Co. Dublin DUN LAOGHAIRE

Bistro Vino

Hartley's

Cavistons Seafood Restaurant & Food Emporium

Eagle House

Bodega Wine & Tapas

Royal Marine Hotel

Café Mao

P. McCormack & Sons

Roly @ The Pavilion

Rasam

AA DUN LAOGHAIRE

Tribes

Rochestown Lodge Hotel

Alexis Bar & Grill

Real Gourmet Burger

Gastropub Company, The

Grasse Cottage

Dick Mallet’s garden, created over 48 years, proves the point that passionate plants people have happy gardens. Appearing much bigger than half an acre, thanks to cleverly hidden boundaries and mysterious paths winding between a splendid collection of plants, the plan is given structure and year round interest by strategically planted shrubs and trees.

Some, such as Acer griseum, Betula jacquemontii and Prunus serrula- Dick’s particular favourites - have wonderful bark. Grasses, iris, salvias, old roses and herbaceous and viticella clematis are particularly well represented. Clematis durandii and R. Belvedereromp about, pheasant’s eye grass glows gold in winter, Salvia guaranticais almost navy blue and gorgeous iris I ensatais a real show stopper.

There are eye catching species: Brodiae, robust tar weed or Grindelia, choice Eryngium x oliverianum and Catanachea caerulea (romantically known as cupid’s dart) plants proliferate merrily with Geranium palmatumand echiums self seeding around.

Dick loves to grow tender plants: The golden angle’s trumpet Brugmansia‘Champagne’ flourishes in the greenhouse alongside curiosities like the marmalade bush Streptosolen jamesonii, and a wonderful collection of pelargoniums and streptocarpus. Other tender plants stay outside in pots and are lifted to shelter in winter, whilst cuttings and seed collection are also used as a strategy against frost casualties.

Hidden within the garden are three ponds, a rose forest where the scent of old fashioned roses like R d’amourand R‘Fantin-Latour’ lingers, a vegetable garden - and a tropical corner, complete with a banana tree and cannas.
 

Dun Laoghaire

Dun Laoghaire is a popular boat and shore angling location. The best way to get here is via the DART or from bus routs 45A, 45B, 46A, 59, 75, 111. All fishing venues are within 5 - 10 minutes walk of bus and DART station.

Both the West and East Piers in Dun Laoghaire Harbour are popular for pier fishing for mackerel (in season), whiting, pouting, codling and pollack (night fishing in autumn). You can fish into the harbour for dab, plaice and conger in summer and float fishing from inner coal quays for mullet. Boats can be launched at the slipway for fishing around Scotsmans Bay and Dalkey Island.

Two fully equipped charter boats operate from the harbour specialising in general ground, wreck and reef fishing off the Kish and Burford Banks. For further details please contact; Charles Robinson Sea Angling Charters, Tel: 0404 68751 and Dun Laoghaire Boat Charter, Tel: 01 282 3426. Large spurdog and tope turn up regularly in boat catches.

Species: Bass, codling, pollack, whiting, mackerel, mullet, flatfish, spurdog and tope.

Season: May - October

Ground Type: Mainly sand.

Bait: Lugworm, ragworm, crab, squid and mackerel.

Method: Leger rigs work best from both boat and shore.

Fishing Tip: Use a two up and one down combination drift rig to cover all available species.

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