Magazine Fort
Magazine Fort is in Dublin, Leinster. Magazine Fort is situated nearby to the sports venue UCD Rowing Club, as well as near Dublin University Boat club.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Magazine Fort and Kilmainham Gaol.
Magazine Fort
Castle
The Magazine Fort is a bastion fort and magazine located within the Phoenix Park, in Dublin, Ireland. Built in 1735, it was occupied by British Armed Forces until 1922 when it was turned over to the Irish Defence Forces after the Anglo-Irish Treaty.
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 1 km southeast of Magazine Fort.
Irish National War Memorial Gardens
Park
Photo: Osioni, Public domain.
The Irish National War Memorial Gardens is an Irish war memorial in Islandbridge, Dublin, dedicated "to the memory of the 49,400 Irish soldiers who gave their lives in the Great War, 1914–1918", out of a total of 206,000 Irishmen who served in the British forces alone during the war. Irish National War Memorial Gardens is situated 500 metres south of Magazine Fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Inchicore and Oxmantown.
Inchicore
Suburb
Photo: JP, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inchicore is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. Located approximately 5 kilometres west of the city centre, Inchicore was originally a small village separate from Dublin.
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.
Rialto
Suburb
Photo: Deitel55, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rialto is an inner suburb of Dublin, situated on the city's southside. The area takes its name from the Harcourt Bridge, which was commonly known as the Rialto Bridge due to its resemblance to the shape of the bridge of that name in Venice.
Magazine Fort
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Category: tourism
- Location: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.34881° or 53° 20′ 56″ northLongitude
-6.31553° or 6° 18′ 56″ westOperator
Office of Public WorksOpen location code
9C5M8MXM+GQOpenStreetMap ID
node 14053550270OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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