The
Wicklow Mountains ( (older Irish name
Sliabh Cualann from their location in the territory of
Cualu); including at the northern end the
Dublin Mountains) are a
range of mountainsA mountain range is a chain of mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by passes or valleys. Individual mountains within the same mountain range do not necessarily have the same geology, though they often do; they may be a mix of different orogeny, for example volcanoes,...
in the southeast of
IrelandIreland is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islets. To the east of Ireland, separated by the Irish Sea, is the island of Great Britain...
. They run in a north-south direction from south
County DublinCounty Dublin , or more correctly today the Dublin Region , is the area that contains the city of Dublin, the capital of Ireland as well as the largest city on the island of Ireland; and the modern counties of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin. The Dublin Regional Authority is the...
across
County WicklowCounty Wicklow is one of the traditional counties of Ireland and is located within the province of Leinster. It was named after the town of Wicklow ....
and into
County WexfordCounty Wexford is one of the traditional counties of Ireland and is located within the province of Leinster. It was named after the town of Wexford . In pre-Norman times it was part of the Kingdom of Uí Cheinnsealaig, whose capital was at Ferns...
.
LugnaquillaLugnaquilla is the highest mountain in Leinster and the 13th highest Irish peak. It is the highest peak in the Wicklow Mountains in eastern Ireland, and is one of Ireland's fourteen mountains over 3,000 ft, with an elevation of 925 m...
is the highest peak in the range at 925 m (3035 ft),
MullaghcleevaunMullaghcleevaun is the second highest mountain in County Wicklow, Ireland. It is located in the centre of the Wicklow Mountains and 3 km west of the Military Road. The massif also has an eastern summit known as Mullaghcleevaun East Top; 795m at grid reference O082067. A small lake is...
at 847 m (2,780 ft) is the second highest, while the summit of
KippureKippure is a granite mountain in Ireland, that straddles the County Dublin and County Wicklow borders. Due to its proximity to Dublin, fine views over Dublin Bay and the Howth peninsula, convenient access, and easy terrain, Kippure is a popular place for hill walking and outdoor leisure...
is the highest point in County Dublin, at 757 m (2,484 ft).
The
River SlaneyThe Slaney is a river in the southeast of Ireland. It rises on Lugnaquilla Mountain in the western Wicklow Mountains and flows west and then south through counties Wicklow, Carlow and Wexford, before entering St George's Channel in the Irish Sea at Wexford town...
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 ChannelThe Irish Sea also known as the Mann Sea or Manx Sea, separates the islands of Ireland and Britain. It is connected to the Atlantic Ocean in the south by St George's Channel, and in the north by the North Channel...
at
WexfordWexford is the county town of County Wexford in Ireland. It is situated near the southeastern tip of Ireland, close to Rosslare Europort. The town is connected to the capital Dublin via the M11/N11 National Primary Route , and the national rail network...
.
The
Wicklow Mountains ( (older Irish name
Sliabh Cualann from their location in the territory of
Cualu); including at the northern end the
Dublin Mountains) are a
range of mountainsA mountain range is a chain of mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by passes or valleys. Individual mountains within the same mountain range do not necessarily have the same geology, though they often do; they may be a mix of different orogeny, for example volcanoes,...
in the southeast of
IrelandIreland is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islets. To the east of Ireland, separated by the Irish Sea, is the island of Great Britain...
. They run in a north-south direction from south
County DublinCounty Dublin , or more correctly today the Dublin Region , is the area that contains the city of Dublin, the capital of Ireland as well as the largest city on the island of Ireland; and the modern counties of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin. The Dublin Regional Authority is the...
across
County WicklowCounty Wicklow is one of the traditional counties of Ireland and is located within the province of Leinster. It was named after the town of Wicklow ....
and into
County WexfordCounty Wexford is one of the traditional counties of Ireland and is located within the province of Leinster. It was named after the town of Wexford . In pre-Norman times it was part of the Kingdom of Uí Cheinnsealaig, whose capital was at Ferns...
.
LugnaquillaLugnaquilla is the highest mountain in Leinster and the 13th highest Irish peak. It is the highest peak in the Wicklow Mountains in eastern Ireland, and is one of Ireland's fourteen mountains over 3,000 ft, with an elevation of 925 m...
is the highest peak in the range at 925 m (3035 ft),
MullaghcleevaunMullaghcleevaun is the second highest mountain in County Wicklow, Ireland. It is located in the centre of the Wicklow Mountains and 3 km west of the Military Road. The massif also has an eastern summit known as Mullaghcleevaun East Top; 795m at grid reference O082067. A small lake is...
at 847 m (2,780 ft) is the second highest, while the summit of
KippureKippure is a granite mountain in Ireland, that straddles the County Dublin and County Wicklow borders. Due to its proximity to Dublin, fine views over Dublin Bay and the Howth peninsula, convenient access, and easy terrain, Kippure is a popular place for hill walking and outdoor leisure...
is the highest point in County Dublin, at 757 m (2,484 ft).
The
River SlaneyThe Slaney is a river in the southeast of Ireland. It rises on Lugnaquilla Mountain in the western Wicklow Mountains and flows west and then south through counties Wicklow, Carlow and Wexford, before entering St George's Channel in the Irish Sea at Wexford town...
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 ChannelThe Irish Sea also known as the Mann Sea or Manx Sea, separates the islands of Ireland and Britain. It is connected to the Atlantic Ocean in the south by St George's Channel, and in the north by the North Channel...
at
WexfordWexford is the county town of County Wexford in Ireland. It is situated near the southeastern tip of Ireland, close to Rosslare Europort. The town is connected to the capital Dublin via the M11/N11 National Primary Route , and the national rail network...
