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Wicklow town forms a rough semicircle around Wicklow harbour. To the immediate north lies 'The Murrough', a grassy walking area beside the sea, and the eastern coastal strip. The Murrough is a place of growing commercial use, so much so that a road by-passing the town directly to the commercial part of the area commenced construction in 2008 ...
This is a 4.4% decrease from the 2011 census. Catholicism in Wicklow reached its peak percentage in the 1961 census, when 87.5% of the population identified as Catholic. As of 2016, Wicklow is the second least Catholic county in the State, and among the most irreligious. Other Christian denominations comprised 8.8% of the population.
Brittas Bay (Irish: Cuan an Bhriotáis) in County Wicklow, Ireland is a 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) stretch of beach on the Irish Sea coast, about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of Wicklow. The beach and associated dunes are very popular with Dubliners and are one of the most frequented beaches by residents of the capital during the summer.
Wicklow County is a county (a cadastral division) in Queensland, Australia, located in the Wide Bay–Burnett region. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] On 7 March 1901, the Governor issued a proclamation legally dividing Queensland into counties under the Land Act 1897 . [ 3 ]
This is a list of the townlands in County Wicklow, Ireland. There are approximately 1,370 names in the list, and duplicates occur where there is more than one townland with the same name in County Wicklow. Names marked in bold typeface are towns and villages, and the word Town appears for those entries in the Acres column. Townland list Townland Acres Barony Civil parish Poor law union ...
Wicklow Town Hall (Irish: Halla an Bhaile Cill Mhantáin), is a municipal building in the Market Square, Wicklow, County Wicklow, Ireland. The building currently accommodates the local offices of Wicklow County Council and the offices of Wicklow County Tourism.
Glendalough (/ ˌ ɡ l ɛ n d ə ˈ l ɒ x /; Irish: Gleann Dá Loch, meaning 'valley of two lakes' [2]) is a glacial valley in County Wicklow, Ireland, renowned for an Early Medieval monastic settlement founded in the 6th century by St Kevin.
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.