The Wicklow Mountains (Sléibhte Chill Mhantáin)

A sweeping granite upland known as the 'Garden of Ireland's' wild heart.

The largest continuous upland in Ireland, the Wicklow Mountains hold Lugnaquilla (925 m), blanket bogs, glacial valleys like Glendalough, and the source of the River Liffey. Much of the range lies within a national park.

At a glance

• Lugnaquilla reaches 925 m
• Largest continuous upland in Ireland
• Includes Glendalough and a national park

In County Wicklow

The Wicklow Mountains is in County Wicklow, Cill Mhantáin in Irish, which means “St Mantán's church”.

More in Wicklow

• Glendalough (Gleann Dá Loch): A beautiful glacial valley of two lakes, home to one of Ireland's most important early monastic settlements.
• Bray Head (Ceann Bhré): A headland rising above the Victorian seaside town of Bray.

Other places of this kind

• Carrauntoohil (Corrán Tuathail): The highest mountain in Ireland, standing at 1,038.6 meters.
• Croagh Patrick (Cruach Phádraig): Ireland's holy mountain, climbed by pilgrims for over a thousand years in honour of St Patrick.
• Slieve League (Sliabh Liag): Among the highest sea cliffs in Europe, rising almost 600 metres from the Atlantic in County Donegal.
• Benbulben (Binn Ghulbain): The dramatic flat-topped 'table mountain' of County Sligo, at the heart of Yeats Country and Irish legend.
• The Mourne Mountains (Beanna Boirche): A range of granite peaks in County Down, and the inspiration for songs and for the land of Narnia.
• The Sperrin Mountains (Sléibhte Speirín): A sweeping range of rounded hills across counties Tyrone and Derry, and one of the largest upland areas in Ireland.

The Irish name

The Irish form of The Wicklow Mountains is Sléibhte Chill Mhantáin. You can hear it spoken, and take apart names like it, in the Placename Explorer. The authoritative record for any Irish place-name is logainm.ie.