A view of the surrounding countryside from the summit of Mount Pelier
(see the Hellfire Club) above the Killakee Road.
A mile off the coast, directly north of Howth Harbour, lies the
extraordinary little island of Ireland's Eye. It is a small island, easily
reached by regular tourist boats.
Bull Island is an island that is barely 200 years old, being formed by
the gathering of sand from when the Great South Wall was built in the
1700s.
Except for commercial plantings very little remains of the extensive
woods and forests which once flourished on the foothills of the Dublin
and Wicklow Mountains.
The approach to Dublin Port had long been plagued by sandbars
obstructing the entrance and also by frequent squalls and stormy
conditions.
