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The National Botanic Gardens, Kilmacurragh (Irish: Garraithe Náisiúnta na Lus, Cill Mochura) is a garden and arboretum outside Wicklow Town, County Wicklow, Ireland. It is a satellite of the main National Botanic Gardens located in Glasnevin, County Dublin. The 52 acre gardens are situated 5 km from exit 18 on the M11 motorway.
The gardens are also responsible for the arboretum at Kilmacurragh, County Wicklow, a centre noted for its conifers and calcifuges. This is located some 50 kilometres (31 miles) south of Dublin. A gateway into Glasnevin Cemetery adjacent to the gardens was reopened in recent years.
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The Hidden Gardens of Ireland, Marianne Heron, Gill and Macmillan, Dublin 1993 ISBN 0-7171-2029-5 O'Brien Guide to Irish Gardens , Shirley lanigan, O'Brien press, Dublin, 2001 ISBN 0-86278-632-0 The Gardens of Ireland , Jack Whaley, Poolbeg Press Limited, Dublin, 1990 ISBN 1-85371-073-3
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The valley was formed by the meltwater from a massive ice sheet. The rocks forming the sides of are the same quartzite of the two Sugarloaf hills to the north. [6] The Three Trouts River, actually a stream, flows from the Great Sugarloaf (three sources), down through the wooded Glen from north to south before turning sharply East through Delgany village, forming a smaller glen (Glenowen or ...
Poulaphouca Reservoir, officially Pollaphuca (from Irish Poll a' Phúca, meaning 'the Púca's hole'), [1] [2] is an active reservoir (for both water supply and electricity generation) and area of wild bird conservation in west County Wicklow, Ireland named after the Poulaphouca waterfall on its south-western end where the water exits the lake.
Vale of Clara (Irish: Gleann an Chláraigh) [1] is a national nature reserve of approximately 545 acres (2.21 km 2) located in County Wicklow, Ireland. It is managed by the Irish National Parks & Wildlife Service , part of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage .