Hikes in Ireland
Our team can provide you some of this places.
- Lugnaquilla hike(highest peak in Wicklow)
- Glendalough spinc hike trip,visit Kevin church.
- Tonelgee mountains and spin around Lough Ouler.
- Maulin and Djouce Mountain Walking Loop.
- Or can provide any hike for request.
Baravore Car Park
Glendalough Upper Lake Car Park
Turlough Hill Car Park
Crone Woods Car Park
Equipment
- Good hiking boots and waterproof clothing are essential.
- Walking trousers are advised or comfortable athletic clothing (no jeans please).
- Spare warm layer; hat and gloves.
- Lunch and/or snacks; water or juice drink, (1.5 litres); small rucksack to carry it all in.
- Walking poles are optional.
Wicklow Mountains National Park is a wonderful place for hill-walking and hiking.
The Wicklow Mountains form the largest continuous upland area in Ireland. They occupy the whole centre of County Wicklow and stretch outside its borders into the counties of Dublin, Wexford and Carlow.The highest peak is Lugnaquilla at 925 metres (3,035 feet).The mountains are primarily composed of granite surrounded by an envelope of mica-schist and much older rocks such as quartzite. They were pushed up during the Caledonian orogeny at the start of the Devonian period and form part of the Leinster Chain, the largest continuous area of granite in Ireland and Britain.
The mountains owe much of their present topography to the effects of the last ice age, which deepened the glens and created corrie and ribbon lakes. Copper and lead have been the main metals mined in the mountains and a brief gold rush occurred in the 18th century. Several major river systems have their source in the mountains, such as the Liffey, Dargle, Slaney and Avoca rivers. Powerscourt Waterfall is the second tallest in Ireland at 121 metres (397 feet).
A number of these rivers have been harnessed to create reservoirs for drinking water for Dublin and its surroundings.The mountains have been inhabited since Neolithic times and a number of typical monuments, in particular a series of passage tombs, survive to the present day. The monastery at Glendalough, founded in the late 6th century by Saint Kevin, was an important centre of the Early Church in Ireland.
The Wicklow Mountains continue to be a major attraction for tourism and recreation. The entire upland area is designated as a Special Area of Conservation and as a Special Protection Area under European Union law. The Wicklow Mountains National Park was established in 1991 to conserve the local biodiversity and landscape.
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