Artwork · Ireland
Getting the Messages
Getting the Messages is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 41 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, a artwork 0.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 2018
What to expect
- Operated by
- Dublin Canvas
How to reach it
Coordinates53.34207, -6.35211
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: 0.1 mi
- Face: 0.1 mi
- Patience is a virtue: 0.2 mi
- The GALA: 0.3 mi
- Californian Hills: 0.3 mi
Parks
- The Lawns: 0.3 mi
- Markievicz Park: 0.5 mi
- Glenaulin Park: 0.6 mi
- Drumfinn Gaels Park: 0.7 mi
- Jim Mitchell Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
- Bluebell Church (ruins): 1.0 mi
- Carriglea Industrial Estate: 1.2 mi
- Church: 1.2 mi
- Stone of Remembrance: 1.5 mi
- Great Cross of Sacrifice: 1.5 mi
Gardens
- Cherry Orchard Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Walled Garden: 1.8 mi
- Formal Gardens: 2.1 mi
- People's Garden: 2.2 mi
- Flanagan's Fields Community Garden: 2.5 mi
Attractions
- Farmleigh: 1.6 mi
- Kilmainham Gaol: 1.8 mi
- Giraffe: 2.0 mi
- Royal Hospital Kilmainham: 2.0 mi
- Scimitar-horned oryx: 2.0 mi
Springs
- Rag Well: 2.0 mi
- Saint Brigid's Well: 2.6 mi
- St Catherine's Well: 4.3 mi
- Saint John's Well: 4.6 mi
- Saint Broc's Well: 5.3 mi
Peaks
- Slieve Gorra: 6.2 mi
- Montpelier Hill: 6.3 mi
- Verschoyle's Hill: 6.6 mi
- Knackannavea: 6.8 mi
- Telshaun Hill: 6.9 mi
Museums: 56
- Richmond Barracks: 1.5 mi
- Kilmainham Jail Museum: 1.8 mi
- Collins Barracks: 2.6 mi
- Asgard: 2.7 mi
- The Riding School: 2.7 mi
Beaches: 29
- Sandymount Strand: 5.8 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 6.0 mi
- Merrion Strand: 6.4 mi
- Seapoint: 8.6 mi
- Dollymount Strand: 8.6 mi
Nature reserves: 22
- The Grove: 4.6 mi
- Wildflower Meadow: 6.0 mi
- Booterstown Nature Reserve: 6.6 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 6.7 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 7.0 mi
Cliffs: 17
- Hawk Cliff: 11.6 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 11.7 mi
- Lover's Leap: 13.7 mi
- The Shaft: 15.9 mi
- Streaky Slab: 15.9 mi
Picnic sites: 9
- Toni's: 1.6 mi
- Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 10.8 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 11.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
- Poplar Square: 15.3 mi
Waterfalls: 8
- Leixlip Spa Waterfall: 6.7 mi
- Powerscourt Waterfall: 14.7 mi
- Poulaphuca Waterfall: 18.2 mi
- Glenmacnass Waterfall: 19.2 mi
- Devil's Glen Waterfall: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Getting the Messages. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kippure | S 176° | 757 m | 11.4 mi |
| Seefingan | S 185° | 722.9 m | 10.4 mi |
| Gravale | S 180° | 719.004 m | 15.1 mi |
| War Hill | SSE 164° | 684.8 m | 14.5 mi |
| Carrigvore | S 175° | 682.36 m | 14.7 mi |
| Seahan | S 188° | 647.3 m | 8.7 mi |
| Tonduff | SSE 164° | 642 m | 13.0 mi |
| Seefin | S 189° | 620.6 m | 10.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 17:52 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 21:00 | 21:58 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:41 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 08:39 | 15:02 | 16:09 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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