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Welcometo DublinWe hope that as you take time to walkaround and explore Dublin you will discoverthe Irish capital is at the very heart of Irishculture and offers endless choices to ourvisitors. Dublin’s real appeal is her people,so don’t be afraid to stop and ask fordirections along your walk – Dubliners’hospitality and wit will captivate you!www.visitdublin.com/iwalksDalkey DART Station 4Coliemore Harbour 4Sorrento Park 5Torca Cottage 5Dalkey Hill Quarry 6Killiney Hill 6Archibald’s Castle 7Goat’s Castle 8Bullock Harbour 8James Joyce Tower,Sandycove 9Route Map 10

4Stop 1: Dalkey DART StationThe best way to arrive at the start of this walk is by the DART, the localsuburban rail network. It is, of course, also possible to arrive by car and if youdo the latter, join the walk from outside the railway station. On arrival at theDART station consider the origin of the railway through here.Stop 2: Coliemore HarbourHead downhill towards the centre of the village and savour the old-world ambience that Dalkey hasthankfully managed to preserve. It is now largely a Victorian township that grew, with the coming ofthe railroad, into a dormitory suburb of Dublin. However, its first inhabitants had settled here as farback as probably 8,000 years ago, and Neolithic or Late Stone Age remains have been unearthed in thearea. But it was as Dublin’s chief port in medieval times that the then walled town achieved its fameand fortune.Up to the building of proper port facilities in the 17th century, Dublin relied on the deep-water harbourat Dalkey for the handling of larger ships. Because Dalkey was close to rebel territory, a large numberof castles and tower houses ringed the little town. More about these later. Next go around St Mary’sTerrace and immediately turn right into Coliemore Road.Turn right again at the gateway of the Sue Ryder Foundation and notice, set into the wall beside theentrance pillar, a post box embossed with the insignia VR which signifies that it dates from the reignof Queen Victoria. Many of the houses from here on can only be described as mansions as they standgraciously side by side with less pretentious abodes. On the left side you will soon encounter two fineexamples of flamboyant 19th-century residences, one a mock castle, the other a Tudor-style stonemanor. Next to appear along the seafront is a modem apartment block. Just a few metres further on,you will reach the tiny Coliemore Harbour where you can watch the small lobster boats or pleasurecraft plying the Sound, or the huge container ships and ferries gliding past distant lighthouses on theirway to and from Dublin Port.

6Stop 5: Dalkey Hill QuarryReturn to the top of the Cat’s Ladder and continue to the very end of Torca Road and entera very narrow track on the right which is separated from a neighbouring private drivewayby a wire fence. This is a public right-of-way to Dalkey Hill, and for most of the climb thepath borders a low stone wall. The panoramic views, revealing themselves one by one, arebreathtaking: the bay, the surrounding townships and the capital city itself. Nearing the topof Dalkey Hill you can look down into Dalkey Quarry with its vertical, rough-faced granite cliffs.Stop 6: Killiney HillClimb up to the semaphore tower and then head downhill inthe direction of the obelisk on Killiney Hill. After you pass awooded area on your right, you will come to the dip betweenthe two hills and to where another path intersects at rightangles. Continue once again to climb upwards along thepath and the many steps, until you reach a small monumentknown as Boucher’s Obelisk. This stepped monument,erected in 1852, is known as the Wishing Stone. If you wantto try it out walk round each level, then stand on the topfacing Dalkey and make a wish. A little further on you willreach the main obelisk.

8Stop 8: Goat’s CastleImmediately across the road are the ruins ofanother church dedicated to St Begnet, thepatron saint of Dalkey. First founded in the 9thcentury, the present building dates from theAnglo-Normans and was abandoned for worshipin 1689. Beside the church is the second castle,Goat’s Castle.Stop 9: Bullock HarbourTo arrive at your next stop, walk up Castle Street and atits end turn left into Convent Road continuing on alongHarbour Road. After about 1 km of tidy suburban housesyou will arrive at Bullock Harbour.

9Stop 10: James Joyce Tower, SandycoveAfter Bullock Harbour take the next left onto Breffni Road and then the nextright into Sandycove Avenue East until you come once more to the sea. Turnleft to walk along the sea wall. After 100m or so stop at a converted MartelloTower. This is the James Joyce Tower at Sandycove.

10iWalkroute mapJames Joyce TowerBullock HarbourColiemore HarbourGoat’s CastleArchibold’s CastleDalkey DART StationSorrento ParkTorca CottageDalkey Hill QuarryKilliney Hill

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