First pick
Lady's Well Park / Mick Walsh Park
Park or garden · 370 m outside town
17 ha3.2 km of path
40 minto walk all 3.2 km of path
1.1 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: TeaTimeJ · CC BY-SA 4.055%near a park
Outdoors in Hollystown · parks, paths & countryside
3 waymarked trails start within 5 km of Hollystown
Wicklow Mountains National Park begins 16 km away. 55% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. 103 km of footpaths run through the neighbourhood and the kilometre around it, 3.3 for every square kilometre.
Near a park
55%
of residents within 400 m
Typical Irish town: 92%
Green space
4.1 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical Irish town: 4.1 ha
Footpaths
103 km
3.3 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical Irish town: 2.1 km per km²
Woodland
2%
of the town and 1 km around it
Typical Irish town: 2.7%
Character
What kind of outdoors neighbourhood is Hollystown?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Countryside close byWicklow Mountains National Park starts 16 km south.Parks can be a walk away45% of residents live more than 400 m from a park or playing field.
Hollystown’s strongest suit is Wicklow Mountains National Park close by. Where it falls short is how far some homes are from a park.
Against other towns
How Hollystown compares with Irish towns
Each figure against Ireland’s 321 towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (city hubs left out): the marked bar is the town’s, the line the median. Ireland has no Outdoors Grade yet: the figures are described, each against other Irish towns, and none of them counts towards the overall grade.
A park within a walk55%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
6out of 100
Public green space4.1 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
52out of 100
Footpaths3.3 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
61out of 100
Protected for nature0%of the land within 5 km
11out of 100
Woodland2%of the town and 1 km around it, as mapped
39out of 100
Parks, paths and woods: OpenStreetMap; residents: CSO Census 2022 Small Areas; protected sites: NPWS; sea: CSO and ONS land outlines. A 0 means nothing is mapped.
Towns its size
Hollystown has the 16th fewest footpaths per km² of 40 towns its size
The 40 Irish towns nearest in population (11,012 to 15,047 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Cabra East (8 km per km²) to Enniscorthy (0.4 km per km²).
Footpath, km per km²
Hollystown3.3
Towns its size4.9
Co. Dublin towns5.4
Typical Irish town2.1
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Hollystown4.1
Towns its size4.6
Co. Dublin towns7.6
Typical Irish town4.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Hollystown55%
Towns its size95%
Co. Dublin towns100%
Typical Irish town92%
Hollystown falls furthest behind on homes near a park, where 39 of the 39 others do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | The sea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cabra East Dublin | 8 | 2.2% | 0% | – |
| 2 | Deansrath Dublin | 7.9 | 2.2% | 0% | – |
| 3 | Phibsborough Dublin | 7.6 | 0.4% | 0% | – |
| 4 | Ballyowen Dublin | 7.5 | 6% | 0% | – |
| 5 | Kilnamanagh Dublin | 7.4 | 3.9% | 0.5% | – |
| 6 | Fettercairn Dublin | 7 | 3.5% | 0.4% | – |
| 7 | Palmerston Dublin | 6.9 | 8.6% | 0% | – |
| 8 | Firhouse Dublin | 6.8 | 4.4% | 4.2% | – |
| 9 | Ronanstown Dublin | 6.6 | 0.7% | 0% | – |
| 10 | Ballsbridge Dublin | 6.3 | 1.3% | 1.2% | 18% |
| 11 | Ballygall Dublin | 6.3 | 1.4% | 0% | – |
| 12 | Ashtown Dublin | 6.3 | 6.9% | 0% | – |
| 13 | Summerhill Dublin | 6 | 0.4% | 0.2% | 8.5% |
| 14 | Clonskeagh Dublin | 6 | 2.7% | 0.1% | 16% |
| 15 | Foxrock Dublin | 5.8 | 5.3% | 0.2% | 25% |
| 16 | Knocklyon Dublin | 5.8 | 4.7% | 3.2% | – |
| 17 | Drumcondra Dublin | 5.6 | 1.6% | 0.8% | 6.9% |
| 18 | Finglas South Dublin | 5.6 | 1.7% | 0% | – |
| 19 | Whitehall Dublin | 5.6 | 2.6% | 0.3% | – |
| 20 | Sallynoggin Dublin | 5 | 2% | 0.3% | 47% |
| 21 | Blackrock Dublin | 4.7 | 1.4% | 0.2% | 30% |
| 22 | Ongar Dublin | 4.2 | 2.7% | 0.2% | – |
| 23 | Belmayne Dublin | 3.8 | 1.9% | 5.2% | 25% |
| 24 | Mahon Cork | 3.6 | 6.1% | 5.3% | – |
| 25 | Hollystown Dublin | 3.3 | 2% | 0% | – |
| 26 | Bishopstown Cork | 3.2 | 6% | 0.2% | – |
| 27 | Corbally and King's Island Limerick | 3 | 3.7% | 9.5% | – |
| 28 | Darndale Dublin | 2.7 | 1.9% | 3.7% | 11% |
| 29 | Midleton Cork | 1.6 | 2.6% | 4.5% | – |
| 30 | Killarney Kerry | 1.3 | 14% | 34% | – |
| 31 | Wicklow Wicklow | 1.1 | 0.9% | 4.3% | 38% |
| 32 | Castlebar Mayo | 1 | 3.1% | 2.3% | – |
| 33 | Athy Kildare | 0.9 | 0.3% | 1.6% | – |
| 34 | Tramore Waterford | 0.8 | 0.9% | 3.9% | 34% |
| 35 | Cobh Cork | 0.8 | 3.5% | 13% | 23% |
| 36 | Arklow Wicklow | 0.7 | 5.7% | 0.3% | 34% |
| 37 | Gorey Wexford | 0.7 | 3.9% | 0.5% | – |
| 38 | Cavan Cavan | 0.6 | 6.7% | 5.1% | – |
| 39 | Mallow Cork | 0.6 | 5.1% | 3.2% | – |
| 40 | Enniscorthy Wexford | 0.4 | 6.9% | 2.1% | – |
The map
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Hollystown’s neighbourhood.
