Great Sugarloaf Kilmacanogue GAA Club St. Mocheanóg’s W elcome to Kilmacanogue, gateway to and the Church Mountains, situated at the foot of the Great Sugarloaf Mountain on the main Great Sugarloaf (Ó Cualann Cumann Luthchleas Gael or also Beannach Mhór) is com- route from Dublin to Wexford. The ancient Irish name Cill Mocheanóg meaning the Gaelic Athletic Asociation The present church was built posed of Cambrian quartz- (GAA) is a sporting and cultural c.1824 on a commonage the Church of Mocheanóg refers to an early Irish saint who founded a monastic ite and is an erosion-resistant organisation that has a presence fenced in by the local settlement here around 650-750 AD. Mocheanóg was a disciple of Saint Patrick metamorphosed sedimentary on all five continents. It is a community near the original deposit that once formed part who came from Wales and had strong associations with Glendalough. volunteer led community based church founded by Saint of the ocean floor. Its isolation organisation that promotes Mocheanóg. The bell tower In 1834 the population of Kilmacanogue was 2,797 and by 1891 it had fallen by from other hills, steep slopes, Old Post Office the indigenous Irish games of Glencormac Inn Public House was added in 1826. The 40% to 1678, mainly due to famine and emigration. In 1910 Kilmacanogue was and conical shape makes it ap- hurling, gaelic football, camogie, The original ‘Old Post Office’ was church has a hard Gothic style pear much taller than its 501m handball and rounders. There is The premises, now known as The Glencormac a delightful residential district, pleasantly situated amidst beautiful scenery and located on the Little Sugarloaf side of plan with richly carved cut Glencormac House & Gardens height above sea level. The a proud tradition of Gaelic games Inn, were first licensed to John Pluck in 1822. It is inhabited principally by country gentry, Dublin merchants, retired clergymen, and the main road. It was commissioned stone and intricate internal mountain has been a landmark in Kilmacanogue and the first believed locally that prior to this it was known as In the 1870s James Jameson, a member of the famous professional gentlemen. Today this vibrant village has almost 1,000 residents. A in 1864 and John Doyle was appointed woodwork. St. Mocheanóg’s for all those travelling along the local team was formed in 1889. ‘The Ale House’ and has been continually licensed whiskey family, built a house at Glencormac. The Jamesons first postmaster. Around 1940 the church possesses the great number of walkers visit this area and the nearby mountains. The winding east coast including pilgrims The home of Kilmacanogue and operated as a public house to this day. First owned some 80 acres of which 20 were laid out as pleasure post office was transferred across the monumental architectural and scholars on the way to and GAA club is Fitzsimon Park. registered as Hotel Kilmacanogue it has since grounds and gardens. The courtyard and stables known as country roads are a haven for cyclists offering spectacular scenery. road to the blacksmith’s house beside qualities of a great cathedral from the monastic city of Glen- undergone many name changes. In 1928 John Jameson’s Corner were used to store grain and to supply fresh the old forge. This building was and is an important part dalough. Talty transferred the property to Edward Connolly horses for the grain carts which served the original distillery Wicklow Uplands Council and Kilmacanogue demolished in 1985 to facilitate road of Ireland’s architectural Area Residents Association acknowledge the when it was called Sugarloaf Hotel. In the late in Dublin. The Jameson family owned Glencormac House widening and the post office moved heritage. Situated on a financial assistance provided for this project by 1940s the Inn was sold to Patrick Sweeney and it until 1958 when it was converted into a hotel. In the late the Environment Fund of the Department of the to its current location. Members of high point overlooking the became Sweeney’s Roadhouse. In 1964 it became 1950s and early 1960s the hotel was frequented by many Environment, Heritage and Local Government. the Arnold and Keenan (Donnelly) village, it is a focal point for the Glencormac Inn Public House but locally it is international stars filming at the nearby Ardmore Studios. families have run the post office the community and the entire known and loved as Sweeney’s Pub and continues These included Elizabeth Taylor, George Peppard and James continuously since 1881. area. to operate as a hub for the local community. Mason. Senior Government Ministers often entertained visiting international leaders at the hotel. The estate and hotel provided employment for many locals of Kilmacanogue but in 1967 Glencormac House was completely destroyed by fire. Avoca Handweavers acquired the property in 1987 and built a shop on the site of the house. Many specimen trees of the former Glencormac Gardens established in the 1880s are still present, among them are tall eucalyptus, giant redwoods and yew trees which are over 800 years old. The most special tree is the weeping Monterey cypress which dates from 1881 and it is one of only two mature specimens of the tree in Europe.

