Unexpected views of Dublin

12-06-2019 5:51pm #1

From my home near the top of Mountainview Road in Ranelagh, you can see the light from the Spire.

Is this some kind of record, from ground level (presumably close to sea level)?

Tell us (or better still, show us) some other unusual views of Dublin.

Samuel T. Cogley · 12-06-2019 6:12pm

Thinly veiled I live in the Posh part of Dublin thread :pac:

Hal3000 · 12-06-2019 6:16pm

Meh...

12-06-2019 6:33pm

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

Thinly veiled I live in the Posh part of Dublin thread :pac:

Ah here. No, that's not the point at all.

Anyway, I live on a very bad part of that road. Excuse me while I go and extinguish a burning car.

Marcusm · 12-06-2019 7:34pm

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

Thinly veiled I live in the Posh part of Dublin thread :pac:

Ah Sam, only to you as a blow in. Back in the 50s/60s, most of Ranelagh would not have been regarded as salubrious at all. 70-90s it was more bedsitland than flatland. For all you know the Tyrant might have to share a toilet with 5 or 6 other dwellings.

Not quite the transformation of Notting Hill since the 1980s (since the housing stock is not so grand) but not far off!

12-06-2019 7:49pm

Marcusm wrote: »

For all you know the Tyrant might have to share a toilet with 5 or 6 other dwellings.

When I first heard-tell of it, it was the kind of place you went to purchase E tabs, or ladies of the night!

I wish I hadn't mentioned that now. All I'm interested in are interesting views of Dublin.

Here's another one: the rooftop of The Marker hotel is apparently unbeatable in terms of city centre viewpoints. True?

odyssey06 · 12-06-2019 7:57pm

Coming into the city along the Clontarf coast road, before you hit Fairview, the Spire is waaay off to the left.
In my head, it should be straight ahead.

There's a spot on the walking path into East Point where you can see, on one side Howth, looming over Clontarf; and on the other the Dublin Mountains.

And near Donaghmeade shopping centre, there's a spot where you have a clear view through to Howth.
Probably only a matter of time before it's blocked off by apartments!

Collie D · 12-06-2019 7:58pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

When I first heard-tell of it, it was the kind of place you went to purchase E tabs, or ladies of the night!

I wish I hadn't mentioned that now. All I'm interested in are interesting views of Dublin.

Here's another one: the rooftop of The Marker hotel is apparently unbeatable in terms of city centre viewpoints. True?

It’s pretty impressive all right but you wouldn’t hang around too long in cold weather.

Top floor of the old BOI HQ on Baggot Street had some great views.

Although neither of those are quite unexpected given you’re a few storeys up.

Has anyone been up the Daniel O’Connell Monument in Glasnevin yet?

RobbingBandit · 12-06-2019 8:04pm

Finglas I can see Roddy Doyle books come to life. Kill me now FML etc etc

Spanish Eyes · 12-06-2019 8:22pm

From my back garden I can see Kippure and the Hellfire Club. And the lovely Dubbelin Mountains. Lucky to have an uninterrupted view as there are playing fields right outside the back gate.

When you can't see the mountains it's raining, and when you can see them, it'll rain any minute. I live close to the Liffey not in the foothills or anything.

Does that beat OP?

s3rtvdbwfj81ch · 12-06-2019 9:09pm

I can look in a straight line due east from a playground my kid uses in Ashtown all the way to Howth and see the planes coming in from that direction, and watch them all the way to the airport. In my mind Howth is much further north than Finglas.

retalivity · 12-06-2019 11:40pm

The crumlin road coming into town, just after the hospital and the slight bends, you can see the straight road for about 2km ahead amd slightly downhill, with the ben of howth in the distance.

The bar on the top floor of the aloft hotel in the tenters, as good a view of st patricks cathedral as guiness, and doesnt cost 20quid.

And its in meath (almost louth), but the view south from glasallen hill (n the n2 between collon and slane) on a clear day is breathtaking - with binoculars there is 50k of rolling green, the city after and then the mountains behind

s3rtvdbwfj81ch · 13-06-2019 8:36am

Turning right off Blackhorse Ave onto the North Circular and you get this amazing tree-lined view of the Wellington Monument in the park, or even just follow the NCR westwards, when you round that final bend onto the last straight bit of road up to the park, it's surprising and gorgeous.