. The
Turlough HillTurlough Hill is the location of Ireland's only pumped-storage hydroelectricity plant, it is situated in the Wicklow Mountains at a mountain pass known as the Wicklow Gap on the R756 road regional road....
power stationA power station is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power....
is the only pumped storage hydroelectricity scheme in Ireland; it is located on the Wicklow Gap midway between
HollywoodHollywood, historically known as Killinkeyvin , is a village in west County Wicklow, Ireland. It is situated on the Wicklow Gap road, near its junction with the N81 national secondary route...
and
GlendaloughGlendalough is a glacial valley located in County Wicklow, Ireland, renowned for its Early Medieval monastic settlement founded in the 6th century by St Kevin, a hermit priest, and destroyed in 1398 by English troops.-History of Glendalough:...
.
The whole area is much frequented, especially at weekends, by
DublinDublin is the largest city and capital of Ireland. It is officially known in Irish as Baile Átha Cliath or Áth Cliath ; the English name comes from the Irish Dubh Linn meaning "black pool". It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the...
ers, as the region offers multiple choices of recreation, ranging from
fishingFishing is the activity of catching fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....
to
raftingRafting or whitewater rafting is a challenging recreational activity using an inflatable raft to navigate a river or other bodies of water. This is usually done on whitewater or different degrees of rough water, in order to thrill and excite the raft passengers...
to hill walking. Also in its midst lies the monastic settlement of
GlendaloughGlendalough is a glacial valley located in County Wicklow, Ireland, renowned for its Early Medieval monastic settlement founded in the 6th century by St Kevin, a hermit priest, and destroyed in 1398 by English troops.-History of Glendalough:...
, believed to have been founded by
St. KevinSaint Cóemgen , popularly anglicized to Kevin is an Irish saint who was known as the founder and first abbot of Glendalough in County Wicklow, Ireland.-Life:...
, and now a popular tourist attraction; as well as
Powerscourt WaterfallPowerscourt Waterfall is a waterfall near Enniskerry, County Wicklow, in Ireland, located in a valley surrounded by Djouce Mountain and the Great Sugar Loaf...
, the highest waterfall in Ireland.
The southern limits of the Wicklow Mountains are set by
Croghan MountainCroghan Kinsella is a mountain in the Wicklow Mountains, on the Wicklow/Wexford border.The Wexford 'River Bann' rises from its southern slopes.-External links:*...
, the highest point on the Wicklow-Wexford border and the scene (in the 19th century) of Ireland's only
Gold RushA gold rush is a period of feverish migration of workers into the area of a dramatic discovery of commercial quantities of gold.Gold rushes took place in the 19th century in Australia, Brazil, Canada, South Africa, and the United States....
.
Highest peaks
The following sortable table lists the 10 highest
major mountain peaksIn topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...
of the Wicklow Mountains, all with a topographic elevation of at least . Topographic elevation is defined as the vertical distance above the reference
geoidThe geoid is that equipotential surface which would coincide exactly with the mean ocean surface of the Earth, if the oceans were in equilibrium, at rest, and extended through the continents . According to C.F...
, a precise mathematical model of the
Earth'sEarth is the third planet from the Sun. It is the fifth largest of the eight planets in the solar system, and the largest of the terrestrial planets in the Solar System in terms of diameter, mass and density...
sea levelMean sea level is the average height of the ocean's surface ; used as a standard in reckoning land elevation.- Measurement :...
as an
equipotentialEquipotential or isopotential in mathematics and physics refers to a region in space where every point in it is at the same potential. This usually refers to a scalar potential, although it can also be applied to vector potentials...
gravitational
surfaceIn mathematics, specifically in topology, a surface is a two-dimensional topological manifold. The most familiar examples are those that arise as the boundaries of solid objects in ordinary three-dimensional Euclidean space R
3 — for example, the surface of a ball...
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LugnaquillaLugnaquilla is the highest mountain in Leinster and the 13th highest Irish peak. It is the highest peak in the Wicklow Mountains in eastern Ireland, and is one of Ireland's fourteen mountains over 3,000 ft, with an elevation of 925 m...
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MullaghcleevaunMullaghcleevaun is the second highest mountain in County Wicklow, Ireland. It is located in the centre of the Wicklow Mountains and 3 km west of the Military Road. The massif also has an eastern summit known as Mullaghcleevaun East Top; 795m at grid reference O082067. A small lake is...
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TonelageeTonelagee lies just north of the high point of the Wicklow Gap in the centre of the Wicklow Mountains and is the third highest mountain in the Dublin/Wicklow area. From the summit the distinctive heart-shaped Lough Ouler is visible on the eastern side of the mountain.-External links:* *...
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Cloghernagh Cloghernagh is a mountain in Wicklow Mountains in County Wicklow, Ireland.-See also:*List of mountains in Ireland...
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Slievemaan Slievemaan is a mountain in Wicklow Mountains in County Wicklow, Ireland....
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Camenabologue Carmenabologue is a mountain in Wicklow Mountains in County Wicklow, Ireland....
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KippureKippure is a granite mountain in Ireland, that straddles the County Dublin and County Wicklow borders. Due to its proximity to Dublin, fine views over Dublin Bay and the Howth peninsula, convenient access, and easy terrain, Kippure is a popular place for hill walking and outdoor leisure...
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Conavalla Conavalla is a mountain in Wicklow Mountains in County Wicklow, Ireland....
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DjouceDjouce , sometimes referred to as Djouce Mountain, is a mountain situated in the northeastern section of the Wicklow Mountains. To the west it overlooks the highlands around the Sally Gap; to the east the Roundwood / Calary Bog plateau....
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