Dublin Zoo
Dublin Zoo, in Phoenix Park, is a zoo in Dublin, Ireland, and one of Dublin's most popular attractions. Established and designed in 1830 by Decimus Burton, it opened the following year.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Harold Strong, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Presidential Residence and Kilmainham Gaol.
The Presidential Residence
Government office
Photo: William Murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Áras an Uachtaráin, formerly the Viceregal Lodge, is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of Ireland. The estate is located off Chesterfield Avenue in the Phoenix Park in Dublin, with the building's design being credited to amateur architect Nathaniel Clements but more likely guided by professionals and completed around 1751 to 1757. The Presidential Residence is situated 1 km northwest of Dublin Zoo.
Kilmainham Gaol
Photo: Nol Aders, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kilmainham Gaol is a former prison in Kilmainham, Dublin. It is now a museum run by the Office of Public Works, an agency of the Government of Ireland. Kilmainham Gaol is situated 1½ km south of Dublin Zoo.
Dublin Heuston railway station
Railway station
Photo: Poxyshamrock, Public domain.
Heuston Station, also known as Dublin Heuston, is one of Dublin's largest railway stations and links the capital with the south, southwest and west of Ireland. Dublin Heuston railway station is situated 1 km southeast of Dublin Zoo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oxmantown and Stoneybatter.
Oxmantown
Suburb
Oxmantown was a suburb on the opposite bank of the Liffey from Dublin, in what is now the city's Northside. It was founded in the 12th century by Hiberno-Norse Dubliners or "Ostmen" who either migrated voluntarily or were expelled from inside of the city walls of Dublin after the Anglo-Norman invasion and the 1171 beheading of Hasculf, the last Hiberno-Norse King of Dublin by the invading army.
Stoneybatter
Suburb
Photo: William Murphy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stoneybatter, is a neighbourhood of Dublin, Ireland, on the Northside of the city between the River Liffey, the North Circular Road, Smithfield Market, and Grangegorman.
Cabra
Suburb
Photo: Darren J. Prior, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cabra is an inner suburb on the northside of Dublin city in Ireland. It is approximately 2 kilometres northwest of the city centre, in the administrative area of Dublin City Council.
Dublin Zoo
- Type: Zoo
- Description: zoo
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Dublin Zoo” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “都柏林动物园”
- Chinese: “都柏林動物園”
- Danish: “Dublin Zoo”
- Dutch: “Dublin Zoo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جنينة حيوانات دبلن”
- Finnish: “Dublinin eläintarha”
- French: “zoo de Dublin”
- French: “Zoo de Dublin”
- Georgian: “დუბლინის ზოოპარკი”
- German: “Zoo Dublin”
- Irish: “Zú Bhaile Átha Cliath”
- Italian: “zoo di Dublino”
- Italian: “Zoo di Dublino”
- Japanese: “ダブリン動物園”
- Korean: “더블린 동물원”
- Navajo: “Tóhodiłhiłdi naaldeehii danílʼį́ bił hazʼání”
- Polish: “Dublin Zoo”
- Russian: “Дублинский зоопарк”
- Spanish: “Zoologico de Dublin”
- Spanish: “Zoológico de Dublín”
- Urdu: “ڈبلن چڑیا گھر”
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