Tabnabs · 13-06-2019 9:26am

From the West Pier in Dun Laoghaire you can see Three Rock mountain, the Aviva stadium, the Poolbeg chimneys, the convention centre,, the docks, the Spire (if you know exactly where to look), Dublin airport (both Terminal 2 and the new air traffic control tower), the ferries in and out of Dublin port, the mortello tower in Sutton and all of Howth, out to the Bailey lighthouse.

And of a summers evening, you can watch the sun set over the city.

13-06-2019 10:11am

retalivity wrote: »

The bar on the top floor of the aloft hotel in the tenters, as good a view of st patricks cathedral as guiness, and doesnt cost 20quid.

Do you have to be a guest to go up there?

The top of the museum building in Trinity is another one, apparently. Supposedly a bird's-eye view of the whole campus, it used to be quite easy to get access but I never did.

retalivity · 13-06-2019 10:27am

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Do you have to be a guest to go up there?

Nope, its an open bar. Think they have food as well

13-06-2019 2:24pm

On the N11 inbound opposite the applegreen beside booterstown you can see the Metro hotel in Santry/Ballymun about 15kms away

Just to the left of the new Capital Dock development on Sir John Rogerson's Quay
https://goo.gl/maps/WApVvFrFczRXDePJA

uch · 13-06-2019 3:28pm

Great view from the roof of Trinity College, used to go up there to hide when I was employed there

tricky D · 13-06-2019 3:48pm

Museum Building??

greenttc · 13-06-2019 4:33pm

From some of the taller buildings in Sandyford industrial estate there is a view out over the city, one of the interesting views is out across the city to towards the airport you can see planes coming in and out. I always use that water tower as a landmark to orientate my view. looking in the other direction of course you are looking at the boats coming in and out of Dublin and dun laoghaire etc.

the other nice view that is worth a little look is in the lift in Dundrum shopping centre. the one beside m and S/Penneys/Tesco. press the button for the fifth floor and you emerge up out of the shopping centre to lovely views looking out over a bit of the city. spectacular on a sunny day. I have seen it catch many people by surprise (they expected the lift to go down instead of up) and you can see real delight on their faces

Hurrache · 13-06-2019 4:43pm

From either Belgard Hill or coming down from Kingswood into Ballymount you have a full view of the whole city and beyond, probably the best views that aren't from a mountain or top of a building. With Belgard Hill you also have a view over the Dublin mountains.

As part of a route on a long run I take that brings me into Meath I can clearly see the light on top of Kippure, over 30kms away. Impressive enough considering the bulk of west and south west Dublin is between the two, the mast is on the border with Wicklow, and Meath is flat as a pancake

13-06-2019 9:07pm

tricky D wrote: »

Museum Building??

The Geology building in TCD

Even if you don't manage to dash to the top before the guards catch you, the exterior is worth looking at. None of the floral sculptures that surround the building are repeated even once. Each one is an original.

Jimbob1977 · 13-06-2019 9:11pm

From Mount Anville Road or Mount Merrion, Dublin is laid out in front of you.

Glorious.

missmatty · 13-06-2019 9:38pm

I studied in the Museum Building, never saw the view from the top but it's stunning inside as well. Has been used in many films and definitely worth a look, the door is usually open.

Speedsie · 13-06-2019 9:43pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

The Geology building in TCD

Even if you don't manage to dash to the top before the guards catch you, the exterior is worth looking at. None of
the floral sculptures that surround the building are repeated even once. Each one is an original.

The Geology Department is in the Museum building.

I used to work in BoI Baggot St, on the sixth floor. The views were just fantastic,.

Muahahaha · 13-06-2019 11:05pm

Laylah Disgusting Tapir wrote: »

Turning right off Blackhorse Ave onto the North Circular and you get this amazing tree-lined view of the Wellington Monument in the park, or even just follow the NCR westwards, when you round that final bend onto the last straight bit of road up to the park, it's surprising and gorgeous.

