Glenmalure, Glendalough

Name: Glenmalure
Address: Glendalough, Ireland

#4 among attractions in Glendalough

Nature, Natural attraction, Valley

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Glenmalure is a 20-kilometre long U-shaped glacial valley in the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland. Glenmalure is an important base for climbing in the Wicklow mountains, and particularly accessing the massif of Lugnaquilla, and contains one of the earliest An Oige youth hostels in Ireland. Glenmalure was also an important historical area and the site of the Battle of Glenmalure in 1580, as well as various events in the Irish Rebellion of 1798. ()

Alternative names: Length: 12.43 miWidth: 2625 ftDepth: 1148 ftCoordinates: 52°58'12"N, 6°22'48"W

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Glendalough Ireland

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Glenmalure – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lugduff, Lugnaquilla, Glenealo Valley, Cloghernagh.

2.2 miNW
Mountain
Lugduff, Wicklow Mountains National Park
57 min walk • Lugduff at 652 metres, is the 154th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 186th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.
3.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Lugnaquilla
90 min walk • Lugnaquilla, at 925 metres, is the 11th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, and 13th–highest on the Vandeleur-Lynam list, and the highest Irish mountain outside of Kerry.
2.9 miN
Park
Glenealo Valley, Wicklow Mountains National Park
73 min walk • Glenealo Valley is a national nature reserve of approximately 4,838 acres 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.
1.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cloghernagh
49 min walk • Cloghernagh at 800 metres, does not have the prominence to qualify as an Arderin, but does have the prominence to be the 40th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.
3.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Wicklow Mountains
89 min walk • The Wicklow Mountains form the largest continuous upland area in the Republic of Ireland. They occupy the whole centre of County Wicklow and stretch outside its borders into the counties of Dublin, Wexford and Carlow.
2.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Corrigasleggaun, Wicklow Mountains National Park
68 min walk • Corrigasleggaun at 794 metres, is the 35th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 45th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.
4.7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Camenabologue
120 min walk • Camenabologue at 758 metres, is the 55th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 71st–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.
4.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Slievemaan
115 min walk • Slievemaan at 759 metres, is the 54th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 70th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.
5.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Table Mountain, Wicklow Mountains National Park
136 min walk • Table Mountain is a 702-metre peak in the southern section of the Wicklow Mountains range in Ireland. With a prominence of only 16 metres, it is only listed in a few of the recognised categories of mountains in Ireland; it is the 110th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam Irish scale.
4.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Turlough Hill, Wicklow Mountains National Park
104 min walk • Turlough Hill, also known as Tomaneena, is a 681-metre-high mountain in County Wicklow in Ireland and site of Ireland's only pumped-storage hydroelectricity plant.
1.1 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mullacor, Glendalough
28 min walk • Mullacor at 661 metres, is an Irish mountain.