Wicklow Way
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The Wicklow Way (Template:Irish place name)Template:Sfn is a Template:Convert long-distance trail that crosses the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland. It runs from Marlay Park in the southern suburbs of Dublin through County Wicklow and ends in the village of Clonegal in County Carlow. It is designated as a National Waymarked Trail by the Irish Sports Council and is waymarked by posts with a yellow "walking man" symbol and a directional arrow. Typically completed in 5–7 days, it is one of the busiest of Ireland's National Waymarked Trails, with up to 24,000 people a year walking the most popular sections. The Way is also used regularly by a number of mountain running competitions.
The trail follows forest tracks, mountain paths, boreens and quiet country roads. Mountains, upland lakes and steep-sided glacial valleys make up the terrain of the initial northern sections of the Way before giving way to gentler rolling foothills in the latter southern sections. Much of the route follows the contact point between the igneous granite of the western side of Wicklow and the metamorphic schists and slates of the eastern side. The principal habitat of the upland sections is a mixture of broadleaf and coniferous woodland, heath and blanket bog while in the lowland sections the hedgerows marking the boundaries between fields support a variety of wildlife. The Way also passes the Monastic City at Glendalough, founded in the 6th century by Saint Kevin.
The Wicklow Way was originally proposed by J. B. Malone in a series of newspaper articles in 1966. In 1977, Malone was appointed to the Long Distance Walking Routes Committee of {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, the National Sports Council and set about making the concept a reality. Malone's original proposal for a circular route around Wicklow was dropped in favour of the linear route that exists today because the Government wanted the Wicklow Way to form part of a network of walking routes around the country. The first section opened in 1980<ref>The Wicklow Way Templeogue Telegraph, p. 17. March 1981. Quote: "The opening of the first stage of the WICKLOW WAY last summer...."</ref> and the trail was fully completed in 1982. While the Ulster Way was the first waymarked trail for walkers in all of Ireland, the Wicklow Way became the first of many National Waymarked Trails to be developed in the Republic of Ireland: there are now over forty such trails, covering a distance of over Template:Convert. The Way forms part of European walking route E8 which stretches from the Atlantic coast of County Cork to Istanbul in Turkey. A memorial to J. B. Malone, who died in 1989, was erected on the Wicklow Way, near Lough Tay, in honour of his contribution.
The provision of and access to the routes through the countryside used by the Wicklow Way is dependent on agreement with local authorities and landowners. Accordingly the route has been criticised for excessive use of routes through forestry plantations and roads. Proposals to address these issues were put forward in a review of the National Waymarked Trails published in 2010.
HistoryEdit
Template:Multiple image The concept of a long-distance trail through County Wicklow was first published by J. B. Malone (1914–1989) in a series of newspaper articles in 1966.Template:Sfn Malone had a regular column on walking in Wicklow in the Evening Herald newspaper and had published two books – The Open Road (1950) and Walking in Wicklow (1964) – on the subject as well as contributing to the RTÉ television series Mountain and Meadow (1962).Template:Sfn He proposed a circular route, dubbed "The Twelve Days of Wicklow", which he considered to be "a journey comparable to that along the celebrated "Pennine Way" but I would say more varied than its north British counterpart".<ref name="Malone_EH1">Template:Cite news</ref> The route consisted of twelve stages, beginning at Bohernabreena, near Tallaght, Dublin 24, and ending at Stepaside, County Dublin, as follows: Bohernabreena to Baltyboys (near Valleymount), via Athdown;<ref name="Malone_EH1" /> Baltyboys to Ballinclea (near Donard), via Hollywood;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Ballinclea to Aghavannagh, via Lugnaquilla summit;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> a rest day at Aghavannagh;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Aghavannagh to Tinahely;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> a circular day route beginning and ending in Tinahely, via Shillelagh;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Tinahely to Avoca;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Avoca to Glenmalure, via Greenan;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Glenmalure to Glendalough;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> a rest day at Glendalough;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Glendalough to Knockree;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Knockree to Stepaside.