Silsean ~ Shileshawn
Silsean ~ Shileshawn We're always happy to hear from people who have information on local placenames and/or who spot errors on our maps. The one topic that I receive most…
Placenames & Heritage Notes
Silsean ~ Shileshawn We're always happy to hear from people who have information on local placenames and/or who spot errors on our maps. The one topic that I receive most…
Cillín Of the various landmarks to be found in rural Ireland, surely one of the most poignant is the Cillín - literally the little church, but a name usually associated…
German Heinkel Aircrash on Blackstairs Mountain The top photo here is taken just below the top of Sturra or Blackstairs Mountain. We're having a break in the remains of the…
Mass rock in Glencree This large two metre high granite rock with religious carvings lies on the west bank of the Askabawn Stream that runs into the Glencree River. It…
Art O'Neill's Grave The main photo here is of the Art O'Neill memorial found at the foot of the Flags of Glanree. According to the account in the Annals of…
Art O'Neill Many people will recognise Art's Cross pictured on the cover of our map, Wicklow Mountains West. The cross itself was erected in 1932 to commemorate the escape of…
Pass to Glenmalure and the Asbawn Glanreemore and Glanreebeg are part of an old journey to Glenmalure from the Kings River valley. Nowadays people would drive around via Laragh but…
Glanreemore & Glanreebeg Liam Price considered that the name Unry was preserved in the name Glanree, which is one of the subsidiary valleys draining into the Kings River. This could…
Kings River, West Wicklow The Kings River is a major tributary of the Liffey. It rises up near Wicklow Gap and flows down a broad valley terminating nowadays into Poulaphuca…
Percy's or Pierce's Table I have written on another post about the mountain Lugnaquilla when viewed from a distance. Here is a photo of the summit cairn, topped by a…