Grand Canal Dock
Irish name: Duga na Canálach Móire
The canal’s Dublin terminus: a Georgian dock basin off the Liffey, now ringed by glass offices, a theatre and a watersports shop, entered through the Ringsend sea lock.
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Grand Canal Dock
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Max. stay: Up to 5 days at one public mooring with a Combined Mooring and Passage permit
Enclosed basin at the Liffey end of the canal, looked after by a dock superintendent; arrive by the booked sea lock or the booked city locks and call ahead.
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Permit needed: up to 5 days at one public mooring
Every boat on the canals and the Barrow needs a Waterways Ireland permit on display. The yearly Combined Mooring and Passage permit allows up to 5 days at any one public mooring; visiting boats can get a free 31-day permit once a year. Permits from Waterways Ireland
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About Grand Canal Dock
Grand Canal Dock opened in 1796 to a design by William Jessop and was, for a time, the largest dock complex in the world. After decades of dereliction it is now the heart of Dublin’s “Silicon Docks”, overlooked by Grand Canal Square and Daniel Libeskind’s Bord Gáis Energy Theatre. For boaters this is where the canal meets the tidal Liffey. You enter or leave through the sea lock at Ringsend, booked with Waterways Ireland’s Eastern Regional Office (+353 1 868 0148), and a dock superintendent looks after the basin (+353 86 380 5657). The slipway is opened by arrangement only. Westbound, the Circular Line passes under the lowest bridge on the canal and climbs through seven city locks. Surfdock on South Dock Road has sold watersports gear here for over 30 years, and the old graving docks recall the trading boats once built on site.
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Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
Ireland’s largest theatre, designed by Daniel Libeskind and opened in 2010 on Grand Canal Square: musicals, drama, dance and opera.
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IWAI Dublin Rally
The IWAI Dublin branch’s flagship gathering of boats in the city, usually over the May bank holiday weekend.
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Services
- Slipway
Opened by the Dock Superintendent or the waterway patroller: arrange it in advance (+353 1 868 0148).
Surfdock
Watersports shop on the dock for over 30 years: wetsuits, boards, paddling gear and honest advice.
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Neighbours by water
- Ringsend Railway Bridge
- Baggot Street Bridge
- 12th Lock, Lucan By arrangement
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≈ distances are computed along the water, not along the marked channel. Times are our estimate: 5 km/h and 20 minutes a lock. Check the Waterways Ireland marine notices
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Other sources · Not known “Grand Canal Dock from the air” by 瑞丽江的河水 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Changes: resized and re-encoded -
Other sources · Not known “Bolands Quay on the dock” by David Kernan · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 · Changes: resized and re-encoded -
Other sources · Not known “Grand Canal Square and the theatre” by Tahir mq · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Changes: resized and re-encoded -
Other sources · Not known “Sunset On Grand Canal Dock Dublin Ireland Cityscape Photography” by Giuseppe Milo · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · Changes: resized and re-encoded
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