Leinster House
Leinster House is a building housing the parliament. This one is within St Stephen's Green’s neighbourhood. Nearby, National Museum of Ireland (100 m) heads a list of 10 within 15 km.
Historic house in St Stephen's Green
One of the best-known places to visit in Ireland
#7 of the 1,783 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered. About ↓
Inside St Stephen's Green
Leinster House is inside St Stephen's Green’s neighbourhood, with 10 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from Fáilte Ireland’s open data, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and the CSO’s 2022 town outlines, with Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages.
Month by month
The warmest afternoons in St Stephen's Green run June to September, at 18–20°C.
Leinster House
31 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.
- Type
- Historic house
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 31 languages
- Town
- in St Stephen's Green
Address and hours
The way to Leinster House
Orange: Leinster House.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Numbers: the places near it, as listed below. The dashed line is St Stephen's Green’s neighbourhood. · CSO 2022 outline
Towns a short way from Leinster House
Of these 8 towns, the largest is Rathmines East (16,923 people). The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.
- 1St Stephen's Green
- 2Temple Bar
- 3Grand Canal Dock
- 4Portobello
- 5O'Connell Street
- 6East Wall
- 7Ballsbridge
- 8Rathmines East
St Stephen's Green
Temple Bar
Grand Canal Dock
Portobello
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Leinster House is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Stephen's Green | It’s in town | 5,319 | 156 |
| Temple Bar | 400 m west of it | 7,276 | 157 |
| Grand Canal Dock | 500 m east of it | 8,320 | 157 |
| Portobello | 500 m southwest of it | 5,732 | 157 |
| O'Connell Street | 800 m northwest of it | 6,749 | 156 |
| East Wall | 800 m northeast of it | 15,907 | 156 |
| Ballsbridge | 900 m southeast of it | 12,743 | 161 |
| Rathmines East | 1 km south of it | 16,923 | 164 |
Pair Leinster House with these
10 more lie within 15 km, 4 museums, 3 art galleries and a garden among them.
Big drawMuseumNational Museum of Ireland100 m away · 783K visitors a year2
MuseumNational Library of Ireland100 m away3
Art galleryNational Gallery of Ireland100 m away4Art galleryArt galleryOriel Gallery200 m away5MuseumMuseumYeats: The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats100 m away6MuseumMuseumFreemasons' Hall100 m away7Art galleryArt galleryThe Molesworth Gallery200 m away8GardenGardenMerrion Square200 m awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions about Leinster House
Where is Leinster House?
Leinster House is in St Stephen's Green, Dublin, inside the town’s neighbourhood.
What is Leinster House?
Building housing the parliament of Ireland.
How well known is Leinster House?
Leinster House has 31 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #7 of the 1,783 Irish places we list.
When is the best time to visit Leinster House?
June to September are the warmest months in St Stephen's Green, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Leinster House?
Within 15 km: National Museum of Ireland (100 m), National Library of Ireland (100 m), National Gallery of Ireland (100 m) and Oriel Gallery (200 m).
Sources: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), CSO 2022 town outlines (CC BY 4.0), Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages (CC BY 4.0).
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (4)
- Leinster House: Jean Housen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Museum of Ireland: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net )., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Library of Ireland: YvonneM, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Gallery of Ireland: Copyright © 2006 Kaihsu Tai, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).