A visit to a 150 year old tower on a hilltop with a scary-looking outside staircase, visible in many parts of south-east Dublin. For my second expedition, I picked something much more manageable, and took my American friend JS along with me. I will write this up as a “walk page” with directions shortly. Carrickgollogan [...]
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Carrickgollogan and it’s Tower Staircase
Posted in Disused Mines, dublin, Hilltop Structures, Landscape, walks on June 3, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Failing to find the lost mine of Cloghleagh
Posted in Disused Mines, History, Landscape, walks on May 28, 2007 | 9 Comments »
Last Sunday (May 20th) I set out for the first of my walks/explorations for this site, spurred on by the untimely death of a friend, who was only a little older than me, and of a similar level of unfitness. Having recently been rereading the excellent “Neighbourhood of Dublin” written by Weston St. John Joyce [...]
