Glendalough

Also known as Glen of Two Lakes, Glendalough valley, Glendalough abbey, abbey of Glendalough

Glendalough (; ) is a glacial valley in County Wicklow, Ireland, renowned for an Early Medieval 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 is also a recreational area for picnics, for walking along networks of maintained trails of varying difficulty, and also for rock climbing.

Key facts

Monastery.name: Glendalough
Monastery.native_name_lang: ga
Monastery.image: St._Kevin's_Kitchen,_Glendalough,_Co._Wicklow_(2023).jpg
Monastery.order: Celtic Christianity
Monastery.founder: Saint Kevin
Monastery.established: 6th century
Monastery.disestablished: 1398
Monastery.diocese: Glendalough (to 1185)Dublin and Glendalough (1185–1398)
Monastery.status: Inactive
Monastery.style: Irish monastic, Romanesque
Monastery.location: County Wicklow
Monastery.map_type: Ireland
Monastery.public_access: yes
Monastery.remains: Round tower, gateway, cathedral, several churches
Designation list.embed: yes
Designation list.designation2: National Monument of Ireland
Designation list.designation2_offname: Glendalough
Designation list.designation2_number: 134

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
See of Glendalough
Church of Ireland succession
Catholic succession
Titular bishops
Annalistic references
Monuments in the Lower Glen
Gateway
Round Tower
St. Peter and St. Pauls' Cathedral
Priests' House
St. Kevin's Church or "Kitchen"
St. Ciarán's Church
St. Mary's or Our Lady's Church
Trinity Church
St. Saviour's Church
The Deer Stone
Monuments near the Upper Lough
Reefert Church
St. Kevin's Cell
St. Kevin's Bed
The "Caher"
Temple-na-Skellig
Miner's Village
Nature
Geography
Vegetation
Wildlife
Recreation
Walking trails
Rock climbing
Gallery
See also
References
Sources
Further reading
External links

==History== thumb|upright=1.6|Lower Lake and Monastic Village from Brockagh Mountain Kevin, a descendant of one of the ruling families in Leinster, studied as a boy under the care of three holy men: Eoghan, Lochan and Eanna. During this time, he went to Glendalough. He was to return later, with a small group of monks to found a monastery where the 'two rivers form a confluence'. Kevin's writings discuss his fighting "knights" at Glendalough; scholars today believe this refers to his process of self-examination and his personal temptations. His fame as a holy man spread and he attracted numerous followers. He died in about 618, traditionally on 3 June. For the next six centuries, Glendalough flourished and the Irish Annals contain references to the deaths of abbots and raids on the settlement.

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