Join the Dalkey Business Group
If you would like to join the business group the fee is €160 per annum, you can even pay monthly by direct debit, please fill in the form below, the business group will then send you an invoice, once we receive your cheque you will be added to the business directory, and be able to advertise your business on the web, and send offers to over 500 loyalty card holders.
The list of benefits are:-
- Business details included on website www.ilovedalkey.com for 2011 (next 12 months)
- Promotion of your business on our Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn
- DBG is a representative body for common issues
- As a Business Group we can apply for Business Promotion Grant (up to 15,000)
- Regular meetings to meet with other Business Owners in Dalkey
- Part of a positive successful group that others have copied eg I Love Ranelagh
- Dalkey Book Festival again in Dalkey venues
- Participate in Dalkey Loyalty Card - helping repeat business & developing further
- Access to sell "I Love Dalkey" merchandise
Also, plan to do:
- Dalkey Comedy Festival in Dalkey Venues (provisonal date end Sept 2011)
- Other events/initiatives to promote Dalkey
- eg Local Football team will play Ireland World Cup Team of 1994 (24th June)
Sign up for the loyalty card before 15th December 2010 and win a Christmas Hamper from selecthampers.ie in time for delivery on Christmas Day
Dalkey retailers participating in The Dalkey Loyalty card scheme want to give you an extra reason to shop local.
It's our way of saying thank you
click here for current offers
Visiting Dalkey is now an even more rewarding experience.
Dalkey retailers participating in The Dalkey Loyalty card scheme want to give you an extra reason to shop local.
It's our way of saying thank you
click here for current offersBeautiful Dalkey
Dalkey is sometimes described as Dublin’s most elegant coastal village.
Even getting here from Dublin city centre is fun. Jump on the DART and enjoy a short burst of scenic train travel, on a railway line that hugs the coast and offers sweeping views of Dublin bay and the marina at Dun Laoghaire.
Arriving at Dalkey station about 25 minutes later, you are immediately in the body of the community. There are shops, cafes, restaurants and a range of coastal walks, plus a local heritage centre offering ‘the best castle tour in Ireland’ (Tripadvisor). There are small scenic parks for picnicking, and two harbours, Bulloch and Coliemore (both usually hives of watersports activity, plus at Bulloch you can watch the seals and at Coliemore take a two-minute boat trip to Dalkey island).
The village as a whole has a semi-rural air, with a rambling street pattern and a particularly beautiful coast road meandering down from the main street.
Dalkey developed into its present form during the 19th century and it remains unspoilt. Many of its shops and restaurants have unusual facades, and the private homes are striking – there are artisan cottages, grand castellated buildings, and modern minimal houses, all enjoying the fabulous outlook towards Dalkey island and across the Irish sea.
Dublin’s rich and famous have gravitated here. Past residents include George Bernard Shaw, who lived in Torca Cottage (on Dalkey hill) from 1866 to 1874.
Modern local heroes include writers, film directors, musicians, racing drivers, TV presenters and a fair contingent of the local business elite.
The shopping in the village is small scale and interesting. There are jewellers, fashion, flower and furniture shops, art galleries, one or two arty gift shops and a bookshop with an extensive secondhand section.
Food and drink-wise there are plenty of options, many of them notably child-friendly.
