🌊DLR's coastal beauty features on RTÉ1 tonight! Catch Tracks and Trails, 20.30 as Luke O’Neill & Doireann Ní Ghlacáin explore a stunning coastal walk from Dún Laoghaire to Dalkey & out to Dalkey Island. Doireann is also joined by Maïa Dunphy as they explore our mountainous backdrop dalkeycastle.com

Bike Week is here! Whether you like the gentle flat surface between Dun Laoghaire & Dalkey, or a more adventurous route uphill from Dalkey to Killiney, there are plenty of cycle routes with breath-taking scenery to enhance the experience. dalkeycastle.com

Bloomsday: dalkeycastle.com/home/events/... Rejoyce with Joyce and explore the colourful south Dublin coast as events are held around the world, but particularly here in Joyce's Dublin, to mark the literary day that is Bloomsday!

The eagle-eyed amongst you may have spied a new venue on the Dalkey Book Festival list. With a more limited use of Cuala due to building works, Loreto Abbey Dalkey has stepped into the breach. www.dalkeybookfestival.org/thursday

Hugh Leonard appreciation continues with St. Patrick's Dramatic Society's evening series of his one act plays, running April 22nd - 25th, here in Dalkey Town Hall Further details available at: www.gr8events.ie/sales/index.... In the centenary year of his birth, Mr Leonard leaves a lasting legacy

Looking out over the seas which formed our history dalkeycastle.com/home/about Cruise season here in the Dublin Bay Biosphere begins this weekend with the Viking Vela arriving into Dun Laoghaire harbour. We look forward to welcoming ashore all those looking for a little local flavour

Looking for a fun Easter activity for the children / grandchildren? Come and join a tour! www.dalkeycastle.com #easterholidays #thingstodoindublin #thingstodoindublinwithkids #funforallthefamily

We don't want to keep Parroting on about it ;-) but tonight is your chance to have your say on the future of tourism along the Dublin coastline. 45 minutes before kick-off so time to give some input and then scarper in time for the anthems. COYBIG!

Looking ahead to Dalkey Book Festival! www.dalkeybookfestival.org Running 18th - 21st June this year, we are on tenterhooks to learn the line-up for 2026. Announcements expected shortly so keep a keen eye out on their socials. 📸Conor McCabe Photography dalkeycastle.com/home/the-visit

Did you know that a shamrock illuminates on the data page of an Irish passport under UV (blacklight)! It isn't the only feature either, geometric line patterns and detailed, colourful illustrations of Irish heritage can be seen across other pages. Ireland, always representing! dalkeycastle.com

Free Guided Hugh Leonard Centenary Walks dalkeycastle.com/book To mark the centenary of the birth of writer Hugh Leonard, join us either Thursday 2nd April @17.30 or Saturday 25th April @13.30, as we walk in Leonard's footsteps, featuring performed extracts from his work & led by a literary guide

What should tourism along the Dublin coastline look like in 2030? This community workshop is your opportunity to be a local voice shaping that future! Thurs March 26th 7.00pm, at the Royal Marine Hotel, Fáilte Ireland invites you to contribute to the Destination & Experience Development Plan

It's Carpe Diem Day - but every day should be! dalkeycastle.com Whether for watersports, seafood, coastal walks with fresh sea air or a living history tour blend of fact & fun, Dalkey, Co. Dublin is a beautiful blend of natural scenic wonder & vibrant village life, all under 30mins from Dublin City

Dalkey Players continue celebrating their 50th season with a production of John B. Keane's 'Sive' The play is set in rural Ireland where it focuses on people's attitudes & a battle between the generations Running 25th - 28th February, here at Dalkey Town Hall www.eventbrite.ie/e/sive-by-jo...

Open this Bank Holiday Weekend - Lá Fhéile Bríde! The DART is only running southside so why not venture out this way for a Spring walk, some fresh sea air & seafood. Those interested in Early Christian sites & holy wells can come to Dalkey to learn more dalkeycastle.com/home/about/#...

Where history is brought to life! dalkeycastle.com/home/the-vis... Our school tours programme is in full swing If you are a teacher looking for a unique way for your students to experience Irish history & culture, discover more at: dalkeycastle.com/home/the-vis... #schooltour #schooltours

Planning your Spring walk in Dublin? If you have a group looking for some Irish history alongside some fresh sea air and epic scenery, why not consider a guided walk in Dalkey: dalkeycastle.com/home/the-vis... #dalkey #dublin #dublinireland #irland #irlande #irlanda #ierland #irska #ireland

Fáilte ar ais! dalkeycastle.com With warm hearts we reopened to visitors this morning for our 2026 season. Bringing history to life through the actors on our living history experience, here on the captivating Dublin coastline, what better way to start a new year Discover Dalkey: dalkeycastle.com

🎵It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas🎵(in Dalkey) Twinkling lights glistening around town, magical Christmas market at The Queens & our Christmas at the Castle with Santa experiences beginning Friday 5th December, you can feel the festive feeling flow dalkeycastle.com/home/events/...

