Poulaphouca Reservoir
Poulaphouca Reservoir, officially Pollaphuca, is an active reservoir and area of wild bird conservation in west County Wicklow, Ireland named after the Poulaphouca waterfall on its south-western end where the water exits the lake.
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: Active reservoir in Wicklow, Ireland
- Also known as: “Blessington Lakes; Blessington Lake”, “Liffey Reservoir”, “Poll a‘ Phúca”, “Poulaphuca Dam”, and “Taiscumar Pholl a‘ Phúca”
Places of Interest
Highlights: St Joseph’s Church and Baltyboys House.
St. Mark’s Cross
Cross
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lacken and Valleymount.
Valleymount
Village
Ballyknockan
Village
Poulaphouca Reservoir
- Category: body of water
- Location: County Wicklow, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.13333° or 53° 8′ north
Longitude
-6.51667° or 6° 31′ west
Elevation
182 metres (597 feet)
Open location code
9C5M4FMM+88
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Poulaphouca Reservoir” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Poulaphouca urtegia”
- Cebuano: “Pollaphuca Reservoir”
- French: “réservoir Poulaphouca”
- French: “Réservoir Poulaphouca”
- Irish: “Poll an Phúca”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Poulaphoucareservoaret”
- Turkish: “Poulaphouca Yapay Gölü”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Boystown and Sroughan.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Log na gCon and Russborough House.
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