A guided walking tour along Dun Laoghaire seafront and harbour. The walk is led by Eileen O'Duffy, local author and historian.

The Dublin Riviera is a guided walk back in time to a golden era where local Dun Laoghaire residents and visitors wined and dined in the yacht clubs, restaurants and hotels along the waterfront, and danced in the Pavilion, the ballrooms and the nightclubs. The walk will provide an insight into the symbiotic relationship between the harbour and the town and how this helped Dun Laoghaire to evolve into an elegant and glamorous centre of hospitality, entertainment and luxurious bathing, a “Dublin Riviera”.

The walk is led by Eileen O’Duffy, a local historian and the author of two books, ‘From Dirt and Dips to Dryrobes, bathing in Dun Laoghaire through the ages’ and ‘Champagne, Cocktails and Crêpes Suzette, wining, dining and dancing in Dun Laoghaire through the ages’

Highlights:

Waterfront Yacht Clubs and the Royal Visits

The Pavilion and Town Hall

Royal Marine Hotel and Gardens

Haddington House Hotel

Former Seafront hotels on Victoria and Marine Terrace

Dún Laoghaire Baths (finish)

Wednesdays & Saturdays 11am

Meet at Harbour Plaza (entrance to Old Ferry Terminal)

Tour Duration: 90 minutes

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