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A 700-hectare walled park inside the city, a Georgian square open to the public since 1880, and a brunch room that keeps a bowl by the door.
6 places4 categories5 neighbourhoods1 with an off-leash area
6 places, each checked against the venue's own information
Neighbourhoods covered: Dublin 8, Castleknock and Chapelizod, Dublin 2, city centre off Grafton Street, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, Saint Kevin's, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, Killiney, Dublin.
Phoenix Park is one of the largest enclosed public parks in any European capital, a former royal hunting ground of about 707 hectares with wild fallow deer, long tree-lined avenues and the Glen Pond. Managed by the Office of Public Works, it lies roughly a mile and a half from O'Connell Street.
St Stephen's Green is a nine-hectare Victorian public park in the centre of Dublin, opened to the public in 1880 and maintained by the Office of Public Works. It has over 3.5 kilometres of accessible paths, an ornamental lake, a waterfall and a popular playground.
No photo yetThe Lovely Food Company is a family-run, dog-friendly café in Drumcondra serving breakfast, brunch and an all-day menu of tartines, toasties and bowls, with a wine bar in the evenings from Thursday to Saturday. It stands on Drumcondra Road Lower, a short walk from Croke Park.
No photo yetBread and Butter is a small neighbourhood café and coffee house in Drumcondra, next to its sister café The Lovely Food Company, serving speciality coffee, pastries, cakes and a to-go lunch. There are a few stools inside and seating for about fourteen outside, plus a small shop selling wine, Irish produce and gifts.
The Dean Dublin is a design-led boutique hotel on Harcourt Street in the city centre, close to Iveagh Gardens, St Stephen's Green and the Grand Canal. It welcomes dogs under 10 kilograms on a paid dog package that includes a bed, bowls and a toy.
A hilltop park on Dublin's southside with wooded paths, the summit viewpoint over Killiney Bay and routes toward Dalkey Quarry. It is one of the few parks where the council permits dogs off-leash in all areas.
Leash rules, off-leash hours and whether dogs are allowed inside are set locally and change without notice. Each listing here says what the venue or the responsible authority publishes, and the listing page links to the page we checked, so you can confirm the current rule before you set out. Outside a signed off-leash area, keep the dog on a lead.
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Heath and common land where off-lead walking is written into the rules, plus pubs with a dog wash in the garden.
A brasserie that says outright it welcomes dogs, dog cafes in the Marais, and one of the city's thirteen off-leash areas.
Beer gardens older than most countries, a forest where the lake is legally open to dogs, and the most dog-tolerant cafe culture in Europe.
Brown cafes with a dog under the table, a designated dog beach on the Gaasperplas, and a canal-house hotel that takes one small dog.
Terraces where a leashed dog is welcome by law, the city's one official dog beach, and a brewery hall with room to spare.
Third-wave coffee with a water bowl, the first dog park in the old city, and a rooftop with a view over the Tagus.
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