Carrigafords
Carrigafords is a locality in County Wicklow, Leinster. Carrigafords is situated nearby to the locality Lug Bog, as well as near Lugculmean.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lugnaquilla and Corrigasleggaun.
Lugnaquilla
Peak
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Lugnaquilla is the highest of the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland, rising to 925 metres. It is also the highest Irish mountain outside of County Kerry, and the highest point in County Wicklow and the province of Leinster.
Corrigasleggaun
Peak
Photo: Schcambo, Public domain.
Corrigasleggaun at 794 metres, is the 35th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 45th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Corrigasleggaun is situated in the southwestern sector of the Wicklow Mountains range, and is part of the large massif of Lugnaquilla 925 metres, County Wicklow's highest mountain.
Cloghernagh
Peak
Photo: Schcambo, Public domain.
Cloghernagh at 800 metres, does not have the prominence to qualify as an Arderin, but does have the prominence to be the 40th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glenmalure and Rathdangan.
Glenmalure
Village
Glenmalure is a 20-kilometre long U-shaped glacial valley in the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland. Glenmalure is an important base for climbing in the Wicklow mountains, and particularly accessing the massif of Lugnaquilla, and contains one of the earliest An Óige youth hostels in Ireland. Glenmalure is situated 7 km east of Carrigafords.
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 southwest of Carrigafords.
Carrigafords
- Type: Locality
- Location: County Wicklow, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.96489° or 52° 57′ 54″ northLongitude
-6.45209° or 6° 27′ 8″ westOpen location code
9C4MXG7X+X5OpenStreetMap ID
node 10589280188OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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