Scenes and Notes from DUBLIN CITY and surrounding County area

 Interesting places to visit and good walking areas

Dublin City Centre

1a. The monuments-statues on O'Connell Street

1b. The buildings of Trinity College, Dublin

1c. Molly Malone, Grafton Street & Nassau Street

2a. Museums and galleries - The National Treasures of the Irish Nation in Kildare Street

2b. Merrion Square * 2c Parnell Square

3a. St Stephen's Green and surroundings

4a. The National Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Patrick, Dublin

5a. Christ Church Cathedral and three St A's of different age and use!

5b. The Dublin Castle area

6a. Historic Buildings - The architecture of the Four Courts, GPO and Bank of Ireland

6b. Historic buildings - Davenport Hotel, The D'Olier Chambers

6c. Historic buildings - The architecture of the Powerscourt Townhouse Centre

6d.  Other historic architectural buildings - St George's Arcade

7a. The Liffey River, Ha'penny bridge and Temple Bar, Dublin

11a. Getting there, Stations and Transport in the Dublin area

12a. The lower Quays, Sailing Ships and River Liffey Scenes in Dublin

17a. Picture sequence based on the Dublin Bus Tour

17b. Visit to 'IMMA' The Irish Museum of Modern Art

17c. A walk by the River Liffey from Heuston Station to O'Connell Bridge

18. Leaving Dublin Port for Holyhead on Anglesey Island, Wales

Out of Dublin - Surrounding County Area

8a. A coastal trip to Greystones and Bray - Part 1 a DART ride

8b. Greystones and Bray - Part 2 the walk

8c. Greystones to Bray - Part 3 the walk finish

8d. A coastal walk to Bray and Greystones - Part 4 the chronological murals on Bray Station

8e. Picture sequence based on the Bray-Greystones walk

9a. Trip to Glendalough and the Wicklow Mountains - Part 1 Ancient tranquillity

9b. Trip to Glendalough and the Wicklow Mountains - Part 2 Through the Wicklow Gap

9c. Trip to Glendalough and the Wicklow Mountains - Part 3 Return via Sally Gap

10a. Howth to Sutton Cross scenic walk - Part 1 The start - scenes around Howth village and harbour

10b. Howth to Sutton Cross scenic walk - Part 2 Grey seals and a diversion to Howth Abbey ruins and the start of the walk

10c. Howth to Sutton Cross scenic cliff walk - Part 3 The path along the cliffs

10d. Picture sequence - Howth harbour & cliff walk

13a. Quiet Spots! - the coast off the Malahide-Sutton-Howth Road in north County Dublin

14a. Trip to Killiney - part 1 - Coastal DART train ride and St Alphonsus Columba Church, Ballybrack

14b. A Trip to Killiney - part 2 - A Martello Tower, a dolmen and an early Christian monastic site

15a. Ardgillan Demesne - Castle, Walled Gardens and walking in the grounds

15b. Skerries - beach walk, harbour and Skerries Mills

15c. Malahide Village & Mariana and Malahide Castle

16a. Newgrange and Knowth prehistoric monuments - passage tombs

16b. A visit to Lusk church

[top left picture - Molly Malone ('the tart with the cart']

[top right picture - W B Yeats poster announcing the exhibition in the National Library and admire Molly O'Shea!]

[middle left picture - The Bailey Lighthouse on the cliff walk from Howth to Sutton]

[middle right picture - Sunset over Dublin Bay, Wicklow Hills and power station - View from Clontarf-Sutton coast road]

[above lower picture - The Ha'penny Bridge over the River Liffey from the north bank to the south bank and Temple Bar]