Green: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces and woods, named or not.© OpenStreetMap contributors · NPWS · Sport Ireland · CSO
Places to walk
Parks to walk in, in and around Hollystown
The biggest is Lady's Well Park / Mick Walsh Park, 17 ha (43 acres).
Tyrrelstown Park
Park or garden
17 ha2.7 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.7 km of path
0.9 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Named parks, gardens, commons and woods in the town or within 400 m of it, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); pieces of one name that touch are one place. Sizes are the whole site; directions go to a point inside.
Close to home
6 in 10 Hollystown residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
Each square is 1 in 100 residents: green lives within 400 m of a public park, garden or playing field (CSO Census 2022 Small Areas against OpenStreetMap).
Within 400 m (55%)Further (45%)
Hollystown55%
Co. Dublin towns100%
Typical Irish town92%
About 5,700 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
Protected areas
No protected site lies within 5 km of Hollystown
Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas and Natural Heritage Areas designated by the National Parks and Wildlife Service, within 5 km of the town’s edge.
No site protected for nature lies within 5 km of Hollystown.
National Parks
Wicklow Mountains National Park is 16 km away
Ireland’s National Parks within 100 km, and the nearest always, by direction and distance from the town’s edge; circle size shows each park’s area.
National ParkThe 5 km around the town
National Park
Wicklow Mountains National Park
16 km south223 km²
National Park boundaries: National Parks and Wildlife Service, generalised to 50 m (CC BY 4.0, © Government of Ireland), 2022. Distances from the town’s outline (CSO Small Areas).
Footpaths and woods
103 km of footpaths cross Hollystown
Footways that aren’t pavements, paths, bridleways, steps and tracks open on foot, and mapped woods and forest, in the town and 1 km around it, each beside the county’s and Ireland’s typical town of 2,500+.
Footpaths
103 km
over 31.3 km² of town and the 1 km around it
Woodland
2%
about 0.6 km² of mapped woods
Registered trails
3
walking trails within 5 km
Km per km², town and 1 km around · mapped on OpenStreetMap
HollystownCo. Dublin townsTypical Irish town
Footpaths3.3
03.57 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
HollystownCo. Dublin townsTypical Irish town
Woodland2%
0%50%100%
Hollystown has more footpath per km² than 61% of Irish towns and less woodland than 61% of Irish towns.
Footpaths and woods: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Woods are mapped cover, private and Coillte forests included.
Footpaths & trails
3 waymarked trails start near Hollystown
103 km of footpaths are mapped in Hollystown and the kilometre around it, 3.3 km for every square kilometre (the typical Irish town has 2.1).
Long-distance wayGreenway
National Famine Way168.6 km
Royal Canal Way146.3 km
Royal Canal Greenway - Drumcondra - Ashtown - Castleknock8.9 km
One more waymarked walk on OpenStreetMap
National
The Royal Canal Way2.4 km
Trails: Sport Ireland National Trails Register (CC BY 4.0), registered trails within 5 km; footpaths: OpenStreetMap (ODbL). More waymarked walks: OpenStreetMap route relations (ODbL) within 2 km, those already on the register left out. Coillte’s own forest trails and recreation sites aren’t included: Coillte’s terms limit its data to research or private study. Its trails on the National Trails Register are listed.
