Ice Skating at Dublin On Ice

Dublin's Original Christmas Ice Rink Returns:

The most amazing fact about the ice rink is how much people look forward to the event every year. It is the original and still the biggest and best Ice Rink in Dublin!

Dublin On Ice at Smithfield is also joined this year by Dublin On Ice at Sandyford located in The Plaza, Beacon South Quarter, Sandyford! Click here for directions and the exact location or click here now to book tickets online!

Some amazing facts about Dublin on Ice:

• Over 80,000 people will go ice skating at Dublin on Ice this Winter
• The rink is 1000 square metres. That's over 10,000 square feet of ice-skating fun!
• It takes about 13 minutes to skate around the whole Dublin On Ice skating-rink
• You will be able to learn how to ice skate or play ice hockey at Dublin On Ice
• Kids can also sleigh around the rink as well as ice skate at Dublin On Ice
• The earliest ice skates which were made of bone were found in Sweden in the 9th Century
• The highest speeds recorded at an ice rink were 48 kmph, that's about 30 mph!
• Over 480,000 pints of water were frozen to make the ice
• Figure skating was invented by American Jackie Haines in 1876
• The ice at Dublin On Ice in Smithfield is 1.2 inches thick
• The official Olympic ice rink size is 100 x 200 feet