Slieve Gorra

Slieve Gorra is a peak in South Dublin, Leinster. Slieve Gorra is situated nearby to the locality Little Hill, as well as near Cotter’s Pits.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Montpelier Hill and Mount Venus.

Montpelier Hill

Peak

Photo: Joe King, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Montpelier Hill or Mountpelier, also known as Slieve Gorra, is a hill in County Dublin, Ireland, with a height of 383 metres. It is at the northern edge of the Wicklow Mountains and overlooks Dublin city.

Mount Venus

Archaeological site

Mount Venus is a megalithic site on the Mount Venus Road in Edmondstown, County Dublin, Ireland. It is a national heritage site. It has been described by Borlase as one of the most magnificent in the world.

Tallaght Stadium

Stadium

Photo: William Murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tallaght Stadium is an association football stadium in Ireland based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club Shamrock Rovers originally announced details of the stadium in July 1996.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tallaght and Firhouse.

Tallaght

Town

Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Tallaght is a southwestern outer suburb on the southside of Dublin, Ireland, and is the county town of South Dublin. Tallaght was the site of a monastic settlement from at least the 8th century, which became one of medieval Ireland's more important monastic centres.

Firhouse

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Firhouse is an outer suburb of Dublin, in the south of County Dublin, Ireland. It is in the local government area of South Dublin. It developed from a rural village by the River Dodder, with a second settlement, Upper Fir-house, nearby.

Ballyboden

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Ballyboden is a locality within the suburb of Rathfarnham, County Dublin, at the foot of the Dublin Mountains between Whitechurch, Ballyroan and Knocklyon.

Slieve Gorra

Type: Peak
Category: landform
Location: South Dublin, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.2521° or 53° 15′ 8″ north

Longitude

-6.3442° or 6° 20′ 39″ west

Open location code

9C5M7M24+R8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1976326401

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Little Hill and Cotter’s Pits.

Notable Places Nearby

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