The obelisk
On the summit.
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Killiney Hill is the southernmost of the two hills that form the southern edge of Dublin Bay, the other being Dalkey Hill, and together they make up Killiney Hill Park, about 14 km in a straight line south-east of central Dublin. The park overlooks the villages of Dalkey to the north and Killiney to the west. The hill is 153 m high and was once higher, but rock from its summit was taken to build the pier at Dún Laoghaire. Its top is crowned by an obelisk completed in 1742 in memory of the victims of the famine of 1740–41, and the stepped, pyramid-shaped «Wishing Stone» stands nearby. From the summit the view takes in Dublin to the north-west, the Irish Sea to the east, where the mountains of Wales can be seen on very clear days, and the curve of Killiney Bay, Bray Head and the Wicklow Mountains to the south. Dalkey Island and its ruins lie off the end of the coast, gorse and bracken cover the slopes, and paths climb up through the woods. The park is free and can be reached on foot from Dalkey or Killiney station. The paths are short but steep in places, and sunset from the top is lovely.
On the summit.
A long curve.
Off the coast.
Killiney Hill Park, Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland
On foot from Dalkey or Killiney station.
Yes.