Conavalla
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Irish English Template:Infobox mountain Conavalla (Template:Langx, meaning 'head of the road or pass')[1] at Script error: No such module "convert"., is the 69th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale,[2] and the 85th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.[3][4] The summit of Conavalla sits just off the main "central spine" of the Wicklow Mountains, as it runs from Kippure in the north, to Lugnaquillia in the south.[5][4] Conavalla's large massif to the north-east is described as a "wet and boggy barren plain" whose various shoulders dominate the head of the Glendalough valley, and the upper east-side of the Glenmalure valley.[5][4]
Naming
Irish academic Paul Tempan notes that the "pass" element of Conavalla's name likely refers to the various routes from the Blessington lakes area (e.g. the R756 road to the Wicklow Gap) in the west that crossed parts of Conavalla's boggy massif to get into the Glenmalure valley in the east (note that the Wicklow Gap can be used to access the neighboring Glendalough valley without having to cross Conavalla's massif).[1] (see Template:Slink below).
Geography
Convalla is situated in the southern section of the Wicklow Mountains, and forms a horseshoe on a "boggy" massif, at the head of the Glenmalure valley, with its neighbours, Table Mountain Script error: No such module "convert"., and Camenabologue Script error: No such module "convert"..[5]
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Conavalla's prominence of Script error: No such module "convert". does not qualify it as a Marilyn, but it does rank it as the 39th-highest mountain in Ireland on the MountainViews Online Database, 100 Highest Irish Mountains, where the minimum prominence threshold is 100 metres.[6][4]
Art O'Neill
On Conavalla's northern slopes lies Art's Cross and Art's Plaque, dedicated to Art O'Neill, son of Shane O'Neill, who died of exposure in January 1592 helping Hugh Roe O'Donnell to escape from Dublin Castle to the stronghold of Fiach McHugh O'Byrne in the valley of Glenmalure.[7] The escape is commemorated annually in the Art O'Neill Challenge, which crosses over Conavalla.
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Gallery
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Summit cairn
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Three Lakes
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Art O'Neill's cross
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Summit from Table Mountain
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Lough Firrib
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Conavalla Massif
See also
- Wicklow Way
- Wicklow Mountains
- Lists of mountains in Ireland
- List of mountains of the British Isles by height
- List of Hewitt mountains in England, Wales and Ireland
References
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External links
- MountainViews: The Irish Mountain Website, Conavalla
- MountainViews: Irish Online Mountain Database
- The Database of British and Irish Hills , the largest database of British Isles mountains ("DoBIH")
- Hill Bagging UK & Ireland, the searchable interface for the DoBIH
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