This park is best known for its quarries, green fields, forest
paths, telegraph tower and obelisk. But that is only half the hill.
Another large portion is covered by impenetrable gorse bushes which
have frustrated a couple of would be caches on the hill (and
destroyed one)! However on the southern side of Killiney hill there
is quite a dense deciduous forest. There are a couple of walked
paths through it but that’s about it, people mainly stick to
the main park and leave this area undisturbed. The smaller paths
are just animal trails. With a lot of patience there are foxes,
rabbits, badgers and squirrels to be seen in this forest.
You can get a DART train to Dalkey station if you want to use
public transport, alternatively there is parking on the hill at N
53° 16.158 W 6° 6.593. From here I suggest you make your way to N
53° 16.003 W 6° 6.538. From there you will see a path heading up
over granite into the forest...
This path, and I use the word loosely, eventually ends at the
far side of the hill...
Update 2011: This trail is barely noticeable anymore, you might
be better off starting downhill towards the road, roughly south
east of the cache, and scrambling up the steeper bank.
Somewhere along this path there is a microcache. There are a lot
of trees which will make GPS reception difficult. You may need to
pause and double back on your track to try to get good GPS
accuracy. But hey! It’s meant to be difficult!
This part of the forest should only be accessed by people who
don’t mind an adventure and tricky forest paths. Boots are
advised since it’s easy to sprain an ankle in just shoes if
you are not careful.
Please be respectful to the local flora and fauna!
I hope this is difficult enough cache for you!