Special Area of Conservation Special Protection Area
Governing body
National Parks and Wildlife Service
The Murrough Wetlands (Irish: Na Bogaigh Murrach) are a 15-kilometre (9.32 mi) long complex of coastal wetlands in County Wicklow, Ireland.[1] The main wetland is centred around Broad Lough immediately north of Wicklow town. Broad Lough is a large estuarine lake that is cut off from the Irish sea by a long, thin shingle ridge. Smaller, disconnected wetland areas such as the East Coast Nature Reserve and the Kicoole Marshes are also included in the complex.[2] The Murrough Wetlands are the most extensive wetland area on the east coast of Ireland, and are an EU-designated Special Area of Conservation and Special Protection Area.[3]
^"The Murrough Wetlands SAC - Site Synopsis" (PDF). National Parks and Wildlife Service. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
TheMurroughWetlands (Irish: Na Bogaigh Murrach) are a 15-kilometre (9.32 mi) long complex of coastal wetlands in County Wicklow, Ireland. The main wetland...
foothills of the Wicklow Mountains at Rathmichael and Tully. In 1170, during the Norman invasion of Ireland, Strongbow and Dermot MacMurrough successfully...
monastic settlement founded in the 6th century by St Kevin. From 1825 to 1957, the head of the Glendalough Valley was the site of a galena lead mine. Glendalough...
in the country. The park stretches through County Wicklow as well as small areas of South Dublin and Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown in County Dublin. The park...
Leinster. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the east and the counties of Wexford to the south, Carlow to the southwest, Kildare to the west, and South Dublin...
The Glen of Imaal is named from the Uí Máil, who dominated the kingship of Leinster in the 7th century. They were ousted by the Uí Dúnlainge from the...
one of the two road passes crossing the Wicklow Mountains. On clear days it is possible to look from the pass across the Irish Sea and see the mountains...
valley in the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland. Glenmalure is an important base for climbing in the Wicklow mountains, and particularly accessing the massif...
on the west bank of the River Avonmore. It contains the home of Charles Stewart Parnell which was built in 1777 by Samuel Hayes and is now the Parnell...
land along River Vartry, having more than 5000 plant species. The land now part of the garden was anciently part of a lake. "Gairdíní Mount Usher/Mount...
the southeast edge of the town of Wicklow in County Wicklow, approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) from the centre of the town. Geographically, it is the...
(Irish: Coillte Tom na Feannóige) is the last surviving fragment of the great Oak Woods of Tinahely, which once clothed the hills and valleys of south Wicklow...
Easa, meaning "The glen of the hollow of the waterfall") is an 80-metre high waterfall situated at the head of the Glenmacnass Valley in the Wicklow Mountains...
the NPWS has operated under the aegis of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. The Special Areas of Conservation are part of the Natura...
protect rare and vulnerable bird species, migratory bird species, and wetlands that are deemed to be internationally important. "Special Protection Areas...
wetlands evolved when a sand spit formed along the coastline cutting off the Vartry from its original egress. This sand spit is called TheMurrough/Murragh...
are Hugh Murrough Patrick MacTiernan, an Irish immigrant, and Dorothy Caroline MacTiernan (née Leahy). She grew up in Heidelberg West in the north-eastern...
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