A walk in Ireland's largest national park

Wicklow Mountains National Park is Ireland's sole national park on the east coast. It was established in 1991 and is Ireland's largest national park. The park spans over 20,000 hectares of rugged terrain and includes wonderful hill walking, biking, and other routes. It is also a famous tourist attraction. Glendalough and its 6th century monastery ruins are the most prominent attractions inside the park. Glendalough is a glaciated valley, and the word Glendalough means 'The glen of the two lakes'. The ancient monastery complex is located near the upper and lower lakes of Glendalough. It has churches, a Celtic high cross, and a circular tower that is a well-known landmark in the neighborhood.

This is a stunningly beautiful and diverse trek that begins at the Mulranny Park Hotel. There is so much wildlife here that you enter three separate European protection zones and Ireland's biggest National Park. Visit Ireland's lone stand of Mediterranean heather, woods, beaches, rare Machair dunes, Atlantic salt marsh, and Trawoughter Bay's unusual causeway along the route. The journey offers lofty views of the dramatic deep-sided Bellacragher Bay, as well as the spectacular vista of Clew Bay and its drowned drumlin islands set against the majestic Croagh Patrick to the south.

Location: Mulranny, Ireland