walks around south dublin

The South Wall, Dublin.

Location: Bus 1 goes to Poolbeg power station. Cars come from the coast road through Ringsend.

Distance: 5km/3 miles.

Starting point: The walk begins at the stone-built house with barred windows.

Route: Here, within the harbour, a lighthouse stands in mid-channel. You continue to the first embankment which was begun in 1711. Along the southside of the wall, there is a series of rusting iron bars which extend 20 metres from th...

Booterstown Slob, Dublin.

Location: Buses 5, 6, 7, & 8 to Booterstown.

Distance: 2km/1.3 miles.

Starting point: The route begins at the corner of the carpark south of the railway station.

Route: Walk beside the road, along the top of the embankment to the viewing point, opposite a large house with a Gothic roof. Follow the footpath to the northwest. There is a concrete culvert which surrounds the slobland and provides a footpath to the seashore. Y...

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The Tallaght Hills and Seefingan.

Location: Bus 65b from terminus, Bus 49a back from Bohernabreena.

Distance:20.5km/13.5miles....

West Pier, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.

Location: Buses 7&8 stop near the Top Hat Ballroom. There is a carpark on the roadside.

Distance: 3km/2 miles.

Starting point: The Coal Quay Bridge

Route: After the Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club on the main pier, there is a gateway leading to a smaller breakwater. After the first bend, there are steps leading down to a rocky promontory. Along the final straight portion of the pier, it is possible to walk on t...

Scotsman's Bay to Sandycove, Co.Dublin.

Location: Bus 8, carparking is beside the baths.

Distance: 2km/1.3 miles.

Starting point: The base of the East Pier.

Route: Follow the wall on the eastside of the baths to bring you back to the seafront. The way goes along a footpath above the rocks. The path becomes broken in many places and a little further on it ends in a wall. You continue by either scrambling over the rocks or by climbing up the step...

White Rock, Co. Dublin. Location: Killiney--Bus 45a from Dun Laoghaire to Ballybrack. Distance:2.5km/1.5miles. Starting point: The carpark on Military road, below the hotel. Route: The walk goes northwards along the bastion, it ends at a point where the beach is being built up. There is then an easy climb over rocks to White Rock. The return journey is along the beach, or Vico road...

Hellfire Club, Co. Dublin.

Location: Bus 47 to Ballyboden brings you within 4km of the Hellfire carpark. Follow signposts from Rathfarnham to Glencree.

Distance: 2.5km/1.5miles.

Starting point: The carpark approximately 200 metres from Kilakee House.

Route: Inside the carpark there is a narrow path leading up a hill and into a dark forest. After the second bend on the path, there is a group of twenty-one large granite boulders. Up the hill from t...

Three Rock, Co. Dublin.

Location: The carpark is off a cul de sac on the Ticknock road. Buses 48a or 47b go to Ballinteer and Grange road respectively.

Distance:2km/1.3miles.

Starting point: The carpark near the highest point of the tarred road.

Route: The old shooting range is the first landmark. The forest ends near the summit of Three Rock, and the road leads to a number of radio antennae. The feature at the top of the mountain is the group of...

Tully Church to Heronford, Co. Dublin.

Location: Bus 45 goes to Cabinteely and Loughlinstown.

Distance:2.5km/1.5miles.

Starting point: Turn southeast at the traffic lights in Cabinteely and go down Brennanstown road. Half a mile from Cabinteely there is a signpost to Tully Church.

Route: Past the old churchyard the lane goes between modern gateposts. After this, you go between old hedges and the path turns sharply to the right. Continue uphill from...