Valleymount
Valleymount is a small village in western County Wicklow, Ireland. The name 'Valleymount' does not appear before 1839. Previously, the village was known as 'the Cross of Ballymore' or simply 'the Cross', with 'cross' referring to land belonging to the church.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,760 residents
- Description: village in Leinster, Ireland
- Also known as: “Moin an Bhealaigh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Joseph’s Church and Ballyknockan quarry.
Ballyknockan quarry
Quarry
Ballyknockan quarry, or more correctly Ballyknockan quarries, are a collection of disused granite quarries in the village of Ballyknockan, County Wicklow, Ireland.
Silsean
Peak
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Silsean at 698 metres, is the 92nd–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 114th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Silsean is in the central sector, at the western edge, of the Wicklow Mountains, in County Wicklow, Ireland. Silsean is situated 4 km southeast of Valleymount.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballyknockan and Lacken.
Ballyknockan
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ballyknockan or Ballynockan is a village and townland in County Wicklow, Ireland. The village is known for its granite quarries which were the site of intensive industry from 1824 until the mid-20th century.
Lacken
Hamlet
Lacken or Lackan is a townland and small village in the west of County Wicklow, Ireland, located on the shores of the Blessington lakes and western edge of the Wicklow Mountains. Lacken is situated 4½ km northeast of Valleymount.
Hollywood
Village
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Hollywood is a village in west County Wicklow, Ireland. It is 15 km south of Naas on the Wicklow Gap road near its junction with the N81 road. A population of less than 100 people registered in the 2002 Census, though the community draws from a larger area which consists of about 500 people. Hollywood is situated 5 km west of Valleymount.
Valleymount
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Wicklow, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.10679° or 53° 6′ 25″ northLongitude
-6.52498° or 6° 31′ 30″ westPopulation
1,760Elevation
231 metres (758 feet)Open location code
9C5M4F4G+P2OpenStreetMap ID
node 52246947OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3315130Wikidata ID
Q4102941
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Valleymount” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فاليمونت”
- Basque: “Valleymount”
- Bulgarian: “Валеймоунт”
- Cebuano: “Valleymount”
- Dutch: “Valleymount”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فاليمونت”
- French: “Valleymount”
- Irish: “An Chrois, Contae Chill Mhantáin”
- Irish: “An Chrois”
- Irish: “Móin an Bhealaigh”
- Japanese: “バリーマウント”
- Persian: “ولیمونت”
- Russian: “Валлимаунт”
- Swedish: “Valleymount”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lugnaskeagh and Blackditches Bridge.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Vallymount Community Hall and Valleymount GAA.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Valleymount”. Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.