Glen of Imaal

The Glen of Imaal is a remote glen in the western Wicklow Mountains in Ireland. It is ringed by the Lugnaquilla massif and its foothills, including Table Mountain and Keadeen.

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sugarloaf and Dwyer–McAllister Cottage.

Sugarloaf

Peak

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Sugarloaf is a 552 metres peak in west County Wicklow, Ireland that lies on the northern edge of the Glen of Imaal. With a prominence of only 14 metres, it is not listed in any of the recognised categories of mountains in Ireland, and is a subsidiary summit of Lobawn 636 metres, to the north. Sugarloaf is situated 3½ km northeast of Glen of Imaal.

Dwyer–McAllister Cottage

Museum

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The Dwyer–McAllister Cottage is a thatched cottage and National Monument located in the Glen of Imaal, County Wicklow, Ireland. Dwyer–McAllister Cottage is situated 3 km southeast of Glen of Imaal.

Castleruddery Stone Circle

Archaeological site

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Castleruddery Stone Circle is a recumbent stone circle and National Monument located in County Wicklow, Ireland. Castleruddery Stone Circle is situated 3½ km west of Glen of Imaal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Donard and Stratford.

Donard

Village

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Donard is a small village in County Wicklow, Ireland, located at the northern end of the Glen of Imaal, in the western part of the Wicklow Mountains. The village is in a civil parish of the same name. Donard is situated 4½ km northwest of Glen of Imaal.

Stratford

Village

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Stratford-on-Slaney, also known as Stratford or Stratford-upon-Slaney, is a small village on the River Slaney in west County Wicklow in Ireland. It was built by the Earl of Aldborough from 1774. According to the census, the village had a population of 241. Stratford is situated 6 km west of Glen of Imaal.

Rathdangan

Village

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Rathdangan is a village in County Wicklow, Ireland. It is in the Electoral Division of Rathdangan, in Civil Parish of Kiltegan, in the Barony of Upper Talbotstown. Rathdangan is situated 8 km south of Glen of Imaal.

Glen of Imaal

Type: Valley with an elevation of 182 metres
Description: Remote glen in the western Wicklow Mountains, Ireland
Categories: military training area and landform
Location: County Wicklow, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.98417° or 52° 59′ 3″ north

Longitude

-6.58444° or 6° 35′ 4″ west

Elevation

182 metres (597 feet)

Open location code

9C4MXCM8+M6

GeoNames ID

2963702

Wikidata ID

Q2365245

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Glen of Imaal” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Glen of Imail”
Dutch: “Glen of Imaal”
Estonian: “Imaali org”
French: “Glen of Imaal”
Irish: “Gleann Uí Mháil”
Japanese: “イマール谷”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Glen of Imaal”
Norwegian Nynorsk: “Glen of Imaal”
Norwegian: “Glen of Imaal”
Swedish: “Glen of Imail”

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