Walks
A short but scenic walk though Dalkey Hill Park (2km)
A long walk venturing into Killiney (3km)
A walk through Dalkey village and down to Sorrento (4km)
A walk down Ulverton road to Bullock Harbour (2km)
An enjoyable walk starting on Killiney beach (2.5km)
A walk from Dalkey village up into the park for a spectacular view of Dublin (3.5km)
Photos
- Photo Gallery: A collection of scenic photographs of Dalkey and the surrounding areas
Links
- Links: External websites related to Dalkey
Info
- Dalkey: General Information about Dalkey and some interesting local history
- Site: Information about this website and its creator
Map
Sitemap
- Sitemap: A list of all the pages on this website to aid navigation
Historical points of interest
The Metals
This long pathway was used for the railway carrying
the rock from Dalkey Quarry to Dun Laoghaire to
construct the piers. It is also referred to as The
Flags
The Queen's
Formerly known as The Red Crowe. It is now one of
oldest and most impressive buildings on Castle
Street
The Church of the Assumption
Built 1840. Originally a rectangular building with
Gothic windows. It was built on land donated by the
Connolly family, who were bakers in Dalkey
Inniscorrig
Built in 1847 for Sir Dominic Corrigan, an eminent
physician and Catholic Member of Parliament from 1870
to 1874
Victoria House
Built in 1850 by Martin Burke, then the owner of the
Shelbourne Hotel.
Sorrento Terrace
Built 1845. In 1998 Number One Sorrento Terrace was
sold for £5.9 million
This walk starts off in the Church car park in Dalkey village. Exit the car park onto Castle Street (Dalkey's main street), and go left. Continue along here until you see a purple house (it's hard to miss). Go left, up Dalkey Avenue, the road just before the purple house. You should now be going-up a hill. You will probably have to change footpath at least once.
Keep going until you come to a junction with another road. If you look slightly further up Dalkey Avenue, past this junction, you should see a path leading-off from the left-hand side of the Dalkey Avenue. Go up this path. It is slightly steeper than Dalkey Avenue.
At the top you should find yourself at another road. This is Ardbrough road. Go left. After a short time, the road will turn slightly to the right.
Just after doing this, you should find another road which leads-off to the left. This is Knock-na-cree road. Go down this road
Keep going down this road to the bottom, where it splits in two.
To the front-right you should see a bridge going over the DART tracks. Go over this bridge, and on the other side, you will find Sorrento road.
Go left, and continue to Victoria road, the second right (make sure you count!). Go down this road, and after a short while, it should make a right-angle turn to the right, and shortly after that another right-angle turn to the left.
At the bottom of this road, you will come-upon Coliemore road. Go right, and as you continue walking, you will pass Coliemore harbour, and have a nice view of Dalkey Island.
We continue along, and eventually on your left you should see a small park. If you are starting to feel tired yet, or even if you are not, you can venture in here for a few minutes.
If you fancy another excursion from the route; lookout for the steps on the opposite side of the road to the park. If you go up here there are many different paths that you can take, but they should all eventually lead you back down to the road again, a short bit further along the route. If you find the right path, you can find a blue bench right on top of this little hill, from where you can get quite a nice view.
If this little excursion doesn’t appeal to you, then just continue along the road. You will see Sorrento Terrace in front of you (a row of houses). When you reach these, go right.
After a few minutes, you should see the gate from which the people who took the little excursion will come (and this is where those people have to start reading again). The excursionists go right after coming out of the gate, so that they are going in the same direction as the others.
You will shortly see a road going-off to the left, but you do not want to take this – you want to stay on the current road, going to the right. You then keep walking straight down this road all the way back into Dalkey village. On the way you may notice that some things looks familiar, that is because earlier you walked along part of this road; Sorrento road. I hope you enjoyed you walk!