Ive always wondered about that view of the Wellington monument on NCR and if it came about by accident or by the design of some Georgian planner. Either way its a superb view

AhhHere · 14-06-2019 10:11am

Love this Thread. It's something I actively seek out. Love all these suggestions. One I haven't seen mentioned is near the magazine fort in Phoenix Park. You get a great view of the Dublin Skyline out towards the docks. Another is Deer park in Howth. Amazing for seeing Dublin Bay, Bull Island and the north coastline too

Hurrache · 14-06-2019 10:13am

sugarman wrote: »

Slightly better view from the Greenhills Rd at slip rd 'down the dip' before Lidl.

Haven't been down that way in a long time so can't remember what it's like, apart from the ****ty traffic.

s3rtvdbwfj81ch · 14-06-2019 10:30am

AhhHere wrote: »

Love this Thread. It's something I actively seek out. Love all these suggestions. One I haven't seen mentioned is near the magazine fort in Phoenix Park. You get a great view of the Dublin Skyline out towards the docks. Another is Deer park in Howth. Amazing for seeing Dublin Bay, Bull Island and the north coastline too

Similarly the grass area beside the Harbour in Skerries affords decent views of the Mourne Mountains/Carlingford Lough area, especially on a clear day.

miamee · 14-06-2019 10:39am

My favourite bus stop is at Hanlon's Corner (Prussia Street) as you are heading into town. If you are sitting upstairs at the front of the bus and it's a clear day, you get a winderful view of the mountains far off but also of the red brick houses sweeping down into Stoneybatter. They look dwarfed and insignificant with the mountains behind and it makes the city seem much smaller somehow. A beautiful view.

sparrowcar · 14-06-2019 10:43am

Larch Hill on the edge of the Dublin mountains.
There's a field beside the main HQ building called the "Cub field". At night it has breath taking views of Dublin City lit up.

Not public access but like anything there's always a way by asking the right people.

AhhHere · 14-06-2019 10:56am

miamee wrote: »

My favourite bus stop is at Hanlon's Corner (Prussia Street) as you are heading into town. If you are sitting upstairs at the front of the bus and it's a clear day, you get a winderful view of the mountains far off but also of the red brick houses sweeping down into Stoneybatter. They look dwarfed and insignificant with the mountains behind and it makes the city seem much smaller somehow. A beautiful view.

Actually reminds me. Grangegorman. TU campus get a great view of the city. Especially if you get onto the 2nd floor of one of the buildings looking south. They've a graduate expo on today that you can check out and see some views.

AhhHere · 14-06-2019 12:04pm

This view at Ballyboden (I think?) is great too https://goo.gl/maps/os7VVjXCysZmm8LbA

A good hill for running up.

IAMAMORON · 14-06-2019 12:13pm

I like the perspective from the obelisk on top of Victoria/killiney hill. You can see right into Wicklow , as far as Tallaght, right over all of south Dublin and of course into Dublin bay.

Weepsie · 14-06-2019 12:23pm

There's a road between Ballyboughal, Naul and Oldtown that on a clear day you can get a very good view of Dublin beyond Clontarf and out to the southside a bit and I think Lambay. Just beyond Naul you can get a view of the Mourne mountains

trellheim · 14-06-2019 3:31pm

Here https://www.google.com/maps/@53.2155967,-6.3077798,3a,75y,209.71h,88.55t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYP59apADTPvn3S3_AJxTzQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

the very very edge of Dublin looking up to Kippure masts

Hurrache · 14-06-2019 4:56pm

sparrowcar wrote: »

Larch Hill on the edge of the Dublin mountains.
There's a field beside the main HQ building called the "Cub field". At night it has breath taking views of Dublin City lit up.

Not public access but like anything there's always a way by asking the right people.

Yeah, but you're in the mountains so not an unexpected view. There's better views nearby though, the aerials at 3 Rock or the top of Tibradden aren't too far from there.

Same as with Military Road, the views are as you would expect.

sabat · 14-06-2019 5:08pm

sparrowcar wrote: »

Larch Hill on the edge of the Dublin mountains.
There's a field beside the main HQ building called the "Cub field". At night it has breath taking views of Dublin City lit up.

Not public access but like anything there's always a way by asking the right people.

