STARTING AT THE AISLING HOTEL1 Exit the Ashling Hotel and turn left on Parkgate Street.

2 Turn right onto Temple Street West and walk towards the quays.

3 Turn left onto Wolfe Tone Quay.

4 Continue walking along the quays past Collins Barracks andthe Four Courts.

5 Continue walking along quays past O’Connell Street and the CustomsHouse.

6 Continue past the Jeanie Johnston and turn right onto the Samuel Beckett Bridge.

7 Turn left onto Sir John Rogerson’s Quay.

8 Turn right onto Forbes Street and then continue straight onto Lower Grand Canal Quay.

9 At end of the street turn left onto Lower Grand Canal Street and then immediate right onto Clanwilliam Place.

10 Turn left to cross the canal at the bottom of Lower Mount Street and onto Northumberland Road.

11 Continue straight onto Pembroke Road and past Herbert Park.

12 Continue straight onto Merrion Road and past the RDS.

13 Continue along the road past St. Vincent’s Hospital and the Tara Towers Hotel and onto Rock Road.

REFRESHMENT & TOILET STOP - TARA TOWERS HOTEL14 Continue straight until you reach Blackrock at the corner of Mount Merrion Avenue.

15 Turn right onto Mount Merrion Avenue for the 20k route or continue straight through Blackrock for the 30K route (see below).

16 Continue until the end of the road and turn right onto Stillorgan Road.

17 Follow Stillorgan Road past UCD.

18 Continue on to Donnybrook Road and through Donnybrook.

19 Continue on to Morehampton Road and then Leeson Street Upper.

20 Continue onto Sussex Street past the Burligton Hotel.

REFRESHMENT & TOILET STOP - BURLINGTON HOTEL21 Continue straight on to Leeson Street Lower.

22 Continue straight on to St. Stephen’s Green.

23 Turn right along St. Stephen’s Green East, turn leftat the Shelbourne Hotel and right on to Kildare Street.

24 Turn left on to Nassau Street and continue around TrinityCollege onto College Green and into Westmoreland Street.

25 Before O’Connell Bridge turn left onto Aston Quay.

26 Continue along the quays towards Heuston Station.

27 Turn right and cross the river at Sean Heuston Bridge (LUAS Bridge).

FINISHING AT THE AISLING HOTEL

20K ROUTE

10K LOOP ROUTESTARTING AT BLACKROCK

1 Turn left down Rock Hill towards Blackrock and onto Main Street.

2 Continue straight on to Newtown Avenue.

3 Follow the road around to the right and then turn left on to Seapoint Avenue.

4 Continue straight on to Longford Terrace and then Dunleary Road onto Crofton Road.

5 At the DART/Railway Station turn left on to Harbour Road.

REFRESHMENT & TOILET STOP - OUTSIDE IRISH LIGHTS BUILDING

6 Continue along Harbour Road until you can rejoin to your left Crofton Road over the

railway bridge.

7 Take the next left on to Clarence Street.

8 At the next junction take a right on to Cumberland Street.

9 Continue on to Longford Place and then Monkstown Road.

10 Continue straight through Monkstown and straight on towards Temple Road and Frascati

Road.

11 Continue straight on to Rock Road.

12 At corner of Rock Road and Mount Merrion Avenue turn left onto Mount Merrion Avenue

(point 15 above).

NOW JOIN THE 20K ROUTE

SITES OF INTEREST ALONG THE 20K ROUTE AND THE 10K LOOP ROUTECOLLINS BARRACKS20K ROUTE

Opened in 1701, Collins Barrackswas one of the oldest and largestbarracks in Europe throughoutthe 18th Century, housing 5,000men. The last soldiers marchedout of here in 1997. To the frontof the building is the CroppyAcre, a mass grave for rebelsinvolved in the 1798 rebellion.

O’CONNELL BRIDGE20K ROUTE

Opened as Carlisle Bridge in1794 and designed by JamesGandon, it was widened in thelate 1870s and reopened asO’Connell Bridge in 1882. It isthought to be the only bridge inEurope that is wider then it islong (it is 50m wide and spans45m).

FAMINE STATUES20K ROUTE

Unveiled in 1997, the faminestatues are the work of Dublinsculptor Rowan Gillespie. Theyshow starving men and womenbeginning their arduous journeyto foreign lands with an arduouswalk to the waiting ships.

HERBERT PARK20K ROUTE

Situated on the site of the DublinInternational Exhibition and onland donated by the Earl ofPembroke, the park as we knowit today opened in 1911. Thebandstand still dates from theexhibition in 1907.

UCD BELFIELD20K ROUTE

Essentially founded by JohnHenry Newman in 1854, UCDwas situated across the city formany years until it began tomake its move to Belfield in the60s. The last department movedto this modern campus in 2007.

DONNYBROOK20K ROUTE

For many years home to theinfamous Donnybrook Fair, firstinstituted in 1204 by grant ofKing John, it finally stoppedhosting the event in 1855 whenthe license was bought by agroup determined to end thespectacle that was the centre ofrowdy and drunken behaviourfor hundreds of years.

ST. STEPHEN’S GREEN20K ROUTE

Named after local leper hospitalof St. Stephen, in medieval timesthe area was home to commongrounds for purpose of grazing,archery practice and publicexecutions. The current squarewas laid out in the late 1800s atthe behest of A.E. Guinness, thegrandson of Arthur, and thengiven over to the State.

TRINITY COLLEGE20K ROUTE

Founded in 1592, Trinity is by farthe oldest university in Irelandand retains links with colleges inOxford and Cambridge. Alas,nothing remains of the originalcollege, though the front squareis a fantastic example of Georgianarchitecture.

CHRISTCHURCH CATHEDRAL20K ROUTE

While a wooden church stood onthis site since 1030, the Normansbegan construction of a stonecathedral shortly after theirarrival. Thus its crypt has a legit-imate claim towards being theoldest structure in the city. Theupper portion of the cathedral hasreceived extensive renovation,most recently in the 1800s.

THE BRAZEN HEAD20K ROUTE

The oldest pub in Dublin cantrace its license back to 1198.However, this was the site of theoriginal crossing point of theriver (the Ford of Hurdles thatgives Dublin its current Irishname), and thus it is likely that a tavern has existed here sinceCeltic times.

BOOTERSTOWN MARSH20K ROUTE

A fascinating home to manykinds of flora and fauna due to its mix of salt and freshwater,Booterstown Marsh is one of thefew marshes left in the city dueto reclamation of land.

JEANIE JOHNSTON20K ROUTE

This recreation of the famousfamine ship of the same name,was built between 1992 and2002. The original made 17voyages to America carryingover 2,500 Irish to their newhome. Remarkably not a singlelife was lost in the process - ingreat contrast to the majority of‘coffin’ ships.

SAMUEL BECKETT BRIDGE20K ROUTE

Dublin’s newest bridge and thesecond to be designed by San-tiago Calatrava (the other beingthe James Joyce Bridge nearHeuston Station). The design isreminiscent of an Irish harp andswings open to allow boat trafficthrough.

O’CONNELL MONUMENT20K ROUTE

Unveiled in 1882 to coincidewith the opening of the newlyrenamed O’Connell Bridge thestatue was designed by JohnHenry Foley. Evidence of the1916 Rising can be seen in themany bullet holes peppering thestatue.

CUSTOMS HOUSE20K ROUTE

Designed by James Gandon andopened in 1791, the imposingstructure was used to collectcustoms duties until the port ofDublin moved further east. Theinterior and dome were damagedduring the War of Independence,evidence of which can be seen inthe different colour stone on thecupola.

FR. MATTHEW BRIDGE20K ROUTE

Another of the original 5 Celticroads leading to Father MatthewBridge, the site of the originalcrossing point of the river. Thiswas the Áth Cliath - the ford ofhurdles - that gives Dublin itsIrish name today.

THE FOUR COURTS20K ROUTE

Work began back in 1776 on thePublic Records Office designedby Thomas Cooley. Following his death, the designer JamesGandon took control of theproject and designed most ofwhat we know as the FourCourts today.

HA’PENNY BRIDGE20K ROUTE

Constructed in 1816 in Coal-brookdale, the bridge is fullycast-iron and was Dublin’s firstever metal bridge. Though it was officially named The LiffeyBridge, its ubiquitous monikerdrives from the halfpenny tollcharged to cross the bridge uponits opening.

Design & Production: Pat Liddy & Kaelleon Design Limited

DUN LAOGHAIRE10K LOOP ROUTE

Originally the site of an ancientGaelic fort (or dún) of KingLaoghaire, the harbour townwas renamed Kingstown in 1821in honour of the visit of KingGeorge lV. It reverted back toDún Laoghaire in the 1920s.

MONKSTOWN10K LOOP ROUTE

Once the site of an ancientcastle, whose substantial ruinsstill exist, Monkstown quicklyestablished itself as a wealthysuburb of Dublin in the mid-19th

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BLACKROCK20K ROUTE 10K LOOP ROUTE

Originally a fishing village, thename is thought to derive fromthe limestone in the area thatturned black when wet.

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