Location: North Dublin City. Difficulty: Easy. Time: 1 hr 45 mins (2 hrs 30 mins including beach). Distance: 8km (12km including beach). Equipment: Runners. Families: Buggy friendly. Rating: 4 stars. This week we took on a very familiar and much-loved walk just minutes from Dublin city centre. Starting at the car park (free at weekends) … Continue reading St. Anne’s Park and Clontarf Promenade
Location: 30 mins from Dublin City. Difficulty: Easy. Time: 1 hr 45 mins. Distance: 8km. Equipment: Runners (hiking boots on a wet day). Families: Not suitable for buggies. Rating: 4.5 stars. Reference: Information board near Howth Pier. After experiencing a miserably rainy day which advanced to a blizzard on our last visit to Howth, we … Continue reading Howth – Green Loop
Location: Carlingford, Co. Louth. Difficutly: Moderate/Hard. Time: 3 hrs. Distance: 8.2 km. Equipment: Raincoat, hiking boots. Families: Not suitable for buggies. Rating: 5 stars. Reference: "Ireland's County High Points", by Kieron Gribbon. After failing at our previous attempt at bagging this peak due to horrendous weather, we were delighted to return for a second round. … Continue reading Slieve Foye, Carlingford
Location: 20 mins from Dublin City. Difficulty: Easy. Time: 2 hours. Distance: 10km. Equipment: runners, raincoat. Families: Suitable for buggies. Rating: 3.5 stars. Reference: "Family Walks around Dublin", by Adrian Hendroff. An easy out and back, flat walk offering expansive views of Dublin Bay and the Dublin Mountains, this walk is perfect for blowing off … Continue reading Poolbeg Lighthouse via Irishtown Nature Park
Location: Dublin / Wicklow border. Difficulty: Moderate / Hard. Time: 3 hrs. Distance: 10 km. Equipment: rain gear, hat, hiking boots. Families: Not suitable for buggies or young children. Rating: 4.5 stars. Reference: "Dublin & Wicklow - A Walking Guide", by Helen Fairbairn. This beautiful and somewhat challenging walk takes in two lakes and Kippure … Continue reading Lough Bray and Kippure
Location: South Dublin. Difficulty: Moderate. Time: 3 hrs 15 minutes. Distance: 9.5km. Equipment: rain gear, runners or hiking boots if you want to take on Glendoo. Families: Cruagh Wood is buggy friendly. Rating: 4 stars. Reference: https://www.dublinmountains.ie/recreation_sites/cruagh_wood/ and Family Walks Around Dublin by Adrian Hendroff. The minute we arrived in Cruagh Wood carpark we were … Continue reading Cruagh Wood and Glendoo
Location: South Dublin. Difficulty: Easy to Moderate. Time: 3 hrs 30 mins (allowing time for exploring the Hell Fire Club and taking in the views) Distance: 10km. Equipment: rain gear, runners. Rating: 3.5 stars. Families: Massy’s Wood is suitable for all terrain buggy. Reference: https://www.dublinmountains.ie/recreation_sites/hell_fire_club/ Based on the advice of fellow hikers, we incorporated Massy’s … Continue reading Hell Fire Club and Massy’s Wood
Location: Dublin/ Wicklow Mountains. Difficulty: Moderate. Time: 3 hrs (allowing time for exploring passage tombs) Distance: 6.6 km. Equipment: rain gear, hiking boots, water. Families: not suitable for buggies. Rating: 4 stars. There are a few different options for starting this climb. We started from a lay-by in front of a stile, southwest of Seefin. … Continue reading Seefin and Seefingan
Location: Co. Wicklow. Difficulty: Moderate to Hard. Time: 3hrs 15min (with breaks) Distance: 7.6 km. Equipment: hiking boots (runners are fine on the tarmacked road leading to the base of the mountain) Families: the first section is buggy friendly, but quite steep. Rating: 4.5 stars. Reference: https://www.alltrails.com/trail/ireland/wicklow/luggala-fancy-mountain-via-east-gully This is a fantastic mountain with amazing views. … Continue reading Luggala (Fancy Mountain)
Location: Co. Dublin. Difficulty: Easy. Time: 2 hrs. Distance: 9km. Equipment: Runners, rain gear. Families: Suitable for all terrain buggy. Rating: 4 stars. Reference: https://www.dublinmountains.ie/recreation_sites/glenasmole/ We set out on a gloomy Sunday morning to Bohernabreenha carpark. The walk starts on a tarmac road between fields and houses. It's when we reached the waterside that the … Continue reading Glenasmole Reservoir loop
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