Just back from a walk from Cherry Orchard to Clondalkin and back, all within the 2km radius. While my feet recover, here's a thread of stuff we saw - some art, some history.

Should've taken a video, not a photo, of this fountain in Park West Plaza - the arms move up and down.

Walking along the canal is so peaceful, the sound of birds chirping almost drowns out the swish of the occasional car on Nangor Road less than 50 yards away.

I'd say most people around Clondalkin have heard of Ninth Lock Road - this is the less well-known Eighth Lock.

A bit poignant - no idea why there's a wee shrine to this guy, who he was or where he was from. Someone missed him though.

The Round Tower in Clondalkin: I always thought the door was set high up, so's you could pull the ladder up after you to leave the Vikings raging impotently down below...

...in which case this seems like a bit of a design flaw - steps from ground level up the the door (plaque on the side says these are part of the original building, not an add-on. Can't see a simple padlock deterring a bunch of marauding, murderous Norsemen.

Very English-shires-in-Victorian-times feel to this row of cottages...

...then you see they were built, not by, but in honour of (???) the local C of I rector in the 19th Century

Behind Park West Business Park, there's what used to be the Guinness Filter Bed, where they drew water off from the canal to use in brewing - must've been before they built the reservoir under James St; now it's just a huge pond for ducks.

You can just about make out OPEN and Close at the base of this, presume that was for drawing in or letting out the water.

Dunno whether this was originally a window, a skylight or a door for incredibly tiny Guinness staff.

"The Bastard Son of Sisyphus" - I kid you not, there's a plaque on the wall that says so.

There's a bit of homage to Rodin's "The Thinker" going on here.

At first, I thought "Children of Lir". Her nibs thought "Herons". As usual, she was right.

When the Park West Pointe apartments were being built, some skeletal remains were uncovered, they reckon there was an Early Christian burial site here. This could mark the top of a burial mound or it could be just a random hilly bit with some wall on top of it.