🛕 Glendalough

Ireland · Europe · 53.01°N, 6.33°W

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.

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Quick facts

Country	Ireland
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	53.01°N, 6.33°W · view on map

Glendalough is located in Ireland, in Europe.

More monasteries in Ireland

Abbey of Kells · Athy Priory · Augustinian Friary of the Most Holy Trinity, Dublin · Clane Friary · Clones Abbey · Clonmacnoise · Derryvella · Errew Abbey · Esker Friary · Inchmacnerin Abbey.

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