Dún Laoghaire East Pier

Such a lovely resort city with Victorian style houses and little ice cream teddy’s on every corner. The best spot outside of Dublin in a good weather. Get an ice cream and walk along the pier towards the forty foot where everyone is jumping off the cliffs for a little swim. On your way back take some take away and enjoy eating it in a People’s park. Great experience.

Who doesn’t know /​love the odd walk on the East Pier? The pier is actually one of the reasons why I moved to Ireland and live in the area. While considering moving here I saw people coming from town and going for an evening walk to relax from their work. What nicer way could there be?
By now I’m here rather in the morning when it’s still quiet and I mainly avoid it on a sunny weekend due to too many people there but nonetheless it’s always a lovely walk.
Since the refurbishments of the pier itself a few years ago, the bandstand and shelter done up and the battery at the end of the pier open to the public it’s even more an attraction.
And if you feel like a coffee or Teddy’s icecream when you reach the end of the pier: You’re lucky and can go into the battery to get that at weekends.

The Dun Laoghaire East Pier is a favorite walk of mine. I frequently take the dart out to Dun Laoghaire and visit the sunday markets at people park and then enjoy a stroll down the pier. It is a nice distance where you feel like you got a little bit of exercise and you have great beautiful views of sailboats, the Irish Sea and Howth in the distance.
I think there is a small coffee shop or ice cream shop under the lighthouse, but I have not tried it yet. I will need to visit and report back. Although you could argue that the ice cream could counter act the exercise from the walk there. I guess you always have the walk back to catch up though!

At a warm sunny day the view is just beautiful. Enjoyed myself walking around

Personally the best time to come is during the middle of the summer. The temperature is usually perfect assuming it doesn’t rain, and the sunsets are breath taking with the clouds and the way the sun go together. Seriously some of the best sunsets I have ever seen has been here.
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While I really enjoyed Dún Laoghaire, it’s hard to be quite as amazed by it as I would have if I hadn’t already been to Howth (which is about a half hour north of center-​city Dublin. It’s a beautiful little fishing village. Go there.). Still, Dún Laoghaire was a great short trip to make from Dublin. I love any town by the water – especially ones that are on the small and quaint side of things. Dún Laoghaire has some great piers to walk along as well as a good sized town to explore. It makes a wonderful day-​trip (or perhaps morning/​afternoon trip) if you’re in Dublin.

I don’t know why sometimes when we compare a place in Ireland to a foreign clime that somehow it means it is excellent.
As in this pier last night felt like I was in Spain or Portugal but I was in Ireland… Why should that be a surprise? It’s a bad case of low national self esteem I assume.
Can’t think of a better way to finish off a meal or a stressful week then to take a stroll down this pier. The sunset was magnificent. The yachts bobbing serenely in the water to the background tunes of a lone man at the end playing his banjo creating a dreamlike lull.
Couples kissed. Happy dogs darted about and looked down at people from the high walls, suddenly they were the masters. Just a real national treasure that we have and something to be proud of and boast about. No comparisons needed, we own it.

If you enjoy a walk by the sea, alone or with company, this is the perfect place. I’ve walked the pier hundreds of times and I still love it. In Summer its perfect in a t-​shirt and shades. In deep Winter its perfect in a coat, leggings, hat, scarf, gloves and ipod. The wilder the weather, the more thrilling the experience.
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This is one of the best amenities of Dún Laoghaire by a mile. It’s perfect to meet a friend for a chat if you’re not bothered by a coffee. Indeed, I suspect that that’s its main use, as you tend to see the girlies out together on the pier quite often… and you can even pretend to be healthy. The best time to go is when it’s a wee bit windy… you feel so refreshed after, even if you do worry about being blown over the edge and into the path of the oncoming HSS… but as long as you survive it then it’s great.

East Pier takes about 30min to stroll around which means you have done enough exercise to justify an Ice Cream at Teddy’s afterwards! It has lovely views, pretty boats, fresh sea air and a never ending sky!
On Sunday’s there is a market in the People’s Park, which is a great excuse to grab a blanket and by some yummy goodies and have a picnic lunch! A great way to pass a lovely Irish summers day!

If theres one thing your should do in Dublin, thats totally free too, its go for a stroll on the pier in Dún Laoighre. The east pier is probably the more well trodden and familiar walk. It’s just over 1.6 Km’s in length so you can justfiy getting a teddys ice cream before or after.
Dún Laoighre is easily accessible from all over Dublin and prob the most scenic way to get there is on the DART. Dublin’s familiar green coastal train.
The views from the pier are amazing, directly in front you can see over to the north shore and the Howth peninsula, south to Sandycove and further around to Killiney hill, and Dalkey.
Great for a walk anytime, expect crowds at the weekend. Theres usually a busker at the end of the pier and coffee and tea available at a kiosk at the start of the walk.

This place is brilliant for walking, swimming and general outdoor merriment!
There’s an interesting lifehouse to check out and there’s a great spot for swimming known as the «40 foot» which is worth a visit, that is if you’re man enough to brave the wild Irish coast!
If not, you can sit back and enjoy the great view and some teddys ice-​cream.

One of the nicest, and largest piers to walk along. You have a lovely view of the town and the harbour as you walk.

One of the most beautiful spots in the city and by far the jewel in the crown of Dun Laoghaire. Built in the 1800’s by stone from the quarry on Killiney Hill and if you ask me at its most beautiful on a quiet Sunday morning stroll or by sunset on a clear sunny day.
The pier is a mile long and has a bandstand and gazebo and plenty of benches. You can see the yachts harboured in the water to the left and there are rugged rocks and a little green area with benches to the right. You can see a great view of Howth and the gasworks.
Walk out all the way for a beautiful look at the sunset on a clear day. You’ll come across joggers, lovers, people bringing dogs for a walk (avoid the people walking oddly and talking loudly with plastic cider bottles!) kids with bikes, people sitting reading, eating Teddy’s ice-​cream and roller skaters.
Bring a warm jacket on even a sunny day, that sea breeze is stiff! It doesn’t feels like the hyper-​rushed streets of Dublin here; it’s another calmer peaceful world.