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The Wicklow Mountains are the largest area of continuous high ground in Ireland, having an unbroken area of over 500 km 2 (190 sq mi) above 300 metres (980 ft). [7] They occupy the centre of County Wicklow and extend into Counties Dublin, Carlow and Wexford. [8] The general direction of the mountain ranges is from north-east to south-west. [9]
Wicklow Mountains National Park (Irish: Páirc Náisiúnta Sléibhte Chill Mhantáin) is a 205-square-kilometre (51,000-acre) protected area in Ireland, one of eight national parks in the country. [1] The park stretches through County Wicklow as well as small areas of South Dublin and Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown in County Dublin.
1 - Lugnaquilla 2 - Mullaghcleevaun 3 - Tonelagee 4 - Cloghernagh 5 - Corrigasleggaun 6 - Slievemaan 7 - Camenabologue 8 - Kippure 9 - Conavalla 10 - Djouce This article comprises a sortable table of major mountain peaks of the Wicklow Mountains of Ireland.
Dublin Castle was eager to end the rebellion in Wicklow and allow him exile after incarceration in the Bermingham Tower without trial in New South Wales. Bank of Ireland Peter La Touche paid for his pregnant (with Joseph Harrison) wife Hester and firstborn son Joshua Holt's passage and for their daughter Maryanne to be educated in Ireland.
Dublin & Wicklow: A Walking Guide. Collins Press. ISBN 978-1848892019. MountainViews Online Database (Simon Stewart) (2013). A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins. Collins Books. ISBN 978-1-84889-164-7. Dillion, Paddy (1993). The Mountains of Ireland: A Guide to Walking the Summits. Cicerone. ISBN 978 ...
Table Mountain is a 702-metre (2,303 ft) peak in the southern section of the Wicklow Mountains range in Ireland.With a prominence of only 16 metres (52 ft), it is only listed in a few of the recognised categories of mountains in Ireland; it is the 110th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam Irish scale.
Michael Dwyer (1 January 1772– 23 August 1825) was an insurgent captain in the Irish Rebellion of 1798, leading the United Irish forces in battles in Wexford and Wicklow. ...
At 621 metres (2,037 ft) high, Seefin is the 32nd highest summit in the Wicklow Mountains.The closest neighbouring summit is Seefingan (723m), which lies approximately 1.4km to the north-east across a boggy col, and possesses a large megalithic cairn of its own, which possibly marks the site of a collapsed passage tomb.