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Antiquities

Antiquities

H_Wicklow_Relic.jpgThe prehistoric antiquities of the province are numerous and important, including the great cham- bered tumuli of the Boyne Valley, and the Hill of Tara. The remains of cathedrals, churches, castles, and the ruins of early monastic settlements like that at Glendalough, Co. Wicklow, would demand a volume to themselves if they were adequately to be described. All that it is possible to do in the space at our disposal, is briefly to call attention to the principal monuments.

Architecture

Architecture

History

History

H_kevins_e_facade.jpg The name for County Wicklow (Holiday Apartments, Wicklow, Ireland) came from the Old Norse, Vykinglo, when it was settled by the Viking colonists. While most of the low country in Wicklow was vulnerable and fell to the foreign invaders, the high country served as a good safe haven for the indigenous Celts to survive.

It was Wicklows Dermot McMurrough, Gaelic King of Leinster that emplored the Normans for assistance in driving the Vikings from his territory. This was the event that propogated the eventual Norman takeover of Ireland.


Co. Wicklow
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