Bull Island?

Dave! · 02-11-2005 12:46am #1

Hey folks,

It's my girlfriend and I's 1 year anniversary, and I'm just trying to think of places to take her.

I wanna go to a nice place with a view and scenery and nature and the likes, cos I don't wanna go to a restaurant.

So, I was just looking around on a map of Dublin that I have, and I saw Howth, and I thought, that's pretty cool, right on the coast, should have nice scenery, but it's a bit big.

So I saw Bull Island, and I thought, ya never heard anything about that place

I was just wondering if anyone knows anything about it.. what's it like? I know there's a nature reserve there, and my dad said a bird sanctuary, and there's 2 big golf courses (so says the map). I'd like to go somewhere with a load of trees, but open fields as well. I know Dollymount beach is there, is that nice?

Yeah, so anything you know about Bull Island, let me know

And if you've got any other suggestions for what to do on my anniversary, that'd be great. I/we're looking for something different to do. I'm 17, she's 18, and the anniversary is on the 13th Nov (it's a Sunday).

Thanks folks

Trampas · 02-11-2005 12:52am

Wont find many trees out there in dollymount.

Its just sand, sea and .............. golf courses.

Dave! · 02-11-2005 1:01am

Yeah I just had a look with the satellite on google maps... not as impressed as I thought i'd be

There really is only golf courses...

Gah!

Thanks anyway

Karoma · 02-11-2005 1:03am

what sort of transport have you got at your disposal?
why are lots of trees a requirement?

Dave! · 02-11-2005 1:12am

Transport: Bus, LUAS, DART, bicycle

EDIT: Feet!

Trees: They're not a requirement, I just like trees!

I just wanna go somewhere different (ie. not the Phoenix Park) with nice scenery, basically. We've got all of Sunday, but I can't be taking her away for the weekend of her parents would have me hanged!

I suppose we could get a Bus Éireann bus somewhere around the country, but bearing in mind the time restraints, I don't know how practical that is...

Any ideas?

irlrobins · 02-11-2005 11:14am

Glendalough. Take St Kevin's Bus from town

Powerscourt House and Gardens, public wood nearby. Tea shops or pubs in Enniskerry village. 44 from town will get you there.

Or to be adventurous, take first train down to Killarney and go to Muckross park then get the last train back. ;-)

Dave! · 02-11-2005 11:34am

irlrobins wrote:

Glendalough. Take St Kevin's Bus from town

Powerscourt House and Gardens, public wood nearby. Tea shops or pubs in Enniskerry village. 44 from town will get you there.

Thanks for the suggestions

irlrobins wrote:

Or to be adventurous, take first train down to Killarney and go to Muckross park then get the last train back. ;-)

I'm intrigued, what's so adventurous about this Muckross park place? :eek:

irlrobins · 02-11-2005 11:38am

Well its a bit more of an adventure getting there. She might like it, a mystery tour!... Don't tell her where you going until ur on the train (book tickets online in advance).

Anyway plenty of trees there. If you want to go hide behind them for something...

Linky

MorningStar · 02-11-2005 3:17pm

DaveMcG wrote:

Thanks for the suggestions

How do you plan to travel? St Anne's park is just by Bull Island and it is the City's second largest wall park. Lots of trees and right by Bull Island so you can get it all there.

irlrobins · 04-11-2005 12:28am

so what did u decide in the end dave?

Dave! · 07-11-2005 3:20pm

I haven't decided what to do yet! :eek:

My girlfriend suggested we go to the circus!

Anybody know of any circuses in Dublin on Sunday 13th Nov?

Thanks!

irlrobins · 07-11-2005 3:23pm

There's often a circus in Booterstown. No idea if its on at the moment though.

RandolphEsq · 07-11-2005 10:17pm

ye theres one on there at the moment

rugbug86 · 07-11-2005 10:23pm

or enniskerry... there's a forest there that's nice and treeful for... walks.

Dave! · 08-11-2005 12:54pm

BrightEyes wrote:

ye theres one on there at the moment

oooh! whereabouts in Booterstown (I don't know the area, I'm just looking at a Google map)? And what bus goes there, if you know? Will it be on for a while, dya think?

Thanks

irlrobins · 08-11-2005 12:57pm

right beside the dart station.....

I'll add a map in a sec...

Ok Booterstown Dart station is red, circus area is green. Its opposite Blackrock College if u know that.

Dave! · 08-11-2005 1:27pm

You're a saint! The number 5 seems to stop right there too(click), and I can get that on O'Connell Street! :eek:

Ideal!

Thanks folks, we'll most likely go there if it's not a nice day

irlrobins · 08-11-2005 1:31pm

get teh dart from there after and go for a walk down the pier in Dun Laoghaire...

Dave! · 12-11-2005 11:50pm

Right folks,

the plan is to get the 75 from Tallaght out to Dun Laoghaire and have a walk around there, and then get the 59 from there to Dalkey and walk around there. When we're done there we'll go back to Dun Laoghaire and maybe get something to eat if there is anything nice there, and then head home. Should be pretty nice if the weather is good

Alternatively, we'll get a bus into town and then the 7 out to Booterstown and go to the circus there (if it's on), and do somethin else afterwards.

Thanks for the help everyone, you're a fountain of knowledge

I'll let ye know if it worked out, lol...

BTW, does anyone know if there's a shop or stall or anything near Dun Laoghaire harbour that might rent rods and sell bait...? I don't know anything about fishing, but the 2 times I went was just at some lake in Wicklow and there was a stall that loans you rods and sells bait. I don't have a rod or anything, and I'm not gonna bring one, but if they rent them out, then I might do some fishing

irlrobins · 13-11-2005 2:13am

Good luck dave! If you're down in Dun L between 10am and 12 pm there will be a few boats out racing in the Turkey Shoot. Me included.

As regards eating in Dun L Cafe Mao has my vote. (Some nice places in Dalkey mind)

As regards renting bait, I've never seen anything. But if you go down the west pier ( the one on the left looking out to sea) you might get one of the people down there to "let you have a go".

Oh and using the Dart might be quicker than buses to transit.

Let us know how it goes. And happy anniversay.

Dave! · 13-11-2005 8:47pm

Right, I'm home about an hour now, bloody SHATTERED!!! I'm not used to so much walking

We got the 75 from the Square (Tallaght) into Dun L, walked up the East pier and back, then went up to the town and got some chipper, ate it, and just barely caught the bus to Dalkey. So we got to Dalkey and didn't know what to expect, and ended up having to have a mini-hike up to the top of Kiliney Hill (looking down on the quarry)!

Hard goings since neither of us are fit, but we went up to the top and it was gorgeous

Stayed up there for a while and then walked from there back to the bus stop in Dun L (the 59 wasn't gonna come again for an hour so we figured it'd be the best bet since we had a map with us). Thought we'd missed the 75 so were gonna get a DART, but a bus came along after all, so we got that.

Great day overall, I loved both places, and I'm gonna go back to Dun L at some stage in the future and do a bit of fishing, and I might take up climbing in the future, and Dalkey would be one of the places I'd like to go

Thanks lostexpectation for the suggestions of Dun L and Dalkey, and thanks irlrobins for all your help, you're a saint! Thanks everyone else for your suggestions

highdef · 18-11-2005 6:05pm

Looks like you had a great day Dave

Love the pics. Howth looks huge in the pic of it you took across the bay

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