Dublin Port - High Tide - The Great South Wall Dublin
High Tide at the Great South Wall today (20 Feb 2019).
Great south wall walk
This is a beautiful coastal walk that starts in Irishtown, just 2km from Dublin city centre. From there, you can walk 4kms out into Dublin Bay along the Great South Wall until you reach the Poolbeg Lighthouse at the end.
It can be tricky to figure out how to get there. You start at the park in Irishtown/end of Sandymount Strand and just follow the trail around the coastline from there. After around 2kms, you’ll get to the start of the South Wall and continue another couple of kilometres along it to get to the lovely red lighthouse.
There are stunning views of the Poolbeg Chimneys, Dublin Bay, Howth Head, Dun Laoghaire Harbour and the Dublin and Wicklow mountains beyond. The surface can be a bit uneven along the sea wall at times, so be sure to wear walking shoes (not heels!). It’s also a great spot for bird watching if that’s your vibe.
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THE GREAT SOUTH WALL DUBLIN
The Great South Wall (Irish: Balla an Bhulla Theas) (also sometimes called the South Bull Wall), at the Port of Dublin, extends from the tip of the Poolbeg peninsula more than four kilometres out into Dublin Bay. It was the world's longest sea wall at the time of its construction and remains one of the longest in Europe. It faces the newer Bull Wall, and has one of a trio of port lighthouses at its end.
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BEST VIEW IN DUBLIN - THE 200 YEAR OLD WALL | Great South Wall & Poolbeg Lighthouse
When we found out that there is a wall along which you can walk into the sea that sounded like an adventure we’d like to go on. The Great South Wall was built 200 years ago to stop sand from piling up in the harbour. On the tip of the wall Poolbeg Lighthouse helps guide ships into the harbour.
Walking there through Ringsend and Irishtown, we first got some nice views of Sandymount Beach. We cut through Irishtown Nature Park, along the beach to get to start of the Great South Wall. It took a little bit of courage at first to step onto this old stone wall leading straight into the ocean. Luckily, the sea was very calm that day and the waves weren’t too high.
As we walked along the wall, we were already treated to gorgeous views of the surroundings. There were also a variety of birds chilling out on the rocks. If you’re lucky you can even see seals sometimes apparently. We also saw quite a few people using the bathing shelters and swimming in the sea. Fair play to them.
The Lighthouse isn’t quite the reward for the walk, one of the best Dublin views is. Poolbeg Lighthouse is located in the centre of Dublin Bay, so the view you get is a full panorama of Dublin. To the North you have the coastline leading up to Howth Head. To the South you have the beaches leading up to Dalkey. You can also see the Wicklow Mountains. When you look straight ahead you get to see the classic view of the Poolbeg Chimneys in the skyline as well as ships going in and out of the port.
After your walk Dublin 4 is a good area to grab some lunch. It's a great place for a day trip to see Dublin like a local.
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The Great South Wall and Poolbeg Lighthouse, Ringsend
The Great South Wall was built to prevent the shipping lanes leading to Dublin Port from filling up with sand and to provide shelter against the winds. Each block in the wall weighs a ton and it took 30 years to build the wall. The lighthouse at the end of the wall is called Poolbeg Lighthouse.
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Dublin's Great South Wall a.k.a. the South Bull Wall extends from Ringsend 4 Km out into Dublin Bay. Construction on the wall commenced 300 years ago (1717) when huge oak piles were driven into the boulder clay below, eventually huge granite blocks quarried in Dalkey were used for the walkway. Poolbeg Lighthouse (painted red) at the end of the wall has been operational in its current form since 1820, it replaced a lightship which stood their since 1782. Upon its completion in 1795 this was the longest sea wall in the World and remains one of the longest in Europe. The aim of the Great South Wall was to prevent sand buildup in the shipping lanes leading to Dublin Port.
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For many centuries, ships had problems getting into Dublin port. First of all it had dangerous sandbanks. Then its shipping channels were not deep enough and kept filling up with sand, and finally there was no shelter against winds. In the eighteenth century the merchants of the city needed a better protected harbour for their trade so it was decided to build a wall to keep the sand out and give shelter to the ships.
First they built a barrier made from wood some way out from Ringsend along the sandbank known as the South Bull. Bull is an old word for ‘strand’. At the end of it they put a floating lighthouse. But the barrier was not strong enough so they built a strong longer wall with massive granite blocks. Each block weighed a ton. This is about 1,000 kilograms, or a thousand packets of sugar; all packed into one block!
The blocks were brought across the bay on boats from Dalkey and Dun Laoghaire harbour. It took more than 30 years to build what was to be called the Great South Wall and it was finally finished in 1795. At that time it was one of the longest sea walls in the world.
The floating lighthouse had been replaced with the Poolbeg Lighthouse which is still there today. Lighthouses send out a bright flashing light to guide ships at night or in fog and to warn them about sandbanks or rocks. In the beginning turf or coal were used for the light. Poolbeg Lighthouse was the first to be lit with candle light and then, in 1786, with oil.
While the Great South Wall protected the ships entering the harbour from wind and high waves, it could not stop the sand from filling up the shipping channels. So in 1801 Captain Bligh, the famous captain of the Bounty, suggested the construction of another wall on the northern side of Dublin Bay. The Bull Wall, as it is commonly known, was finished around 1824 and from then on, Dublin Port never filled up with sand again.
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