POSTPONED TO ANOTHER TIME AS THE EVERGREENS WILL JOIN THE SUGAR LOAF CLIMB ON SUNDAY, MAY 25TH

Tibradden or Teach Bruadain (the house of Bruadain) lies between Cruagh and Kilmashogue mountains and is about 320m above sea level. It is in the midst of beautiful woods of Scots pine, Japanese larch, Sitka spruce, oak and beech. Examples of old pine woods planted in 1910 can still be seen. Heather, furze, gorse and bilberry grow in abundance and Sika deer, foxes and badgers are to be seen. there is also a good variety of bird life. The geology of the area is mainly granite and the southern slopes of the site are strewn with granite boulders.

The site is of archaeological interest in that there is a cairn and kist burial site on the south side of the rocks which mark the highest point on Tibradden. The site is a registered National Monument and a burial urn taken from it is housed in the National Museum of Dublin.