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 1977, Malone was appointed by John Bruton, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education, to a committee to develop rural pathways within the Republic of Ireland.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> This evolved into the Long Distance Walking Routes Committee (LDWRC) of {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, the National Sports Council, where Malone, acting as Field Officer, set about developing a scheme for a "Wicklow Way" along the lines of what he had proposed twelve years earlier.Template:Sfn The Irish Government's decision to develop a series of walking routes was prompted in response to the development of the Ulster Way in Northern Ireland in the 1970s.<ref name="Cullen_2006">Template:Cite news</ref> Malone's original concept of a circular route returning to Dublin via West Wicklow was dropped in favour of the linear path between Marlay Park and Clonegal that exists today, mainly because the Government wanted the Wicklow Way to form part of national network of trails to cover Ireland.Template:Sfn Issues regarding access were another reason.Template:Sfn Nevertheless, the route remains substantially as planned in 1966.Template:Sfn In developing the route, the LDWRC made use of many existing paths, tracks and forest roads but, having no compulsory powers to include any of these, the provision of and access to such routes was, and continues to be, achieved by agreement with local authorities and landowners.Template:Sfn
The first section of the Way – from Marlay Park to Luggala – was opened by Jim Tunney, Minister of State at the Department of Education, on 15 August 1980.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The second section – from Luggala to Moyne<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – was opened by Michael Keating, Minister of State at the Department of Education, on 27 September 1981.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The final stretch as far as Clonegal was completed in 1982.Template:Sfn The Irish name of the Wicklow Way – {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} – is not a literal translation but means 'New Cuala Way', a reference to the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, one of five ancient routes that radiated from the Hill of Tara that ran through the land of Cuala (modern-day Wicklow).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
The route of the Wicklow Way has been altered on a number of occasions since opening in 1980, generally as a result of problems with erosion or difficulties with rights of way.Template:Sfn For instance, concerns about erosion led to the Way being diverted away from Fairy Castle, the summit of Two Rock mountain.Template:Sfn Similarly, the Way was also diverted away from the summit of Mullacor,Template:Sfn which at Template:Convert was the highest point on the Way before the trail was rerouted.Template:Sfn In 1999, the Way was diverted away from the village of Laragh on foot of an objection by a local landowner, to the chagrin of businesses in the village dependent on the custom of walking tourists.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> A number of information boards and stone landmarks were erected in 2006 to mark the 25th anniversary of the opening of the Way.Template:Sfn The state-owned forestry company Coillte has in recent years worked with a number of tourism and voluntary bodies to upgrade sections of the Way that run through its lands.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Today, the Wicklow Way is managed by the Wicklow Outdoor Recreation Committee.Template:Sfn
The Wicklow Way was the second waymarked way to be opened in Ireland, and the first waymarked way to be opened in the Republic of Ireland.Template:Sfn The LDWRC (now the National Trails Advisory Committee of the Irish Sports Council)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> went on to develop many more long distance walking routes, the intention at the time being to develop a walking route around Ireland.Template:Sfn There are now more than forty National Waymarked Trails,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> comprising over Template:Convert of trails in Ireland.<ref name="WaymarkedGuide">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Usage and criticismEdit
