Weather was forecast to be rather naff, but in the end it was generally sunny and windy, but with lots of short squally showers every so often. All in all, not too bad, but was glad I'd packed the Goretex jacket.
Day 1
Instead of doing the usual touristy things in the city, I took a couple of days out to do some walking in the hills. The first day was a walk from Shankhill through a few small forests to the Scalp, a remnant of glacial action. The walk was basically along the Dublin Mountain Way, with a few diversions on other waymarked trails. I found this walk on Everytrail.
Great Sugar Loaf
Barnaslingan Forest
The Scalp
Corrickgollogan Lead Mine
Day 2
The second day was forecast to be a bit sunnier, so I took a trip to the seaside, and did a longer walk round Howth. This started of easy, with lots of German tourists about, but the path gets a bit rockier further round. Then after most paths take a shortcut back to Howth village, the "purple" route I took carries on round further and gets a bit more technical still. Eventually it turns in land, over a golf course fairway and back to Howth.
Howth Harbour
Howth Cliffs
Nearly a Beach
Aideen's Dolmen
On the last day I had a good nose around Dublin city centre and some of the parks. Weather was more squally showers so was handy to be able to go inside in a hurry. Plus the WiFi let me check in online for the return flight, and blag a decent seat :)
The Spire
Famine Memorial
Another Famine Memorial
James Joyce
