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Three Rock
Three Rock Mountain (; archaic: ''Sliabh Ruadh'') is a mountain in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown county in Ireland. It is high〔 and forms part of the group of hills in the Dublin Mountains which comprises Two Rock, Three Rock, Kilmashogue and Tibradden Mountains.〔Healy, p. 105.〕 The mountain takes its name from the three groups of granite rocks at the summit.〔Joyce, p. 131.〕 It was once believed that these features were man-made: for instance, Gabriel Beranger wrote of them in 1780, "I take them to be altars upon which sacrifices were offered () the regularity which is observed in piling them convinces me they are the work of man, as they could not grow in that position".〔Joyce, p. 132.〕 In fact, the three outcrops are tors: natural geological features produced by the gradual process of weathering.〔 Today, the summit is dominated by the many radio masts and towers that use the site to broadcast their signals across the Dublin area below.〔Pearson, p. 304-305.〕 The forestry plantations on the slopes consist mainly of Sitka spruce, Japanese larch, Scots pine, Monterey pine and lodgepole pine.〔
==Access and recreation==
The views from the summit are extensive and have attracted visitors for many years.〔Healy, p. 106.〕 The writer Weston St. John Joyce described the vista thus: “The view from this commanding height, 1,479 feet over sea-level, extends over a vast tract of mountain, sea, and plain, comprising, to the north, the blue waters of Dublin Bay, with Clontarf and Howth, the Naul or Man-of-War hills, and the Mourne Mountains; eastward, Kingstown, Dalkey, and Killiney, and then in succession the fertile vale of Shanganagh, Carrickgollogan, the Scalp, Bray Head, the Sugar Loaves, and the slopes of Prince William's Seat. In clear weather Holyhead and the Welsh mountains may frequently be discerned, Snowdon and the Llanberis Pass being usually the most conspicuous, but occasionally the elongated outline of Cader Idris may be observed some distance to the right".〔Joyce, p. 133-134.〕 By way of contrast, Gabriel Beranger said of Three Rock, "The extensive summit of this mountain, the parched ground and its solitude, make it the most awful spot I had ever seen".〔
Access to the mountain is possible via the Coillte-owned forest recreation areas of Ticknock and Kilmashogue.〔 The route via Kilmashogue follows the Wicklow Way hiking trail for part of the way.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wicklow Way (Ticknock) )〕 Three Rock is also traversed by the Dublin Mountains Way hiking trail that runs between Shankill and Tallaght.〔 In 2007 a concept was submitted to DLR Co Co to create a Cableway from Sandyford Luas to Three Rock and to open up the views to touristic and easier access.
Several local sports clubs take their name from the mountain such as the ''Three Rock Orienteering Club'' has mapped the area and run orienteering competitions there since 1981〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Three Rock Orienteering Club )〕 as well as ''Three Rock Rovers Hockey Club''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Three Rock Rovers Hockey Club )〕 (field hockey) and ''Three Rock Rovers'' association football club.
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