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Glen of the Downs Nature Reserve Quill Road Victorian Ancient Church Old Graveyard Kilmacanogue Marsh Old School Parish Hall Letter Box This semi-natural woodland is situated within The Quill or Old Road from The old graveyard is the original site This graveyard was founded The marsh provides wildlife passes for The Old School Parish Hall, situated in the grounds of the church a glacial overflow channel just south of Kilmacanogue to Kilmurray formed The hexagonal ‘Pen- of St. Mocheanóg’s Church which is in the 6th or 7th century. small mammals with its fish ladders and car park, was built in 1834 and was funded by contributions from Kilmacanogue and was designated a Nature part of the Dublin/Wexford road fold’ type freestand- likely to have been founded in the 6th The enclosing wall was culverts. This site is of international the local community. During its earlier years it served as a school Reserve in 1980. A total of 21 bird species until after 1812 when the new N11 ing cast iron boxes or 7th century. Today there are no built by the local Catholics. importance for the rare fen invertebrate and home to the head teacher. It continued to be used as a school hold territory here. Among the most abundant road was realigned to the east along were introduced in obvious traces of the early history of The graveyard used to be community that it supports. Species for some 126 years until a new school was opened in 1960. The species are wren, robin, blue tit, chaffinch and its present route. This new road the 1860s with the the church. However, in the graveyard the main Catholic cemetery include the Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion building still serves the community as a hall where voluntary great tit. Blackcap and jay also breed here and became the main mail coach road Kilmacanogue exam- are the ivy covered ruins of a stone for the Bray area until Puella) and Blue-tailed Damselfly groups and organisations meet on a regular basis. the rare wood warbler has also been recorded. south of Bray to Wicklow replacing ple being moved here church that probably dates back to the St. Peter’s cemetery was (Schnura Elegans), two species of fly Grey wagtail breed along the stream. The site is the coastal route through Windgates, in 1910. The Kilma- 12th century and modified during the established in Bray in 1843. endangered within the E.U. (Oxycera notable for the presence of rare bryophytes and Blacklion and . The original canogue letter box 13th century. The ruins consist of a Many tombstones bear the falleni and Oxycera morrisii) and a rare myxomycete fungi. is also 13th milestone can still be seen on was fully refurbished small nave and chancel church with names of Bray families fly species Parthelophilus consimilis. notable for some rare invertebrates, including the Quill Road safely embedded into in 2011 and is located the remains of the chancel arch still dating as far back as the Plant species include Purple loosestrife Mycetobia obscura (Diptera) which is found a gate pier close to its original site at on the surviving intact. The original east 12th century. Occasionally (Lythrum salicaria), Common Spotted- only in one other locality in Britain and Ireland. the stream dividing Kilmacanogue road just outside of window that would have illuminated deceased members of older orchid (Dactylorhiza Fuchsii), rushes The woodland can be explored by walking the and Kilmurray. This marks thirteen the village. the altar also survives. The church Kilmacanogue families are (Juncus effuses) and a collection of small 4km loop trail starting at the entrance car park Irish miles (26.6 km) from central was still in use as late as 1630. buried here. sedges. off the N11 southbound. Dublin.