Miners Village St. Kevin’s Bed National Park Wicklow Mountains National Monastic Site & Glendalough St. Kevin’s viewpoint Education Centre Park Information Offi ce Graveyard To Upper Visitor Centre Church Mining was carried on in Round Lake Glendalough at various times The remains of an early Tower Car Park A wooden sign on the Miners Road This building is used by the Wicklow Mountains National Park covers much Built and opened in 1988, Roman Catholic Church from 1798 until 1957. The Christian monastic settlement St. Kevin's of simple gothic design, points across the lake to St. Kevinʼs National Park for a wide range of of the Wicklow Mountains (including most of the Church The Priests' House it provides an excellent remains of some of the old fi rst established by St. Bed, which is in a small cave about education programmes (schools land in Glendalough Valley) and is managed for interpretation of the built around 1847. It mining sites can still be seen Kevin in the 6th century. 10m above the surface of the Upper welcome by appointment), and nature conservation and public recreation. The coming of St. Kevin and was built along with St. today up by the Miners Road The monks abandoned the The Johnʼs Church as part of a Lake in Glendalough. It is 2m long also for National Park lectures National Park Information Offi ce, open weekends Deer Christianity to the valley Brockagh centre Old Mill and in the Glendasan Valley. settlement centuries ago but stone and 1.5m high and is reputed to have and events. all year and daily from May to September, and also information on famine relief programme. Minerals such as lead, zinc many of the hand-built stone St. Kieran's A millennium garden Presbytery Built by the local community Built around 1855 been a sleeping and retreat place for See: www.wicklowmountainsnationalpark.ie provides maps of the nine colour coded walking Church St. Kevin's other monastic sites around and silver were mined here. buildings such as the round Cross was opened in the church in 2001. It is used by the using rubble and St. John’s Church St. Kevin. trails and has an exhibition on wildlife in the Cathedral Ireland. It is open all year tower, cathedral and St. The priestʼs house built by community for all types of a slated roof. It area. Entry is free. and provides an exhibition grounds in 2002. of Ireland Kevinʼs Church still stand. William Byrne around 1864 has recreation. Full internet access is now derelict Gateway and guided walks of the Built in gothic design recently been totally restored to for visitor use. but it is still in its monastic settlement. around 1847 as part of a its original design. original form. famine relief programme. The Spink Camaderry (699m) Brockagh Scarr Paddock Hill Glenmacnass Wicklow Way Waterfall & Sally Gap Wicklow Gap on R115 R756 LLaragaraghh St. John’s Dublin & VillageVillage Church Roundwood (C.O.I.) Glenmacnass River R755 �� National Wicklow Way St. Kevin’s Presbytery Old Park Church (R.C.) Mill Lynham’s Education �� & Millennium Hotel Pedestrian Garden Upper Lake Centre access GlendaloughGlendalough �� Teampaill only from Glendasan River St. Kevin’s To Rathdrum na Scellig this point Bus Stop & Clara Lara �� R756 Wicklow Funpark Heather on R755 Restaurant Reefert ������� Round Craft shop ����� tower Trinity G.A.A. Field � Church Glendalough ������� Poulanass Board Walk International ��� ������� Youth Hostel �� ��� Waterfall from Upper Glendalough � Lake Hotel � Woollen ������� �� Mill ��� (safety walk) Green Lower Lake Cathedral St.Saviour’s Road � Church (start) ������� St. Mary’s (Priory) � ��� Glenealo River St. Kieran’s ������� ��� Glenealo River St. Kevin’s � ������� Upper Lake Wicklow Way Church ��� (Kitchen) � Green Road The Upper Lake of Glendalough lies about 1.5km west of the village of Glendalough. From the Glendalough Visitor Centre, which serves the Monastic City, the Upper Lake is a pleasant 20 minute walk along a woodland path, The semi-natural oak woods Founded to mark the beginning Built in the early 1930s it signposted as the ʻGreen Roadʼ. First you pass the Lower Lake and then extend from the Upper The Green Road runs along the fl oor of the of the Third Millenium. People operated as a two teacher the magnifi cent view of the Upper Lake greets you. Alternatively you can Lake to the lower slopes valley from the woollen mills in Laragh Offers ʻsemi private retreatsʼ based Retreat centre for people of of all faiths seeking spiritual school until 1990. A number of drive directly to the Upper Lake where parking is provided. This is a popular of Derrybawn Mountain passing St. Saviourʼs Church on the right, the on Celtic Spirituality with morning all faiths who need time for renewal through retreat and extensions allowed an increase recreational and picnic area and is a starting point for a variety of walks. Advice (approx. 106 ha). Visitor Centre, the Lower Lake and fi nally refl ections and plenty of time to enjoy refl ection and guidance in pilgrimage are welcome. Derrybawn in student numbers. about both walks and wildlife are to be found at the Information Offi ce here. reaching the Upper Lake in Glendalough. the spirituality of Glendalough. their lives. Glendalough Hermitage Nature Reserve The Green Road An Clochan An Tearmann (Retreat Centre) St. Kevin’s N.S. You are here � lendalough (Gleann Dá Loch), the Glen of the two Lakes, is one of the most beautiful and best-known places in Wicklow. The landscape of the area was carved ����������� � �� ����������� ���� �� ����� ���� � into breathtaking u-shaped valleys during the last ice age surrounded by a ring of granite mountains with summits reaching 699metres. ��������� ����� � ��� �� G � ����� � �������� � Glendalough is also the site of the most important early Christian settlement in Europe. St. Kevin (b. 498 – d. 618 AD) founded a monastery here. His reputation as a hermit ��������������� ����� �������� and holy man drew many followers and the settlement became a place of pilgrimage and scholarship. Although Glendalough is also known as the Seven Churches there are ������ ����������� ����� ��������� ���������������������� ���� actually the remains of eight churches in the area. ���� ������������� ����������� Laragh, An Láithreach (possibly from An Lár meaning centre, although there is some mystery surrounding this), is a village in the heart of the Wicklow Mountains. Less than ���� � � ������ 2km from Glendalough, Laragh is a lively village with a thriving community, located on the Glenmacnass River just above where it joins the Avonmore River. The village �������������� ����������� ������������ ���� itself was part of a centre of resistance from medieval times up to 1798 when the area was home to many of the rebels who supported Michael Dwyer. The ���������� �������� �������������� ����� ������������ �������������� Military Road built in the early 1800s to root out the rebels in the mountain passes through Laragh. �� � � ��� �������������� ���� � �� � ���� �� ���������� � � � ��� � � � ���� � �������� � ���������� � ����� � � � �������� � Design: Paul Francis, www.paulfrancisdesign/illustration.ie www.glendalough.ie.