walks dublin

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...