This is a hike born out of the necessities of Covid, offering four different starting points - very convenient when a group needs to be divided! For this description, we'll start at Rathmichael Church. Again, with

everybody in separate cars, this location is convenient for double parking (for the same group!). Other parking locations are the very small Rathmichael Wood car park O23256 21283; Carrickgollogan O22529 20382 and Barnaslingan O22226 20448 . There are variations through Rathmichael Wood, including a small diversion to the Rath with the "framed window" on the scenery. The loop of Carrickgollogan Hill and the Lead Mines Chimney are well know, so I'll skip ahead to the Barnaslingan Loop. Of course, it's possible to do a loop within this wood, but an old mass path has very recently been cleared on Barnaslingan Lane; the briars and overgrowth have been cut back by two members of the local community, whom we happened to encounter on our hike of discovery there. I am indebted to the local community magazine, Three Rock Panorama (Nov. 2020 edition), for bringing my attention to this new discovery https://threerockpanorama.ie/ The disadvantage of this loop is the 750 m walk along Barnaslingan Lane to O217 210. However, the exit from this mass path connects almost directly with the right of way through the hotel grounds on the other side of Enniskerry Road, and the various options that unfold from that.