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Flora and Fauna

Nature finds a way!

The Harbour environment is made up of a diverse array of plants, wildlife, birds which contribute much to the enhancement of the Harbour experience for locals and visitors to the Harbour.

The Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company welcomes any or all your photographs taken in around the Harbour, make sure that you include the following details to support your digital image(s):

  1. Location around the Harbour,
  2. Brief description of content,
  3. Date and time if possible, approximate dates and times will be acceptable,
  4. Your name and location for photographic credit.

Send your images via email to: info@dlharbour.ie

Birds

Plovers

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4 Sea Birds on Sea Wall
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The Locals

Seal on East Pier with Eyes Closed
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Plant Life

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Car Park Landscaping
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Wild Growing Plant Flowering From Sea Wall
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CURRENT HARBOUR WEATHER

  • Date: 2012-02-04
  • Time: 16:12 hrs GMT
  • Tide Height: 1.629 m
  • Swell Height: 0.103 m at 0.5 s
  • Wind Bearing: 243 °
  • Wind Direction: WSW
  • Wind Speed: 9.9 kts
  • Beaufort: 3
  • Wind Gust: 22.9 kts
  • Air Temperature: 10.5 °
  • Humidity: 72 %
  • Pressure: 1019.6 hPa
  • Rainfall: 0.4 mm
  • Sun Hours: 00:00 hrs:mm
  • Solar Radiation: 16 W/m2
  • West South West (WSW) 243°
STENA LINE - DUN LAOGHAIRE HOLYHEAD ROUTE SUSPENDED
from: 6th Sep 2011 to 1st Apr 2012
published: 12th Jan 2012

Following the HSS "Stena Explorer" 11:50 arrival and 13:15 departure on Tuesday 13 September the service was suspended until 1 April 2012

Stena Line services

Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company Masterplan
from: 13th Jun 2011 to 31st Aug 2011
published: 24th Oct 2011

Watch the video

Click here for video

New publication - Holyhead to Ireland
from: 13th Feb 2011 to 30th Nov -0001
published: 25th Mar 2011

In Holyhead to Ireland, the authors aim to place on record the heritage on which today's successful port and trade is built - the era of railway ownership, for it is without doubt that Holyhead and the Stena Line routes to Ireland owe their existence to the railway companies of yesteryear.

More details

Improvements to Dun Laoghaire Town
from: 18th Aug 2010 to 31st Dec 2010
published: 27th Jun 2011

Work is ongoing on civil improvements to paving on Crofton and Marine Roads. Work has also commenced on landscaping the recently covered area of the railway - The Metals - and the second phase of the covering is about to be slabbed

Please click here for more detail

The East Pier Heritage Audio Guide Tour
from: 26th Aug 2010 to 26th Oct 2010
published: 16th Jan 2011

TwinTrackMedia, in conjunction with Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company, launched this 14 stop audio guide on Thursday 26 August 2010

Click here for download details and guide map

iOpener Audio Guide Tour
from: 1st Sep 2010 to 1st Sep 2010
published: 16th Jan 2011

An 8 stop audio guide tour published bt the Dun Laoghaire rathdown CC is available

Click here for details and download