Wicklow Mountains & Glendalough — Medieval Monastic City
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Wicklow Mountains & Glendalough — Medieval Monastic City

Wicklow Mountains (the mountain range immediately south of Dublin, accessible in 1-1.5 hours by bus from Dublin city centre — the 'Garden of Ireland,' the most beautiful natural landscape accessible from the Irish capital): the defining attraction of the Wicklow Mountains is Glendalough (Gleann Dá Loch — 'Valley of the Two Lakes' in Irish), the early medieval monastic settlement founded by St. Kevin (Coemgen, c.498-618 CE) in a glacially carved valley between two lakes (Upper Lake and Lower Lake), one of the most important early Christian sites in Ireland and one of the most atmospheric ruined monastic complexes in Europe.

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