📢Cast Announcement📢 Sun 5th Oct, 15.30, joining director Jim Culleton in a rehearsed reading of his adaptation of Maeve Binchy's 'Tottenham Court Road', will be Roseanna Purcell, Paul Reid, Tierra Porter & Megan McDonnell. Gillian Binchy will chat with Jim after the performance www.echoes.ie

Craft Fair To coincide with Dalkey Lobster Festival, Sat 23rd & Sun 24th August, here in the town hall, discover the creativity of Ireland’s finest makers at 'From These Hands', a vibrant new art & craft fair celebrating high-quality handmade products dalkeycastle.com/home/events/...

#touchdownireland is your key to €2 per ticket off our Living History tour tickets if you are coming to #Dublin for the College Football 2025 game between K-State & Iowa State at Aviva Stadium Offer valid until end of August dalkeycastle.com Dalkey Lobster Festival runs the weekend of the game

Winner of Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice Award 2025! We are incredibly honoured by the accolade & continued 5* rating! A touch of theatre on every tour really is a winner with our costumed actors & exceptional tour guides truly bringing the history of this heritage town to life dalkeycastle.com

Sat 4th Oct 2025: Echoes Maeve Binchy Literary Festival featuring: Marian Keyes, Claire Keegan, Donal Ryan, Patricia Scanlan, Lisa Harding, Anne Marie Casey, Sinéad Moriarty, Anna Carey, Michael Harding, Catherine Dunne, Ian Robertson, Sophie White, Andrew Meehan, Lise-Ann McLaughlin www.echoes.ie

Bonne Fête Nationale to all our French guests! Dalkey Castle was once known as Goat Castle, after the Chevers family(chèvre being French for goat) The family crest displaying 3 goats can still be seen on the flag aloft Dalkey Castle today dalkeycastle.com #14juillet #vivelafrance #bastilleday

FREE Maeve Binchy &Irish Writers Guided Walk dalkeycastle.com/book Thursdays 6.00pm from 3rd July-28th August, the Literary Walk begins in the Writers’ Gallery here Walkers can enjoy snippets from local writers' works as they meander Dalkey's medieval streets Part of DLR Summer of Heritage Series

Book before the Summer Holidays! Echoes Maeve Binchy Literary Festival runs 3rd - 5th October 2025 featuring Marian Keyes, Claire Keegan, Ian Robertson, Patricia Scanlan, Catherine Dunne, Sinéad Moriarty and a host more, alongside rehearsed readings Don't Delay, learn more today: echoes.ie

Coastal Community The south Dublin coastline will once again be filled with colourful kites, watersports & family fun We are pleased once again to participate. Fun for all ages, our living history tours deliver enjoyment across the generations webcloudone.com/coastival

TV presenter, Timmy Mallett, joined Neil on the ferry over to Dalkey Island Mr Mallett is cycling the island of Ireland raise awareness of people's potential, following the death of his brother Martin, who had Down's Syndrome and died in 2018 dalkeycastle.com/home/about

Dalkey's next literary outing following Dalkey Book Festival will be our own Echoes Maeve Binchy Literary Festival, 3rd-5th October 2025 Offering nearly as impressive a line-up, we look forward to welcoming more book lovers to our charming coastal town dalkeycastle.com/home/events/... #dalkey

Mon 16th June 3.30pm, join us on a guided walk with a Joycean expert Tickets include the guided literary walk & a memorable dramatisation of the School scene from Ulysses so excellent value for money. Learn more at: dalkeycastle.com/home/events/... #dalkey #bloomsday #jamesjoyce #ulysses #dublin

Incredible Dalkey Book Festival events will be taking place in the town hall & heritage centre over the weekend www.dalkeybookfestival.org Our living history tours will not run on Saturday 14th or Sunday 15th but our touch of historical theatre will continue outside of those dates dalkeycastle.com

Experience the joy of James Joyce's works over the Bloomsday festival dalkeycastle.com/home/events/... #bloomsday #bloomsday2025 #jamesjoyce #ulysses #dublin #dublinireland #ireland