Glendalough is a glacial valley in County Wicklow, Ireland, renowned for an Early Medieval monastic settlement founded in the 6th century by St Kevin. From 1825 to 1957, the head of the Glendalough Valley was the site of a galena lead mine. Glendalough is also a recreational area for picnics, for walking along networks of maintained trails of varying difficulty, and also for rock climbing.
Glendalough
Lower Lake and Monastic Village from Brockagh Mountain
Upper Lake surrounded by Camaderry (right), Conavalla (distance centre), and Lugduff (far right), and The Spinc forested outcrop (near centre)
The Gateway
County Wicklow is a county in Ireland. The last of the traditional 32 counties, having been formed as late as 1606, it is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the east and the counties of Wexford to the south, Carlow to the southwest, Kildare to the west, and South Dublin and Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown to the north.
Saint Kevin's monastery at Glendalough.
The Wicklow Mountains occupy the whole of central Wicklow
Powerscourt Waterfall, the second highest in Ireland
The Poulaphouca Reservoir near Blessington is Ireland's largest artificial lake
