Where is Kanturk and Brown Mountain? I've always thought that Kanturk was the area of low hillocks and crags, opposit Cloghoge and overlooking the Inchavore but I've discovered recently that this…

Prince William's Seat and Knocknagun. These are the OS names for two popular hills between Glencullen & Glencree and people often enquire as to the identity of Prince William. It…

Like many hundreds of other people around Ireland and abroad, I was saddened earlier this week to hear of the passing of Joss Lynam (1924-2011). I knew Joss first through…

An interesting snippet from the Liam Price Notebooks taken at Wicklow District Court on October 2nd 1935: "I got the true form of Glendasan. Christopher Lawler, carpenter, said in Wicklow…

This is a name I've come across up near Scarr & the Bracket Rocks - I thought it was the Lough Spit Stone on account of view of Lough Dan…

Augh or Agh in a placename is generally thought to come from one of three sources, depending on the situation of the name: Áth - a ford, Achadh - a…

11 December 2011 From Mountain Meitheal: after a hard but rewarding day the bridge is open again for service. While some work remains to be done after Christmas the bridge…

Clive came across this old ruin, photographed below, in Dunran forest. Later, when researching placenames, we made a connection with the following from Wright's Guide to Wicklow, 1827. "After a…