Go to the scouts' camping ground and ask someone to sneak you into the cub field so you can enjoy the view? OK...

sparrowcar · 14-06-2019 5:20pm

sabat wrote: »

Go to the scouts' camping ground and ask someone to sneak you into the cub field so you can enjoy the view? OK...

That's a bit of a weird thing to say?
I never mentioned sneaking in.

El Tarangu · 14-06-2019 6:48pm

Hurrache wrote: »

As part of a route on a long run I take that brings me into Meath I can clearly see the light on top of Kippure, over 30kms away.

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

From my back garden I can see Kippure and the Hellfire Club.

I'm from Raheny, and have cycled out out to Kippure many times. But it was only recently when driving along the Clontarf Road by the wooden bridge that I realised that you can see Kippure plain as day when it's clear (so, not so often,in the end) - I was looking at it for ages trying to figure out what it could be before the penny dropped.

Also, the M50 toll bridge - going across in car, you only see the grey metal barriers at the side. But if you cross it in a coach, you have a lovely view into the the strawberry beds below.

Chris_5339762 · 14-06-2019 10:48pm

Worth going down into the Strawberry Beds too and looking up at the M50 bridge. Its remarkably impressive.

Victor · 14-06-2019 11:08pm

https://twitter.com/libertiesdublin/status/1138493564122533888

trellheim · 15-06-2019 10:04am

Victor wrote: »

https://twitter.com/libertiesdublin/status/1138493564122533888

thats a jigsaw puzzle lol

Chris heres that view up at the M50 Westlink
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.3628187,-6.3821278,3a,75y,223.79h,153.65t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sIW70jMOakDKsClB-yzROXg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DIW70jMOakDKsClB-yzROXg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D143.21198%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192

marvin42 · 15-06-2019 4:20pm

Unexpected view in Lidl carpark , Portmarnock :-)

SmartinMartin · 15-06-2019 4:36pm

The most surprising view I've ever come across in the city is from the top floor of Arnotts car park on Prince's St, mainly because you're expecting, well, a car park., not the 360° views of the entire city. It usually costs me an extra hour's parking by the time I take it all in!

Hurrache · 15-06-2019 8:11pm

Victor wrote: »

https://twitter.com/libertiesdublin/status/1138493564122533888

It's like a sci-fi scene.

15-06-2019 8:12pm

SmartinMartin wrote: »

The most surprising view I've ever come across in the city is from the top floor of Arnotts car park on Prince's St, mainly because you're expecting, well, a car park., not the 360° views of the entire city. It usually costs me an extra hour's parking by the time I take it all in!

Similarly great views from the top of Stephen's Green Street carpark.

Also from DBS on South Great George's Street. Some of the upper rooms looking over Dublin Castle have unexpected, magnificent panoramas of the South City, and especially the Castle.

Spanish Eyes · 15-06-2019 8:15pm

SmartinMartin wrote: »

The most surprising view I've ever come across in the city is from the top floor of Arnotts car park on Prince's St, mainly because you're expecting, well, a car park., not the 360° views of the entire city. It usually costs me an extra hour's parking by the time I take it all in!

Since I never drive into the city now anymore, could I walk up to the top floor of Arnotts without being arrested!

Sounds great. Thanks.

Spanish Eyes · 15-06-2019 8:22pm

Chris_5339762 wrote: »

Worth going down into the Strawberry Beds too and looking up at the M50 bridge. Its remarkably impressive.

There is a great view of everything you mention there from Waterstown Park (it is on the South side of Strawberry Beds), we bring my temporarily adopted relative's dogs to the dog run down there and it is amazing to see the height of the M50 Bridge.

There is also a lovely walk there by the Liffey to see the canoe schools from the same park. Pity there is no way to cross the river around there. Hidden gem.

15-06-2019 8:27pm

The (foliage allowing) view driving east down Newtownpark Avenue near White's cross for only 50 yards or so after the curve and before the road dips. Might have been this thread but drove down there earlier and gorgeous partial/snapshot view of the bay and Howth - always unexpected when I catch it even though I drive there regularly.

Dyr · 15-06-2019 8:31pm

Ballymun. Connolly Tower had the best view of Dublin

And I mean view of Dublin. All of Dublin.

Unexpected views of Dublin

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