killakee

One of the best places to get a panoramic view of Dublin city and Dubln Bay is Killakee, on the Rathfarnham-Glencree road.

A popular picnic spot nearby is the imposing shell of the Hell Fire Club on the top of Montpelier Hill, where in the eighteenth century the first Earl of Rosse and his colleagues, it is said, worshipped the devil in black Masses. On one occasion (so the story goes) they set the building on fire and continued drinking inside - to give themselves a foretaste of Hell.

Close to Killakee are the pine forests and nature trails of Massey's Wood, Cruagh Wood and Tibradden, which spread across the Dublin side of the Killakee, Cruagh, Glendoo and Tibradden Mountains.