Walk North Bull Island: A hike to the heart of Dublin Bay

Walking on Dublin’s North Bull Island brought a blustery blast of urban wilderness for Pól Ó Conghaile, and a brief respite from long months of winter lockdown

Looking through an archway at Dollymount Beach, towards the Pigeon House stacks. Photo: Rob Dursten / Fáilte Ireland

Pól Ó Conghaile

Bull Island is just a baby.

Before the completion of Dublin’s Great South Wall in 1795, and North Bull Wall in 1824, it didn’t exist.