Hell Fire Club central to new €19m tourism plan for county

[Paul]

http://www.echo.ie/news/item/hell-fire-club-central-to-new-19m-tourism-plan-for-county

[donal17]

Are they incrperating a few MTB trails into this project ??

[Paul]

I doubt it.

We usually get left alone up there but id say the eye will be on us if this development goes ahead

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[donal17]

Pity . Be great for tourism and mtbers to have more official trails

[donal17]

So I sent an email to Coillte and NO there are no bike trails / mtb trails planned

Sir,

There are no plans to develop MTB trails as part of the proposed Hellfire project. In conjunction with the Dublin Mtns Partnership, we are continuing to develop our MTB trail offering at Ticknock and there are a number of elements to be completed there as of yet.

 



 

Thanks for your enquiry,

Regards,


Recreation Manager


Coillte



 

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-----Original Message-----

From: DONAL [mailto:donalodea@hotmail.com]

Sent: 18 March 2016 18:38

To: PR

Subject: Hellfire proposal

 

Hi,

 

Are to be any official mountain bike trails incorporated into the new hellfire mountain upgrade plan.

It would be a huge loss to the MTB community as this is such a fantastic place

[DaveyD]

Fair play Donal,

No surprise with the response though

[donal17]

Thanks
Tis a shame alright

[Paul]

A bit in the Echo on the felling

http://www.echo.ie/news/item/uproar-over-mass-felling-of-trees-at-hell-fire-club

[donal17]

Just a bit more on the hellfire works

I emailed the echo a  few weeks ago, referencing their article about hellfire proposal and  basically said what a pity it was there were no bike routes and or mtb trails to be incorporated.  And that I had emailed Coillte and they had confirmed this.

Anyway a reporter in echo got back to me saying she would mention this in another article in the paper about hellfire works

She said she would refer to me as a local cyclist.

I haven't mention the club in any way and won't do.


I'll put up the email and response in another post

[donal17]

Hi Donal,

 

Thanks for getting in touch. Sorry for the delay in getting back but I was waiting on a reply from Coillte.

 

I’m going to put a small piece in this week’s paper and will use a few of your comments from below, if ok. I won’t name you – just use a local cyclist.

 

Thanks for getting in touch,

 

Mary.

 

Mary Dennehy

Tallaght Reporter


 

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Hi Mary,


I saw your recent article about developing the hellfire /masseys woods . I think this is a great idea but they seem to have forgotten about all the cyclists and mountain bikers who use the area. I emailed Coillte who said they had no plans to incorporate bike routes and or mtb trails which seems like a huge potential tourist and revenue loss. Any idea who could be contacted to try and get even a bike trails put in . Something even like the great Western cycleway they have now in mayo.

I know there are specific mtb trails in places like  ticknock but it seems like a huge opportunity lost.

I and many others use the hellfire and masseys woods on the bikes ( unofficially I know ) but still there are hundreds of us up there every weekend.

A favorite cycle of many of us would be up to hellfire . Thru to masseys. Out the back of it and Cycle up the road to cruagh and then over to ticknock. It has the potential to attract thousands of cyclists from all over Europe.  Just look at what Scotland.  Wales and Northern  Ireland  have done.

I feel passionate about it because I live in the area and I know the potential that's there and if they are redeveloping it , now is the time to grasp it.

 

 

Regards
Donal odea

 

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[DaveyD]

Great job Donal, every bit helps when it comes to highlighting mtb and the potential there is on our doorstep.

[donal17]

19m-hell-fire-club-plans?platform=hootsuite

[donal17]

http://www.echo.ie/news/item/cyclists-feel-forgotten-about-in-19m-hell-fire-club-plans#offcanvas

[DaveyD]

Donal looks like you email may have stirred some attention

From CI off-road commission Facebook page

Some of you might have heard about a potential €19mil development in Hell Fire Club / Massey Wood being planned by the South Dublin County Council. SDCC are planning on building a visitor / interpretive centre on the Hell Fire side and link it with Massey's with a foot bridge over the Killakee road. The Dublin Mountains Way would also be re-routed and would go towards Bohernabreena via Hell Fire rather than tarmac road. It definitely looks good from a mountain biking perspective. The Offroad Commission sits on the Dublin Mountains Initiative board and we are asked for a feedback on this project on behalf of the mountain bike community. Once we have that it will be consulted with other user group and submitted to the SDCC as part of the public consultation. We will definitely be pushing for MTB facilities like a bike wash etc. but if you have any other ideas (or objections) please send us an email or a FB message. Here is a link to the powerpoint presentation: http://www.sdublincoco.ie/sdcc/departments/corporate/apps/cmas/documentsview.aspx?id=51421


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[Jimmy Mr Excuses]

It all looksvery good but there is n reference to MTB on it or even cycling for that matter