Dalkey Village

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Dalkey Walks
Historical points of interest

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

Torca Cottage
Home to George Bernard Shaw from 1866 until 1874.

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

Purple house
This walk starts-off very similarly to Walk 3, 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.
narrow passage leading off Dalkey Avenue
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.
Ardbrough road
At the top, you should find yourself at another road. This is Ardbrough Road. Go left along this road. After a while, you will come to a junction with a road that leads off to the left. Do not go down here; continue straight (the road on the right), which now changes its name to Torca Road. Walk along this road, around the corner, and down.
Narrow path to the right of pink house
You will notice that at the end, the road narrows a bit. Just before you reach this narrower bit of road, Stop! Do not go any further. If you look around you, you will see the narrower continuation of the road (for a bit) in front, the driveway to a pink house slightly to the right, and just beside that, to the right, a narrow, and easy-to-miss path with fencing on one side. Go up this path. When you get to the top the path goes right, and continues on for a bit.
Opening on right
It then goes around another corner, and up a bit, and comes to an opening on the right with a lot of steps leading down, or a lot of steps in front leading up. We are going up, so continue straight ahead. When you get to the top, there will be a wall with an opening in it in front of you. Take a moment to relax and enjoy the view behind you.
Castle
When you are ready, go through the opening into an area with a small castle. This is the castle that can be seen on top of Dalkey Hill, but it is not a real castle; it was the Semaphore tower. Continue going straight, out of the other side, along the path, which goes right, up to the corner of the wall.
One of the best views of Dublin
This is one of the best views of Dublin available. When you are ready to move along, continue left along the wall to the next corner, which offers an equally spectacular view of Dublin. Continue along by the wall, which means you go right, and down.
Down the path
Keep going down the path until you get back to the car park. Do not go into the car park though. There should be a path that crosses in front of you. Go right, down this path, which goes down the road leading into the park.
More nice views of Dublin as you descend
At the bottom, you come to Dalkey Avenue. Go right, and continue down the road, all the way back to the purple house we met at the beginning. Go right onto Castle Street, and after a few minutes you will arrive back at the car park. I hope you enjoyed your walk!