Picture from group : Kippure from the NW - From right on skyline Djouce, War Hill
Picture: Kippure from the NW - From right on skyline Djouce, War Hill
All points of the Compass
Short Summary created by simon3, wicklore 1 Jun 2011
Kippure is the highest and most southerly summit in Dublin. It is crowned by a 110 metre high transmitter, and is approachable from all points of the compass. It can be walked on its own or as a route combining several other local summits. Most routes involve heavy, open bog, while one approach makes use of a gated access road. The summit is urbanised and ugly, but the views on a good day are expansive in all directions, taking in Dublin, Bray, the Irish Sea and many of the Wicklow hills all around. O109 199 (Point A) , or from a bog track at O131 198 (Point B) . East, the adventurous can start at the cottage at Lough Bray Lower at O142 164 (Point C) and head up the steep ground between the two lakes. Otherwise park at O143 153 (Point D) and follow a track that skirts the corrie walls. The gated access road at O141 142 (Point E) is the most popular with the Sunday stroller.O137 137 (Point F) , or from O080145 (Point G) , both of which cross heavy bog on the way up. West, start at O063 169 (Point H) and take in Seefin and Seefingan en route. North West, start at O073200 (Point I) and take in Seahan, Corrig and Seefingan en route.
Point A: O109 199
Point B: O131 198
Point C: O142 164
Point D: O143 153
Point E: O141 142
Point F: O137 137
Point G: O080 145
Point H: O063 169
Point I: O073 200
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Picture from tmsr : Long hike up the access road
Picture: Long hike up the access road
Great views after the boring road
by tmsr 4 Jun 2012
Great 360 degree views from the summit, but if I was to go again, think I'd avoid the boring access road from Military Road and choose an alternative access. Highlight for kids was seeing the Liffey as a jumpable river, and the geocaching find at the summit(Comment Rating 5.00)
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Picture from padodes
by padodes 15 Jan 2009
The broad shoulder of Kippure that slopes down to the east drops precipitously into the twin corries of Lough Bray Upper and Lough Bray Lower, separated by the blunt wedge of the Eagle’s Crag (see photo). The walk around the rim, above the brooding lakes, has plenty to grip the attention, but there’s also a literary association that gives added interest to any walker’s visit to this area of rugged beauty.(Comment Rating 4.83)
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Picture from Dessie1 : Highest man in Dublin!!
Picture: Highest man in Dublin!!
Kippure Hike
by Dessie1 31 May 2010
Hiked up Kippure on 21-5-10.Parked in the car park at the small bridge (O1094912774 (Point J) ) just where the R759 road passes over a small stream.Hike length to top was 2.7Km.Took a 14 deg true bearing all the way to top.(Comment Rating 4.55)
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Picture from SDillmore : The deer aren't as interested in me as I am in them.
Picture: The deer aren't as interested in me as I am in them.
by SDillmore 12 Jul 2005
Took the meandering access road up. After having done Lug earlier in the day I was too tired for the direct ascent (the 28 degree temperature all day didn't help either). Near sunset on the way down, I almost missed two large herds of deer. I caught the first group looking back, glimpsing their silhouette.(Comment Rating 4.50)
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Picture from padodes : Lough Bray Upper and Eagles' Crag
Picture: Lough Bray Upper and Eagles' Crag
by padodes 21 Jan 2009
I would like to add a few details to Wicklore’s comment on walking around Lough Bray (Upper and Lower), which may add to the interest of exploring this area. The massive outcrop between the two corries is known as the Eagles’ Crag (although the name does not appear in the OSI map). It is recorded that eagles did, in fact, breed here into the 19th century, when they were finally hunted to extermination. It still isn’t unusual to see a peregrine falcon or kestrel rising on the thermals created by the corries, but you are just as likely to see today colourful paragliders doing the same when the weather is favourable. The corries themselves were formed during the last Ice Age and marked the head of a glacier that flowed down the length of Glencree Valley, with, I would surmise, minor tributaries coming from Raven’s Rock glen (east of Lugduff) and the little glen at Powerscourt Waterfall, each of which has its own modest cirque. The lakes that formed behind the moraines are quite deep and do not seem to communicate above ground, which has led to speculation that they may nonetheless be connected underground, with a flow from the Upper to the Lower. The water is acidic and low in nutrients, so aquatic life is rather poor and you will see that waterfowl are infrequent visitors. I read once that whooper swans have been known to descend here in winter, but I have never myself seen their white beauty on these black waters, despite many a visit. There is abundant plant life around the corries, I am assured, but the names that leave some botanising friends of mine ecstatic, like woodrush, cowberry and quillwort, are rather lost on me.(Comment Rating 4.50)
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