Ireland. Its 27-hole links occupies a peninsula beside the Irish Sea, with the Championship Course often included in lists of the top 100 golf courses in the world.
Shielmartin Hill or Shelmartin (Irish: Cnoc Shíol Mhártain, meaning 'Martin's seed or race') (163 metres (535 ft) high) is a peak on Howth Head in County Dublin, Ireland. From it can be seen Portmarnock, Sutton, Bull Island and the coastal areas behind it, and most of Dublin Bay.
St Doulagh's Church (Irish: Clochar Dúiligh) is the oldest stone-roofed church still in use in Ireland. It is situated approximately 10 kilometres from Dublin city, just north of the hamlet of Balgriffin, within Fingal and in the traditional County Dublin, and is marked as "St Doulagh's Church, Balgriffin". Its complex also comprises an octagonal baptistry built over a holy well - Ireland's only surviving standalone baptistry - and a stone housing over a pool. St Doulagh's is one of the two churches in the Church of Ireland "United Parishes of Malahide, Portmarnock and St Doulagh's.
St. Fintan's Cemetery is located in Sutton, on the south side of Carrickbrack Road in Dublin, Ireland.
St. Fintan's High School (Irish: Ard Scoil Naomh Fhionntán) is an all-boys Roman Catholic voluntary-aided secondary school located in Sutton, Dublin, Ireland.
Sutton Park School is a non-denominational, independent co-educational day school located just off Saint Fintan's Road in Sutton at the city side of Howth Head on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland.
Trinity Gaels (Irish: Gael na Tríonóide) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Donaghmede in Dublin, Ireland. Trinity Gaels were founded in 1975 to cater for the growing population in the Donaghmede area. The club got their name from the local Roman Catholic parish name, the parish of the Holy Trinity. Gaels won the Dublin Intermediate Football Championship in 1994 and therefore qualified to senior status. They also won the Intermediate Hurling championship and qualified for senior status. They have since fallen back to intermediate football and have remained there for the last decade or so, while the hurling side of the club dropped alarmingly to the lowest levels of Junior. Trinity Gaels played in Fr Collins Park, Hole in the Wall Road, where they still train their younger teams, until the middle of the 2006 season when they moved to new purpose-built grounds including clubhouse and floodlit pitches on Drumnigh Road. They also play matches and train at Donaghmede Park. A book entitled "Trinity Gaels – a look back through the last years", was launched at the Hilton Hotel, Malahide Road on 15 January 2007 to celebrate 30 years of the club's existence.
Belcamp Park (Irish: Páirc Belcamp) is a public park in Clonshaugh, Dublin 17, within the broad Coolock area, near Darndale and Priorswood. The park runs south of the N32, along the northern boundary of the city. It is owned by Dublin City Council and operated by the Council's Parks and Landscape Division.
Ye Olde Hurdy Gurdy Museum of Vintage Radio is a museum of communication history based in the Martello tower in Howth, Dublin.
Le phare de Howth est un phare situé sur la péninsule de Howth Head et marque l'entrée du port de Howth, en mer d'Irlande au nord de Dublin (Irlande). Le premier, inactif, a été géré par les Commissioners of Irish Lights. Le second est sous l'autorité portuaire de Dublin (Dublin Port Company).
Belcamp House (sometimes Belcamp Hall) is a Georgian house and former school, situated within a substantial estate off the Malahide Road in Balgriffin in the northern suburbs of Dublin, Ireland. The house is usually attributed to the architect James Hoban, who also designed the White House in Washington, D.C., with a similar Oval Office utilising the bow back of the building.
Burrow Beach, also known as the Hole in the Wall locally, is a beach in Sutton, in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland. It neighbours Claremont Beach by Howth village, and, across the water (the exit of the inlet of Baldoyle Bay), Portmarnock Strand. It is served by a lifeguard during the summer months and is a green flag beach.
The Church of the Assumption, Howth is a Roman Catholic church in Howth, in Fingal in the traditional County Dublin.
The Old Courthouse in Howth is a former place of worship that was subsequently used as a courthouse.
Kilbarrack Church and Cemetery is a ruined church and graveyard located in the coastal part of Kilbarrack, a northeastern suburb of Dublin. It lies on the road from Dublin to Howth, coastward of the modern district of Bayside. The church is sometimes referred to as the Mariners Church or the Chapel of Mone (Capella de Mone), meaning "chapel of the boggy ground".
Howth Lifeboat Station sits on the middle pier at Howth Harbour in the fishing village of Howth, on Howth Head, a peninsula located on the north side of Dublin Bay, in the administrative region of Fingal, historically County Dublin, on the east coast of Ireland.