🌐 If The Past Could Talk

Knocklyon & Firhouse Heritage Trail

📍 Dublin🚶 5 stops🚶️ 1.55km⌛ ~35 min

A medieval tower house remodelled as a country home, an 18th-century weir on the River Dodder, a former school turned Carmelite convent, and two Georgian estate houses — 5 stops through a south Dublin suburb built over centuries of farmland and river history. Looking for things to do in Knocklyon? Start here — no car, no ticket, no booking.

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🌐 Walk This Trail

Opens the free interactive app — point your phone at each stop and hear it speak, in 12 languages.

Stops on This Trail

  1. Knocklyon Castle
  2. Firhouse Weir
  3. Carmelite Monastery of the Assumption
  4. Tymon South House
  5. Sally Park

For Schools

This trail is also available as a free printable classroom worksheet or full trail booklet — no site visit required. See how Classroom Prep Mode works →