Dublin · Sports & events
SPORT & SEASON
Gaelic games at Croke Park, rugby at the Aviva, and a swim in the sea whatever the month.
GAA at Croke Park
Hurling and Gaelic football, amateur and ferocious, played in an eighty-thousand-seat stadium. County championships run from spring to the midsummer finals.
Aviva Stadium
Six Nations rugby in February and March, autumn internationals in November, and Leinster and the national football team through the winter.
Racing at Leopardstown
Flat and jumps meetings all year in the southern suburbs, with a Christmas festival in December and Punchestown's big week in spring an hour away.
The Forty Foot
A rocky sea-swimming spot at Sandycove, used year round and hardest on Christmas morning. Free, cold, and busier than you would expect.