First pick
Mungret Park
Park or garden
10 ha2.1 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.1 km of path
2.0 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: LukeG 1001 · CC BY-SA 3.071%near a park
Outdoors in Dooradoyle · parks, paths & countryside
Lower River Shannon SAC reaches the edge of Dooradoyle
7.7% of the land within 5 km is protected for nature, the nearest site being Lower River Shannon SAC. 71% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Footpaths add up to 30 km in the neighbourhood and the kilometre around it, 1.0 for every square kilometre.
Near a park
71%
of residents within 400 m
Typical Irish town: 92%
Green space
2.5 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical Irish town: 4.1 ha
Footpaths
30 km
1.0 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical Irish town: 2.1 km per km²
Protected for nature
7.7%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Lower River Shannon SAC
Woodland
2.6%
of the town and 1 km around it
Typical Irish town: 2.7%
Against other towns
How Dooradoyle 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 walk71%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
22out of 100
Public green space2.5 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
31out of 100
Footpaths1.0 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
30out of 100
Protected for nature7.7%of the land within 5 km
85out of 100
Woodland2.6%of the town and 1 km around it, as mapped
47out 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
Dooradoyle has the 4th fewest footpaths per km² of 40 towns its size
The 40 Irish towns nearest in population (15,588 to 22,549 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Esker (10.5 km per km²) to Tullamore (0.7 km per km²).
Footpath, km per km²
Dooradoyle1.0
Towns its size3.6
Co. Limerick towns2.5
Typical Irish town2.1
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Dooradoyle2.5
Towns its size4.2
Co. Limerick towns4.7
Typical Irish town4.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Dooradoyle71%
Towns its size98%
Co. Limerick towns91%
Typical Irish town92%
Dooradoyle falls furthest behind on path per km², where 36 of the 39 others do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | The sea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esker Dublin | 10.5 | 2.1% | 0.1% | – |
| 2 | Tallaght Dublin | 8.8 | 3.8% | 0.6% | – |
| 3 | Old Bawn Dublin | 8.5 | 3% | 1.8% | – |
| 4 | Dolphins Barn Dublin | 8.4 | 2.9% | 0% | – |
| 5 | Stoneybatter Dublin | 7.5 | 1.6% | 0% | – |
| 6 | The Liberties Dublin | 7.4 | 0.5% | 0% | – |
| 7 | Carpenterstown Dublin | 7.3 | 11% | 0% | – |
| 8 | Mulhuddart Dublin | 6.6 | 4% | 0% | – |
| 9 | Stillorgan Dublin | 6.5 | 3% | 0.1% | 17% |
| 10 | Ballymun Dublin | 6.5 | 2.6% | 0% | – |
| 11 | Clonsilla Dublin | 6.4 | 3% | 0.1% | – |
| 12 | Ballinteer Dublin | 6.2 | 7.1% | 2.8% | – |
| 13 | Dundrum Dublin | 6.2 | 4.7% | 1.3% | 6.7% |
| 14 | Rathmines East Dublin | 5.9 | 2.3% | 0.1% | 13% |
| 15 | Rathfarnham Dublin | 5.5 | 4.8% | 0.1% | – |
| 16 | Crumlin Dublin | 5.4 | 0.8% | 0% | – |
| 17 | Templeogue Dublin | 5.2 | 3.8% | 0.1% | – |
| 18 | Cabinteely Dublin | 5.1 | 7.6% | 1.1% | 29% |
| 19 | East Wall Dublin | 4.1 | 1% | 3.5% | 27% |
| 20 | Maynooth Kildare | 3.7 | 3.9% | 0.5% | – |
| 21 | Sandymount Dublin | 3.6 | 1.2% | 3.6% | 35% |
| 22 | Leixlip Kildare | 3.6 | 7.7% | 0.5% | – |
| 23 | Clontarf East Dublin | 3.1 | 3% | 6.1% | 38% |
| 24 | Dún Laoghaire Dublin | 3 | 0.5% | 0.3% | 56% |
| 25 | Beaumont Dublin | 2.9 | 2% | 3.4% | 9.7% |
| 26 | Celbridge Kildare | 2.4 | 6.9% | 0.5% | – |
| 27 | Malahide Dublin | 2.4 | 3.4% | 2.1% | 32% |
| 28 | Greystones-Delgany Wicklow | 2.2 | 11% | 5% | 35% |
| 29 | Douglas Cork | 1.7 | 4.6% | 5% | – |
| 30 | Ashbourne Meath | 1.6 | 0.3% | 0% | – |
| 31 | Knocknacarra Galway | 1.6 | 3.4% | 32% | 34% |
| 32 | Ballincollig Cork | 1.3 | 8.4% | 0% | – |
| 33 | Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney Meath | 1.2 | 0.5% | 4.4% | 39% |
| 34 | Sligo Sligo | 1.2 | 6.1% | 9.5% | 18% |
| 35 | Clonmel Tipperary | 1.1 | 14% | 3.9% | – |
| 36 | Wexford Wexford | 1.1 | 3.8% | 13% | 22% |
| 37 | Dooradoyle Limerick | 1 | 2.6% | 7.7% | – |
| 38 | Carrigaline Cork | 0.9 | 6.5% | 0.2% | 6.7% |
| 39 | Letterkenny Donegal | 0.7 | 4.9% | 4.3% | 5.3% |
| 40 | Tullamore Offaly | 0.7 | 10% | 3.8% | – |
The map
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Dooradoyle’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 Dooradoyle
The biggest is Mungret Park, 10 ha (26 acres).
Baggott Estate Nature Park
Park or garden
9.8 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
1.7 km north-eastfrom 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
7 in 10 Dooradoyle 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 (71%)Further (29%)
Dooradoyle71%
Co. Limerick towns91%
Typical Irish town92%
About 5,400 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
Protected areas
The 2 protected sites within 5 km of Dooradoyle
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.
Inside Dooradoyle4.2%
Within 5 km7.7%
Co. Limerick towns9.6%
Typical Irish town1.8%
2 protected sites lie within 5 km of Dooradoyle. Proposed Natural Heritage Areas cover 5.6% of the land within 5 km as well; many have been proposed since 1995 and aren’t counted here. Ireland’s National Parks have a block of their own on this page; much of their land also lies inside these sites.
Protected sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service designated site boundaries (CC BY 4.0), 2026; land within 5 km from CSO Small Areas and, over the border, ONS. Overlapping sites are counted once.
National Parks
Burren National Park is 40 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
Burren National Park
40 km north-west21 km²
National Park
Killarney National Park
84 km south-west104 km²
2 of Ireland’s six National Parks are within 100 km of Dooradoyle.
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
30 km of footpaths cross Dooradoyle
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
30 km
over 28.7 km² of town and the 1 km around it
Woodland
2.6%
about 0.7 km² of mapped woods
Registered trails
1
walking trails within 5 km
Km per km², town and 1 km around · mapped on OpenStreetMap
DooradoyleCo. Limerick townsTypical Irish town
Footpaths1
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
DooradoyleCo. Limerick townsTypical Irish town
Woodland2.6%
0%50%100%
Dooradoyle has less footpath per km² than 70% of Irish towns and less woodland than 53% of Irish towns.
Footpaths and woods: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Woods are mapped cover, private and Coillte forests included.
Footpaths & trails
One waymarked trail starts near Dooradoyle
30 km of footpaths are mapped in Dooradoyle and the kilometre around it, 1.0 km for every square kilometre (the typical Irish town has 2.1).
Walking trail
Lough Derg Way68.9 km
For a shorter walk, the Lough Derg Way is 68.9 km, graded moderate. One cycling or paddling trail also starts within 5 km.
Trails: Sport Ireland National Trails Register (CC BY 4.0), registered trails within 5 km; footpaths: OpenStreetMap (ODbL). 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 Dooradoyle: 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) | 8.1 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.7 | 16.8 | 16.4 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | 9 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 98 | 82 | 73 | 61 | 63 | 72 | 76 | 86 | 77 | 95 | 103 | 109 |
April is the driest month (61 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7.7 hours of daylight in December, and 109 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. The climate in Dooradoyle →
Things to do
4 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.
Every named place, with directions
Nature reserves 1
Coonagh Nature43 ha · 1.0 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 4
Mungret Playground0.1 km from town
DirectionsPlus 3 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Unnamed places are counted, not listed.
Gardens & nature
A garden or nature site to visit near Dooradoyle
Gardens, national parks, nature sites and islands within 15 km of the town’s edge, each with its own page.
Shannon Estuary WayNature site · 2.3 km from town
Its pagePlaces to visit: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.
Next door
Next to Dooradoyle
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 20 km, coloured by the share of the land within 5 km protected for nature.
BallinacurraRathbaneProspect and Newtown PeryDockLimerick City CentreGalvoneDooradoyle
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dooradoyle | 71% | 2.5 | 1.0 | 7.7% |
| Ballinacurra 2.1 km | 85% | 14.0 | 1.8 | 11% |
| Rathbane 3.1 km | 74% | 14.1 | 1.8 | 6% |
| Prospect and Newtown Pery 3.1 km | 100% | 6.8 | 3.6 | 9.9% |
| Dock 3.2 km | 100% | 5.9 | 2.5 | 12% |
| Limerick City Centre 3.9 km | 100% | 10.3 | 3.5 | 11% |
| Galvone 3.9 km | 100% | 4.4 | 2.9 | 8.3% |
In Prospect and Newtown Pery, 100% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park, more than here. Ballinacurra, Rathbane and Prospect and Newtown Pery have at least twice Dooradoyle’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 Dooradoyle
What is the biggest park in Dooradoyle?
Mungret Park, 10 ha (26 acres), just outside the built-up area. Baggott Estate Nature Park (9.8 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the neighbourhood or within 400 m of it.
Is there protected countryside near Dooradoyle?
Yes: 7.7% of the land within 5 km is protected, across 2 sites. Lower River Shannon SAC reaches Dooradoyle.
What are the best walks near Dooradoyle?
One waymarked trail starts within 5 km: the Lough Derg Way.
How many people in Dooradoyle live near a park?
71% 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 Dooradoyle?
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 Dooradoyle near a National Park?
The nearest of Ireland’s six National Parks is Burren National Park, 40 km north-west of the town’s edge; it covers about 21 km². One more is within 100 km.
What is there to do outdoors around Dooradoyle?
Within 2 km, OpenStreetMap maps 1 nature reserve; the named ones are listed under Things to do, with directions.
Sources
Where Dooradoyle’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).