On account of being the first to be developed in Ireland and also on account of its proximity to Dublin, the Wicklow Way is one of the most popular of Ireland's National Waymarked Trails.Template:Sfn It has, however, been subject to some criticisms. Since access to lands along the Way is on a permissive basis, much of the walk (Template:Convert) is on tarred country roads, is highly dependent on access provided by the state, (Template:Convert is on land owned by Coillte and Template:Convert is on land owned by the Wicklow Mountains National Park) and covers a relatively small amount of private land (Template:Convert).Template:Sfn Most of the road walking is confined to the southernmost section of the Way, between Tinahely and Clonegal, where some 63% of the route is on roads.Template:Sfn Research by the Wicklow Uplands Council showed that while up to 24,000 people a year walk along the busiest sections, this number falls to under 2,500 a year on the stretches south of Glenmalure.<ref name="Cullen_2006" />
The extensive use of forest roads through conifer plantations has been another criticism: the authors of the Lonely Planet guidebook, Walking in Ireland, found, "The Way's one shortcoming is the character of the walking [...] you'll become all too familiar with forest tracks and roads through conifer plantations [...] where they're surrounded by tall, dense forest they're not particularly interesting".Template:Sfn Similarly, Paul Gosling, who walked the Way for The Independent, found that, "While the long distance path is, on occasion, very attractive, it is not so much hazardous as unadventurous. [...] Over the next four and a half days, we lost our enthusiasm for conifers [...] The views were restricted and there was little sign of wildlife".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In The Irish Times John G. O'Dwyer described them as "gloomy trails through invading armies of monoculture [...] as memorable as a motorway median".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
A review of the National Waymarked Trails in Ireland by the National Trails Office in 2010 acknowledged these shortcomings and recommended that the Wicklow Way be selected as one of fourteen trails to be upgraded to a National Long Distance Trail.Template:Sfn This is a proposed new standard of trail in Ireland, intended to meet international standards for outstanding trails.Template:Sfn It would require sections on unsuitable roads to comprise less than 10% of the total trail and for appropriate support services – accommodation, meals, transport, luggage transfer etc. – to be available.Template:Sfn The review also recommended the development of shorter looped walks off the Wicklow Way and improving parking facilities.Template:Sfn
RouteEdit
The Wicklow Way is waymarked in both directions and can be started at Marlay Park or Clonegal. The trail is marked with square black posts with an image, in yellow, of a walking man and a directional arrow.Template:Sfn This image, copied from the symbol used for waymarking the Ulster Way,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> has become the traditional waymarking symbol for all of the National Waymarked Trails in Ireland.<ref name="WaymarkedGuide" /> Brown fingerposts are used on sections that follow roads.Template:Sfn The Way is typically completed in five to seven days.Template:Sfn
Marlay Park to KnockreeEdit
If travelling in a North-South direction, the Wicklow Way begins in Marlay Park, a historic demesne on the outskirts of Dublin's suburbs laid out in the late 18th century by the La Touches, a family of Huguenot merchants and bankers, and later developed as a public park.Template:Sfn The trailhead comprises a map board, beside which is a low wall with a stone stile through which walkers pass in order to make their first step on the trail.Template:Sfn The Way traverses the park, following a wooded shelterbelt along the Little Dargle River, before emerging on the southern side of the park onto College Road.Template:Sfn Passing under the M50 motorway, it ascends Kilmashogue Lane and enters the forest recreation area on Kilmashogue mountain.Template:Sfn This is the first of many forest plantations, owned by Coillte, that the Wicklow Way passes through.Template:Sfn The tree species in this area comprise Sitka spruce, Scots pine and beech.