Of course, everybody knows that an Irish square mile is somewhat larger than anybody else's. To some people it is just a traffic jam between Dublin and the Ferryport of DunLaoire. To others it is a place to go for good food and drink at night. Others come to see Irish culture, music, and dance. Students come from all over Europe to learn English.
Visitors come to the annual puppet festival.
To us Monkstown is home. We are the Conlon family from Monkstown. We'll take you on a tour of the serious and the quirky, the past and the present. Legend has it that the Widow Gamble haunts Gambles Hill in Monkstown. Gambles Hill is the hill from Monkstown Castle to St John's church - along by the Christian Brothers College.