When to get out
The best walking months in Hollystown: May to September
Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages for the town’s 1 km square and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 15 to 30 °C and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 8.0 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.9 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 68 | 57 | 55 | 58 | 60 | 69 | 66 | 77 | 69 | 84 | 89 | 79 |
March is the driest month (55 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7.5 hours of daylight in December, and 89 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. The climate in Hollystown →
Things to do
42 playgrounds
Mapped on OpenStreetMap in the town and 2 km around it; each count per resident beside Irish towns’ typical town of 2,500+. Beaches are on the coast’s list, from the EPA.
Per resident, playgrounds stand out most: Hollystown has 2.5× as many as the typical Irish town.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 42
Waterville Park Playground1.7 km from town
DirectionsPlus 41 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Unnamed places are counted, not listed.
Gardens & nature
2 gardens and nature sites to visit near Hollystown
Gardens, national parks, nature sites and islands within 15 km of the town’s edge, each with its own page.
National Botanic GardensGarden · 3.9 km from town
Its pageSaint Stephen's GreenGarden · 7.4 km from town
Its pagePlaces to visit: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.
Next door
Next to Hollystown
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 20 km, coloured by the share of the land within 5 km protected for nature.
MulhuddartBlanchardstownClonsillaCloneeOngarCarpenterstownHollystown
Under 1%1–10%10–25%25–50%50%+
| Town | Near a park | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Paths (km/km²) | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollystown | 55% | 4.1 | 3.3 | 0% |
| Mulhuddart 1.9 km | 98% | 7.5 | 6.6 | 0% |
| Blanchardstown 3.3 km | 95% | 8.1 | 7.0 | 0% |
| Clonsilla 3.8 km | 78% | 3.8 | 6.4 | 0.1% |
| Clonee 4.1 km | 100% | 0.7 | 2.6 | 0% |
| Ongar 4.4 km | 96% | 3.1 | 4.2 | 0.2% |
| Carpenterstown 5.1 km | 97% | 39.8 | 7.3 | 0% |
In Clonee, 100% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park, more than here. Carpenterstown has at least twice Hollystown’s green space per resident.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Green space nearby. The share of residents (CSO Small Areas, by where people live) within 400 m of a park, garden, common or playing field mapped on OpenStreetMap. Mapping is uneven: a town whose parks nobody has mapped looks greyer than it is.
- Protected areas. Land in a Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area or Natural Heritage Area within 5 km, overlaps counted once. Protected for nature doesn’t always mean open to walkers.
- Footpaths and hiking routes. Footways that aren’t pavements, paths, bridleways, steps and tracks open on foot, in the town and 1 km around it, from OpenStreetMap. Trails are the registered ones within 5 km; a trail often follows mapped paths, so the two aren’t added.
- Woodland. Woods and forest as OpenStreetMap maps them, private and Coillte forests included: mapped cover, not access.
- No grade yet. Ireland’s grades don’t include the outdoors yet: these figures describe the town and stand beside the median Irish town.
Questions about the outdoors in Hollystown
What is the biggest park in Hollystown?
Lady's Well Park / Mick Walsh Park, 17 ha (43 acres), just outside the built-up area. Tyrrelstown Park (17 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the neighbourhood or within 400 m of it.
What are the best walks near Hollystown?
3 waymarked trails start within 5 km, including the National Famine Way, Royal Canal Way and Royal Canal Greenway - Drumcondra - Ashtown - Castleknock.
How many people in Hollystown live near a park?
55% of residents live within 400 m, about a 5-minute walk, of a park or playing field; in the typical Irish town it is 92%.
When is the best time of year for walking in Hollystown?
On the town’s 1991–2020 averages and its daylight: May to September, when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light for the place.
Is Hollystown near a National Park?
The nearest of Ireland’s six National Parks is Wicklow Mountains National Park, 16 km south of the town’s edge; it covers about 223 km².
Sources
Where Hollystown’s outdoors figures come from
- Parks, woods and paths. OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL): parks, woods and footpaths, Geofabrik extract, October 2026
- Protected sites. National Parks and Wildlife Service: designated sites (SAC, SPA, NHA), 2026
- Trails. Sport Ireland: National Trails Register, 2026
- Residents. CSO: Census 2022 Small Areas (residents)
- National Parks. National Parks and Wildlife Service: National Park boundaries, generalised to 50 m (CC BY 4.0), 2022
- Things to do. OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL): viewpoints, hills, waterfalls, nature reserves, picnic sites, playgrounds, campsites and waymarked walks, Geofabrik extract, October 2026
- Weather. Met Éireann: 1991–2020 averages (Copyright Met Éireann)
Protected sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service (CC BY 4.0). Trails: Sport Ireland National Trails Register (CC BY 4.0). Bathing water: EPA (CC BY 4.0). Parks, woods and paths: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Not on this page yet: Coillte’s forest trails (its terms) and bike routes.
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).