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Much of this initial section of the Way is underlain by granite.Template:Sfn The trail circles the mountain, emerging onto open moorland near Fairy Castle.Template:Sfn This upland heath and bog habitat is dominated by heather, purple moor grass and bog cotton and supports many bird species, including red grouse, meadow pipit and skylark.Template:Sfn The Way crosses a saddle between Two Rock mountain and Kilmashogue before descending from a broad ridge between Two Rock and Tibradden Mountain into the valley of Glencullen where it follows the R116 road to the hamlet of Boranaraltry.Template:Sfn The road is flanked by hedgerow-bordered farmland.Template:Sfn Ascending from Boranaraltry, the trail crests the shoulder of Prince William's Seat, at which point the Way leaves County Dublin and enters County Wicklow.Template:Sfn The habitat here alternates between blanket bog and upland heath.Template:Sfn The trail descends to the floor of the Glencree valley via Curtlestown Wood where it then enters Lackan Wood and crosses the shoulder of Knockree Hill.Template:Sfn
Knockree to OldbridgeEdit
From Knockree on to Clonegal, much of the Way follows the contact point between the granite of the western part of the Wicklow Mountains and the schists and slates of the east.Template:Sfn The trail follows the Glencree River through Seskin Wood, a semi-natural oak and hazel woodland and a habitat for jays.Template:Sfn Crossing the river at a footbridge, the trail then passes into Crone Woods and ascends to Ride Rock, which overlooks Powerscourt Deerpark and the Powerscourt Waterfall, the tallest in Ireland at Template:Convert.Template:Sfn Deer – hybrids of imported Japanese Sika and native Red deer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> – are common in the forests and mountains along the Wicklow Way and all deer in the Wicklow Mountains originated with the Powerscourt herd.Template:Sfn The next valley to be crossed is Glensoulan which, although uninhabited today, before the Great Famine of the 1840s was home to a small population of cottiers and faint traces of their farms can still be seen in the wintertime when the bracken is low.Template:Sfn Crossing the River Dargle, the trail ascends the eastern shoulder of Djouce mountain.Template:Sfn Here, the heathland gives way to wetter blanket bog.Template:Sfn Bogland shares a number of plant and animal species with heathland but is also a habitat for species of bog cotton as well as bog asphodel, sedges (which contribute to the formation of peat) and bog moss.Template:Sfn The wet bogland is also a habitat for frogs, pondskaters and diving beetles.Template:Sfn Near the summit of Djouce, the Way joins a wooden {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} or bog bridge, constructed to protect the bog from erosion,Template:Sfn which crosses White Hill, the highest point on the Way at Template:Convert.Template:Sfn The trail descends White Hill towards Luggala along a ridge, known as the Barr, where a memorial stone to J. B. Malone, carved by sculptor Billy Gannon and erected in 1990, may be found overlooking Lough Tay.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> From Luggala, the trail passes through a coniferous plantation of spruce and pine on the eastern flanks of Sleamaine and Ballinafunshoge Hills to reach Oldbridge, which crosses the River Avonmore near Lough Dan.Template:Sfn
Oldbridge to GlendaloughEdit
Leaving Oldbridge, the Way follows the road for approximately Template:Convert before turning onto a boreen.Template:Sfn To the left of the boreen is Wart Stone Field, so called on account of a bullaun stone that lies in the field, water from which is said to cure warts.Template:Sfn The boreen ends at Brusher Gap, reputed to be a place where locals left food and supplies for Michael Dwyer and his followers when they went on the run after the 1798 Rebellion.Template:Sfn The Way enters Drummin forest, a sitka spruce plantation,Template:Sfn where it passes an Adirondack shelter, constructed by Mountain {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, a volunteer group dedicated to trail preservation that has upgraded various sections of the Wicklow Way over the years.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The trail climbs Paddock Hill before descending into a plantation of larch trees.Template:Sfn The forest floor here is a habitat for spurges, heath bedstraw and fly agaric toadstools.Template:Sfn The trail crosses the Military Road, near Laragh, and then a wooden footbridge across the Glenmacnass River.Template:Sfn A dense spread of granite boulders litters the riverbed, glacial erratics deposited by melting glaciers at the end of the last ice age.Template:Sfn This stretch of the trail follows an old mass path through a woodland of many native Irish tree species, including oak, rowan, silver birch and willow, carpeted with a forest floor of bilberry, bluebell and hard fern.Template:Sfn The Way continues along forest tracks over the shoulder of Brockagh Mountain.Template:Sfn At the highest point there is a vista over the Vale of Glendalough with the two lakes nestled in the shelter of Camaderry and Derrybawn Mountains.Template:Sfn Exiting the forest, the Way reaches the R756 road and the Glendalough visitor centre.Template:Sfn Crossing the Glendasan River, it passes the remains of the Monastic City,Template:Sfn founded in the 6th century by Saint Kevin.Template:Sfn
