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Martello Bistro,
also on the stroll-worthy waterfront, is a good bet for seafood or steak
inafriendlyatmosphere(€23fortwocourses,€26forthreecourses,Tue-Sun17:30-22:00,
closed Mon, 1 Martello Terrace, tel. 01/280-9871,
www.toscana.ie
)
.
Centra Market
is centrally located for picnic shopping right on Marine Road (Mon-
Sat 7:00-22:00, Sun 8:00-22:00).
Glasthule
(calledsimply“thevillage”locally,justdownthestreetfromtheSandycove/
Glasthule DART station) has an array of fun, hardworking little restaurants. The big
Eagle
House pub
dishes up hearty €12-20 pub meals in a fun atmosphere; it's a super local joint
for a late drink (Mon-Sat 12:00-21:30, Sun 12:00-19:30, 18-19 Glasthule Road, tel. 01/
280-4740). The nearby
Daniel's Restaurant and Wine Bar
is less atmospheric, but it's
also good (€18-24 meals, Tue-Sun 18:00-22:00, closed Mon, 34 Glasthule Road, tel. 01/
284-1027). Another
Centra Market
is right next door and has your picnic makings (daily
7:00-22:00, Glasthule Road).
Eight miles north of Dublin, Howth rests on a teardrop-shaped peninsula that pokes the
Irish Sea. Its active harbor teems with fishing boats bringing in the daily catch and seals
trolling for scraps. Weary Dubliners come here for refreshing coastal cliff walks near the
city. Located at the north terminus of the DART light rail line, Howth makes a good place
for travelers to settle in, with easy connections to Dublin for sightseeing.
Howth was once an important gateway to Dublin. Near the neck of the peninsula is the
suburb of Clontarf, where Irish High King Brian Boru defeated the last concerted Viking
attack in 1014. Eight hundred years later, a squat martello tower was built on a bluff above
