Plan a Visit
Opening Hours
Arbour Hill is open all year round.
Monday – Friday: 8am – 4pm
Saturday : 11am – 4pm
Sunday: 9.30am – 4pm
Location
Arbour Hill Cemetery can be accessed from Arbour Hill, a street which runs parallel to Wolfe Tone Quay. See the map for exact location.
Transport
Buses serving the area are numbers 37, 38, and 39. Check the Dublin Bus website for up to date schedules. The Luas tram red line also passes the area; get out at the stop for ‘Museum’.
Arbour Hill Cemetery
Drag the yellow figure to the red pin to explore the site at streetview level.
Tours
Visit
The average length of a visit to Arbour Hill Cemetery is thirty minutes.
Admission
There is no charge for entry to the cemetery.
Photography
Photography and video are permitted; contact us for permission for commercial photography.
Also in the Area
The National Museum of Ireland, Decorative Arts and History, Collins Barracks
Distance: 350m.
Related to the Arbour Hill Cemetery site is the Soldiers and Chiefs Exhibition.
Royal Hospital Kilmainham
Distance: 1.5km.
See especially Bully’s Acre, a graveyard with thousand-year-old history on the grounds.
You can also read about the history of the site before your visit.
Find out about origins of the cemetery, the leaders of the 1916 Rising who were buried there, and about the visit of JFK in 1963.