Glendalough to Iron BridgeEdit
Most of this stretch of the trail is on forest roads.Template:Sfn From the Monastic City at Glendalough, the Way follows the Green Road towards the Upper Lake.Template:Sfn It passes through an area of native woodland made up of oak, holly, birch, and rowan.Template:Sfn Ascending from the Upper Lake, the trail reaches Poulanass Waterfall which, over millennia, has cut a narrow gorge through the slate rock and borne millions of tonnes of rock, sand and mud into Glendalough, dividing what was originally one lake into the two seen today.Template:Sfn The trail continues its ascent through forest before emerging onto the saddle between Mullacor and Lugduff mountains at Borenacrow.Template:Sfn The Borenacrow route between Glendalough and Glenmalure dates back to ancient times and there is a local tradition that Saint Kevin travelled this way to celebrate Mass in Glenmalure.Template:Sfn The view ahead looks across the Glenmalure valley at Fraughan Rock Glen and Lugnaquilla, Wicklow's highest mountain at Template:Convert.Template:Sfn The Way then begins a long descent into Glenmalure, the longest glacial valley in Ireland and Great Britain.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Along the way the trail passes another Adirondack shelter, constructed in 2006 by Mountain {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Reaching the floor of the valley, the Way joins the Military Road to reach Drumgoff Crossroads.Template:Sfn Crossing the River Avonbeg, the route passes the remains of an old military barracks, built around 1800, and enters Drumgoff Wood.Template:Sfn At the forest entrance is a granite pillar marking the official halfway point of the Wicklow Way.Template:Sfn The trail follows a forest road along the flanks of Slieve Maan before briefly re-joining the Military Road and then following a forest road around Carrickashane Mountain before reaching the road at Iron Bridge where the Way crosses the Ow River.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Another Adirondack shelter, again constructed by Mountain {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} volunteers with assistance from the Glenwalk Hillwalking Club, can be found at Mucklagh, on the slopes of Carrickashane Mountain.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Iron Bridge to Derry RiverEdit
After Iron Bridge, the character of the Way changes with the steeper hills of the earlier sections giving way to a gentler gradient that meanders between low hills.Template:Sfn These latter sections also contain a great deal of road walking as the Way crosses farmland via minor roads and boreens.Template:Sfn
Hedgerows of hawthorn and blackthorn, which form the boundaries between the fields, are the principal habitat in these cultivated areas.Template:Sfn They support many species of wild flowers, insects and birds, including dog rose, purple foxglove and wild violet as well as wrens, blackbirds and song thrushes.Template:Sfn
The Way ascends through a gap between Ballygobban and Shielstown Hills, yielding views stretching from Lugnaquilla to Keadeen Mountain and beyond to Eagle Hill and the Castlecomer Plateau.Template:Sfn The hills ahead mark the edge of the granite backbone of the Wicklow Mountains; in the distance they gradually merge with the Blackstairs Mountains, which can be seen on the skyline.Template:Sfn The trail follows the road passing close to the village of Moyne before joining a boreen.Template:Sfn Along this boreen are the remains of a holy well dedicated to Saint Colmcille.Template:Sfn The trail contours around Ballycumber Hill and then continues along the eastern slopes of Garryhoe Hill, passing the remains of a ringfort, approximately Template:Convert in diameter.Template:Sfn Further along is a memorial to a Dr James McNamara who was killed in a shooting accident in 1916.Template:Sfn Passing through a series of gates along the way, the trail follows Coolafunshoge Lane, an old droving path with extensive views of south Wicklow.Template:Sfn The lane emerges onto the road, crossing a bridge over the River Derry to reach the R747 road close to Tinahely.Template:Sfn
