One of the oldest zoos in the world (it was founded in 1830), Dublin's animal house is now home to 700 species, including endangered snow leopards and golden lion tamarinds. In...

At first glance, Iveagh gardens look private: they're ringed by high stone walls and their entrances are hidden. One door lurks behind the National Concert Hall on Earlsfort...

Three tracks are available for four-wheel jeeps, kiddie karts and adult karting. Karting is not recommended for children under 12.

Although it ceased to be used as a prison in 1924, this remains the best-known Irish lock-up and one of the most fascinating buildings in the country. It was here that the...

This noisy amusement chain offers all the usual activities like bowling, Quasar laser games and adventure play areas. At the Stillorgan centre kids can design and paint...

The castle sits on 250 acres (101 hectares) - though much of it is given over to dull-looking playing fields - and the perimeter is just over three kilometres (two miles) long;...

The castle is exciting enough all on its own, and then there's the Fry Model Railway and Tara's Palace to make this a perfect junior his 'n' hers day out. The model railway...

This aquarium is constructed on a fairly humble scale, so there isn't much in the way of child-friendly wow factor. However, the wide variety of marine species, most of them...

This small, early Georgian house may appear modest from the outside but its style of furnishing is really rather grand: lots of Portland stone, stucco by Robert West, ceiling...

An old-style cobbled farmyard with stables, a forge, hen coops, pig sties, bits of old farm machinery and a varied collection of animals - Newbridge has it all. There are even...

Housed in the old coach house of the former Papal Nunciature, this centre explains the history of Phoenix Park. Regular free tours of nearby Ashtown Castle, a 17th-century...

Originally built in the 1500s, the complex has been restored, and now includes two large, working five-sail mills and one smaller four-sail watermill with bare stone walls and...

Formerly the graveyard to the ivystrangled relic of a church at its centre, this beguiling little park is almost always empty. Rumour has it that the area is haunted by the...

Located within the vast grounds of Malahide Castle, these gardens enjoy relative tranquillity even when the castle is rammed with summertime visitors. The Walled Garden (guided...