Everything about The Wicklow Mountains totally explained
The
Wicklow Mountains (; including at the northern end the
Dublin Mountains) are a
range of mountains in the southeast of
Ireland. They run in a north-south direction from south
County Dublin across
County Wicklow and into
County Wexford.
Lugnaquilla is the highest peak in the range at 925
m (3035
ft),
Mullaghcleevaun at 847 m (2,780 ft) is the second highest, while the summit of
Kippure is the highest point in County Dublin, at 757 m (2,484 ft).
The
River Slaney has its source southwest of Lugnaquilla and then flows south along the western slopes of the mountains for some before entering the
St George's Channel at
Wexford. The
Turlough Hill power station is the only
pumped storage hydroelectricity scheme in Ireland; it's located on the
Wicklow Gap midway between
Hollywood and
Glendalough.
The whole area is much frequented, especially at weekends, by
Dubliners, as the region offers multiple choices of recreation, ranging from
fishing to
rafting to
hill walking. Also in its midst lies the monastic settlement of
Glendalough, believed to have been founded by
St. Kevin, and now a popular tourist attraction; as well as
Powerscourt Waterfall, the highest waterfall in Ireland.
The southern limits of the Wicklow Mountains are set by
Croghan Mountain, the highest point on the Wicklow-Wexford border and the scene (in the
19 century) of Ireland's only
Gold Rush.
Highest peaks
The following sortable table lists the 10
highest major mountain peaks of the Wicklow Mountains, all with a
topographic elevation of at least . Topographic elevation is defined as the vertical distance above the reference
geoid, a precise mathematical model of the
Earth's sea level as an
equipotential gravitational surface.
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