Dublin Toy and Train Fair is held 4 times a year in its new home The Stillorgan Park Hotel, Dublin.

Dealers are coming form as far away as Lithuania and the Czech Republic and closer to home England and north and south of Ireland and they bring with then a greater variety of toys and trains to suit all tastes and all ages.

The show now has up to 85 tables and most visitors are happy to browse around at their leisure in order to purchase those elusive toys which have enthralled them since their childhood days .

There is plenty to find at the Toy and Train Fair, toys from famous manufacturers Dinky, Corgi, Minichamps, Vitesse, as well as construction sets by Meccano, Bayko. Trains by Bachmann, Hornby, Triang, Trix and  Wrenn. Antique dolls, Comics,Jigsaws, Teddy Bears, as well as the collectable Beannie Babies.

Now the children of to-day can see what toys the children of yesterday played with.

Toy And Train Fair Dates and Times 2015

  • 10.30 – 15.00      /   Sunday TBC February
  • 10.30 – 15.00    /   Sunday 7 June
  • 10.30 – 15.00      /   Sunday 13 September
  • 10.30 – 15.00      /   Sunday 15 November

Toy And Train Fair Admission

  • Adults  €4
  • Children  €4
  • Family ticket :- TBC

Directions To Toy And Train Fair in The Stillorgan Park Hotel

Driving Directions from Dublin City Centre

  • Start out on O’Connell Street
  • Cross O’Connell Bridge
  • At traffic signals continue forward onto D’olier Street
  • Continue forward onto College Street
  • Pass Trinity College on left
  • Pass Bank of Ireland on right
  • Turn left onto Grafton Street
  • At Traffic lights continue forward onto Nassau Street
  • Turn right onto Kildare Street
  • Pass Leinster House on left
  • At the end of the road, turn left onto Saint Stephen’s Green – N11
  • Continue forward onto Lower Baggot Street
  • Turn left onto Lower Pembroke Street and continue straight
  • At the end of the road, turn left onto Lower Leeson Street
  • At traffic signals continue forward onto Upper Leeson Street
  • Bear right onto Sussex Road
  • Continue forward onto Sussex Road
  • At traffic signals continue forward onto Donnybrook Road
  • At traffic signals continue forward onto Stillorgan Road – N11
  • At traffic signals continue forward onto Stillorgan Road – N11
  • Pass University College Dublin (on right)
  • At traffic signals continue forward onto Stillorgan Road – N11 (signposted Wexford)
  • Keep in left hand lane
  • Pass the Applegreen Petrol Station on left
  • At Traffic lights, continue straight and the hotel is located on your immediate left hand side.
  • Estimated Total time 0 hr 15 min

Driving Directions from Dun Laoghaire

  • Start out at Dun Laoghaire Port
  • Continue forward onto Queen’s Road
  • At traffic signals turn right onto Harbour Road
  • Turn left over bridge
  • At traffic signals turn right onto Crofton Road
  • At traffic signals continue forward onto Dunleary Road
  • Continue straight onto Seapoint Avenue
  • Continue to the end of Seapoint Avenue
  • At the traffic lights turn left onto Newtown Avenue
  • Continue straight to next set of traffic lights
  • At traffic lights turn right onto Temple Road
  • Continue straight onto Frascati Road
  • Continue straight, passing Frascati Shopping Centre on your left
  • At the next junction, turn left onto Mount Merrion Avenue
  • Continue straight on Mount Merrion Avenue
  • At the traffic lights at the end of the road turn left onto Stillorgan Road
  • The hotel is located on your immediate left hand side
  • Estimated Total time 0 hr 10 min

By Bus from Dublin City Centre

  1. Cross to the south side of O’Connell Bridge onto D’Olier Street (the street straight on from O’Connell Bridge)
  1. This is the pick up point for most Dublin Bus routes. You can take the 46A or the 145 – both stop directly outside the Hotel. This takes approx 35mins and the fare is approx €2.60 (exact change required on Dublin Bus)