Derry River to ClonegalEdit
The trail follows an ancient cattle droving path around Muskeagh Hill before joining a series of country roads.Template:Sfn 63% of this final stretch is on roads.Template:Sfn These pass through the village of Mullinacuff whose neo-Gothic church and cottages are built from local granite.Template:Sfn At Stranakelly Crossroads, the Way passes Tallon's pub, better known as the "Dying Cow" from a story that, when visited by police late one night, the landlady argued that she wasn't serving drink after hours but providing refreshments to neighbours who helped her with a dying cow.Template:Sfn Circling Cronlea Hill, which is topped with a windfarm,Template:Sfn and passing near the village of Kilquiggan, the Way crosses the R725 road near Shillelagh.Template:Sfn The trail enters forestry at Raheenakit before joining an old drovers' road, once used to herd sheep to market in Shillelagh.Template:Sfn The Blackstairs Mountains, whose main peak, Mount Leinster, is distinguished by the television mast on its summit, begin to dominate the horizon.Template:Sfn The trail meanders along forestry tracks around Moylisha and Urelands Hills.Template:Sfn Urelands Hill is littered with hornblende-rich schist, a legacy of a chain of long-extinct volcanic islands that existed 450–500 million years ago when this part of Ireland lay under the primeval Iapetus Ocean.Template:Sfn Joining the road for the final stretch into Clonegal, the Way leaves County Wicklow and enters County Carlow at Wicklow Bridge, about Template:Convert from the end.Template:Sfn The Wicklow Way ends in the village green of Clonegal where a stone bench and a map board, displaying the entire route from Marlay Park, may be found.Template:Sfn
Intersecting and connecting pathsEdit
The Wicklow Way forms part of European walking route E8 which runs from Dursey Island in County Cork to Istanbul in Turkey. The Irish section incorporates the Wicklow Way, the South Leinster Way, the East Munster Way, the Blackwater Way and parts of the Kerry Way and the Beara Way. There is an unmarked link route from Dublin Port (where the E8 connects to Liverpool by ferry) which follows the River Dodder to Rathfarnham and on to the Wicklow Way trailhead at Marlay Park via Saint Enda's Park. Similarly, an unmarked road walk connects Clonegal with the trailhead of the South Leinster Way in Kildavin, County Carlow.Template:Sfn
The Wicklow Way also shares part of its route with the Dublin Mountains Way along a section of the ridge between Two Rock and Tibradden.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Saint Kevin's Way Pilgrim Path starts at either Hollywood or Valleymount, County Wicklow and ends at Glendalough where it connects with the Wicklow Way.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Sections of the Wicklow Way are also used by several National Looped Walks: the Maulin Mountain Loop<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the Ballycumber,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Kyle,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Mangan's<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Loops near Tinahely.
Sporting eventsEdit
Template:See also A number of mountain running events are held along the route of the Way. The Wicklow Way Relay is an event run between Kilmashogue and Shillelagh for teams of 2 to 8 runners.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Wicklow Way Ultra (aka Maurice Mullins Ultra) is a Template:Convert individual event run between Glencullen and Ballinastoe Woods.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The record for running the entire distance of the Wicklow Way from Marlay Park to Clonegal is held by Robbie Britton who completed the route on 8 June 2019 in a time of 12:11:07. The ladies record was set in the same event by Aoife Mundow in 16:06:30 .<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Public transportEdit
The trailhead at Marlay Park is served by a number of Dublin Bus and Go-Ahead Ireland routes.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> There is no public transport available to or from the trailhead in Clonegal, with the closest bus routes serving the nearby villages of Kildavin and Bunclody, County Carlow.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Some places on or near the route are also served by bus. The St. Kevins (sic) Bus Service stops at Roundwood, Laragh and Glendalough.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Wicklow Way Bus provides services to Laragh, Glendalough, Glenmalure, Iron Bridge and Tinahely.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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