Magical places of Dubh Linn: Shielmartin Hill
Shielmartin hill is part of Howth Head, overlooking Dublin and features in A Hollow in the Hills. Local tradition says that the cairn on the summit was the burial place of Crimthann. Most of the summit...
View ArticleMagical Places of Dubh Linn: Sídheway gate on Bray Head
Doorways to Dubh Linn are everywhere. Sometimes they can be seen and sometimes not, but there’s always some sort of marker, something to identify them. While doing research for A Hollow in the Hills on...
View ArticleMagical Places of Dubh Linn: The Hellfire Club
Montpelier Hill looms large in the supernatural tales of Dublin and even larger in Dubh Linn. Standing on top of it is the Hellfire Club, once a hunting lodge built in 1725. Stones from the cairn...
View ArticleMagical Places of Dubh Linn: Dublin Castle
Dublin Castle sits in the heart of old Dublin, on the highest point of land in the area, a ridge between the Liffey and the Poddle (which now flows underground). A sheltered harbour on the Poddle, Dubh...
View ArticleMagical Places of Dubh Linn: The Dubh Linn Gardens & Chester Beatty Library
In the grounds of Dublin Castle, the Dubh Linn gardens sit on the site of the original black pool. They are decorated with intertwined brick pathways representing eels. The central lawn double jobs as...
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