Glendalough, Ireland Travel Blogs

glendalough
Jun 11, 2008

glendalough was awesome!!!!!! its in wicklow county, near bray. we took the bus to a national park there. it had some old medieval churches, but then we walked further down these beautiful trails, and came up on some lakes. it was gorgeous outside ...

Glendalough
Jan 19, 2007 (11 photos)

I'm just throwing a few pictures up here from our field trip to Glendalough in Co. Wicklow as I am very far behind on my entries.

Ireland
Sep 13, 1999

Glendalough, Ireland Alex:              Garfield the Cat always had a fear and loathing of Mondays, and on Monday the 13th, well he just wouldn't even bother getting out of bed.  A very wise ...

A wet day with Kevin
May 21, 2006 (5 photos)

... think we were the barrier between them! Sunday we hired a car and headed south of Dublin to a beautiful little place called Glendalough. It is a very old religious site where an old monk Kevin went to live alone - except all the other monks thought this ...

Touring Ireland with family.
Sep 12, 2006 (5 photos)

THE WICKLOW MOUNTAIN AND VALLEY TRIP
Aug 23, 2008 (31 photos)

... the roads are TOO NARROW, and it is a bit dangerous because the coach drivers are driving extremely fast!!! We had a stop at GLENDALOUGH village, and visited an Old Monastery there, and we entered a cemetary. I got many pictures and we enjoyed the trip. I ...

Day Trip to Monastic Ruins
Nov 2, 2007 (53 photos)

photos and entry to come.

Back to Dublin - Glendalough
Sep 8, 2006 (6 photos)

Second stop at Glendalough, an early Christian monastic site founded in the 6th century. Set at the Wicklow Mountains National Park, in a glaciated valley with two lakes, the monastic remains include a superb round tower, stone churches and graveyard ...

A Sunday jaunt to Wicklow County - Take 2
Jul 19, 2009 (28 photos)

... a memory of a monastic city from my 7 day tour of Ireland back in 2000 and I had a feeling that it may have been in Glendalough, but after being there I don't think that it was. So it will plague me until I get home and have a chance to check my photos ...

incredible views
Nov 5, 2007 (9 photos)

... was so excited to spend a whole day out hiking and walking... and it was raining!!! i couldn't believe my luck... but then again, it is Ireland! it ended up clearing up just after noon, so i still had a good 4 1/2 hours of daylight... off i went... not as ...

Wicklow
Dec 9, 2006

Now on from Kilkenny to Glendalough - near Wicklow!

Cork-Kilkenny-Glendalough-Dublin
Sep 1, 2003

Had a few beers at Killarney, went to a whisky distillery, walked around the pretty lakes at Glendalough before heading back to Dublin.

Today sucked serious ass.
Oct 10, 2005 (13 photos)

... , but as soon as he said "up the hill to Hollywood" he lost me. I was staying the night at The Lodge in Glendalough. After a shower, I took off to the Monastic City to wander through the ruins and graveyard. I never made it to the Upper Lough. A ...

In Glendalough there lived in auld Saint
May 23, 1998 (4 photos)

... he did live in a rockery. Unsure, if as in the last lines of the song, he did indeed throw a tempestouous lass into Glendalough Lake. But I learnt to play it on the tin whislte. Gledalough is in County Wicklow, one hour south of Dublin. There is only a ...

Frolicking Through the Hills of Ireland
Jul 2, 2005 (3 photos)

... feeling to go hiking out on the heather and the moss and the peat and over old rocks. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh. We made it to Glendalough by lunchtime. We sat and ate our sandwiches and crisps before heading into the visitor center. There we got a tour around the ...

Journal Entry: 27 June 2007
Jun 28, 2007

... two days doing nothing but sitting and listening to lectures, fresh air was in order. The group of interns and myself went to Glendalough to look at fresh water ecosystems and hike around a bit. Glorious. The weather cleared to show some blue sky to make ...

step back in time
Sep 17, 2005 (7 photos)

These photos are from Glendalough ('valley of the two lakes')...a really gorgeous, magical place. It's actually an ancient monastic site with lots of great walking and hiking. I was still feeling pretty tuckered from my trip over (hell, I still am!) but we ...

Glendalough
May 20, 2006 (2 photos)

Hopped a bus from Dublin. Can't say I'll miss it. I was looking forward to getting out into the countryside. Glendalough has an old Monastic Settlement that we spent a few hours milling about. It's a really beautiful place. The weather was nice and it ...

Gleann Dá Loch - Glen of Two Lakes
Oct 3, 2009 (34 photos)

today i went on a day trip with the international office at uni. we went to glendalough, a 6th century monastic settlement about an hour south of the uni campus. as soon as we got there i realised i'd forgotten my camera, i remembered the spare battery and ...

Driving
Nov 11, 2006 (4 photos)

Some more pictures I thought you would find interesting, Like Kevin driving on the wrong side of the road.

Glendalough
Sep 14, 2006 (5 photos)

Penny at the Guesthouse was unusual.

Wicklow Mtns... just like in 'P.S. I Love You...'?
Nov 21, 2008 (25 photos)

... time with them and would love to take them all back with me to the states! So while I was thinking of all this in Glendalough, I swear, I SWEAR, I saw a reality TV show star from the show 'The Real World.' I swear. It was very surreal, actually. After ...

Glendalough
Jan 29, 2006 (10 photos)

Spent an hour walking around the 6th century monastary and lake

Happy Birthday Mum
Jul 5, 2007 (30 photos)

... (By Mika). We were all in good spirits and celebrated our first Irish traffic jam (and second and third...). BRAY TO GLENDALOUGH We followed a Wild West carnival ride down the east coast of Ireland to the seaside village of Bray. Then we all ...

The Family in Ireland
Apr 10, 2006 (28 photos)

... after an awesome pub meal. then we got up nice and early and drove clear across the country! on friday we visited: glendalough (home to the "most perfect high cross in all of Ireland," Monasterboice which is the site of St. Kevin's monastery and a ...

Waterford to Glendalough
Jun 24, 1999

Co Wexford, Co Wicklow Waterford to Enniscorthy, to Avoca, to Glendalough While in Avoca, the are filming an episode of "Ballykissangel" and the actors wave at our bus.

Dublin and Powerscourt
Nov 18, 2007 (110 photos)

... 's Cathedral, St. Audeon`s Church (mass card submitted for Bob Sr), (ride from hail) Powerscourt Waterfall - highest in Ireland.  Ate at Glenalough Tavern and slept at Bracken B&B.  Bob discovers cold radiator and thick blankets.  & ...

Family Visit - Wicklow
Mar 29, 2009 (19 photos)

We took the family for a day-trip to County Wicklow - Powerscourt and Glendalough, and Johnny Fox's for drinks and dinner.

Wicklow
Oct 15, 2007

muy bonitos paisajes...

To the "Mountains" of Ireland
Jul 24, 2007

... but we did have a lot of fun.  Our tour guide's name was Michael, a history and geography teacher here in Ireland.  His happy-go-lucky philosophy transferred well to the tour guests and we very much enjoyed his commentary and take on things like ...