Marathon and road closures.....help!

FanadMan

Hi

Myself and my partner and the young un are going to the Van Gogh Exhibition in Artane this Sunday and then on to the zoo. Only problem is none of us thought about the damn marathon. We were hoping to drive from Mullingar to the Expo and park there. But now with the marathon being on, we don't know what route we should be taking to get to Artane.

My geography of Dublin is bloody poor so I could do with some suggestions on routes into Artane and then for busses to the city center and the zoo. Can anyone help a poor culchie out :D

kravmaga

Why dont you drive to Artane and park in the Tesco car park which is a large car park and free. Not sure if they have clamping in operation btw.

Then walk down to the Van Gogh exhibition.

Get the 14 bus from Maryfield estate just off the Kilmore Road into Eden Quay.

You can then get a Luas from Abbey Street to Heuston train station and walk to the Zoo which is just off Chesterfield Avenue, Phoenix Park.

Hope this helps. Dublin city marathon is usually no where near Artane, southside usually.

https://vangoghexpo.com/dublin/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=localcards&utm_campaign=110421_DUB

https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/dublin-marathon-2022-road-closures-28337112

Downtime

Drive to the M1 exit of the M50 and head towards the Tunnel and go through Coolock to Artane, then drive to Cabra and park at Tesco. Depending on the Zoo time the park is back open at 1/2pm

• Chapelizod Road - 8:15am to 1:00pm
• North Circular Road - 8:15am to 2:00pm

FanadMan

Thanks guys. Local knowledge makes such a big difference.

FanadMan

Ended up driving from Artane to Phoenix Park and got parking 2 mins from the zoo. Traffic wasn't actually too bad in the end up.

Thanks again