County Wicklow

Location of County Wicklow
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County Wicklow (Irish: Contae Chill Mhantáin) is a county on the east coast of Ireland. It is directly south of Dublin. County Wicklow has an area of 2,024 square kilometres (781 sq mi). Wicklow is known as "The Garden of Ireland" because of its scenery.

The county town is Wicklow. County Wicklow's largest municipality is Bray. Bray has a population of 30,951 and is not a suburb of Dublin. Other main towns include Greystones and Arklow.

County Wicklow Media

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  Saint Kevin's monastery at Glendalough.

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  Topographic map of County Wicklow

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  The Wicklow Mountains occupy the whole of central Wicklow

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  Powerscourt Waterfall, the second highest in Ireland

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  The Poulaphouca Reservoir near Blessington is Ireland's largest artificial lake

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  Beach at Brittas Bay. The county is a popular seaside destination

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  Autumn leaves at Upper Lake

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  On average, Wicklow receives more snowfall than any other county

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  Hiking waymakers, such as this one for Saint Kevin's Way, dot the Wicklow landscape

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  County Wicklow Population Density Map (2016)

Other websites

• Wicklow County Council
• Map of Wicklow
• Wicklow News Archived 2018-12-14 at the Wayback Machine
• Pictures of County Wicklow, Irelandscape Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine