Rathsallagh House Golf & Country Club and the Wicklow National Park are both nearby. Dunlavin is also close to the Curragh and Punchestown racecourses in County Kildare. Dunlavin's unusually wide streets are characteristic of the village. The courthouse in the centre of the village, built in the Doric style of Grecian architecture, was built c.1740 and was formerly used as a market house. The Dunlavin Festival of Arts, which is held each year in late June, has been running since 1982.