Croghan Mountain

For other uses of the term, see Croghan (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Croghan Hill.

Croghan Mountain
Croghan, and Croghan East Top, in snow as viewed from Kilcavan, County Wicklow
Highest point
Elevation	606 m (1,988 ft)[1]
Prominence	520 m (1,710 ft)[1]
Listing	Hewitt, Marilyn, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam
Coordinates	52°48′N 6°19′W
Naming
Native name	Cruachán Uí Chinnsealaigh
English translation	little stack of Kinsella
Geography
Croghan Mountain Location in Ireland
Location	Wicklow/Wexford border, Ireland
Parent range	Wicklow Mountains
OSI/OSNI grid	T1309672884
Topo map	OSi Discovery 62
Geology
Rock type(s)	Basalt and gabbro[1]

Croghan Mountain, also known as Croghan Kinsella or Croghan Kinshelagh[2] (Irish: Cruachán Uí Chinnsealaigh, meaning 'little stack of the Kinsella family')[3] at 606 metres (1,988 ft), is the 211th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale,[4] and the 258th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.[5][6] Croghan is situated at the far southeastern end of the Wicklow Mountains on the County Wicklow and Wexford border, in Ireland.[6]

Naming

The fuller name comes from the Uí Chinnsealaigh, who were the dominant gaelic family in the area; and is used to differentiate it from other "Cruachan" mountains.[3][7]

History

The Wicklow gold rush of 1795 began after gold was discovered on the northern slopes of the mountain during tree felling.[8][9][10]

Geography

Croghan is situated at the far southeastern end of the Wicklow Mountains on the County Wicklow and Wexford border, in Ireland.[6] Croghan is separated from the main range on its own small massif that includes neighbouring Croghan East Top 562 metres (1,844 ft) (which gives Croghan the profile of a "double peak"), and Slievefoore 414 metres (1,358 ft) to the east. Croghan is the source of the River Bann with rises from its southern slopes.[6]

Raheenleagh Wind Farm

The eastern side of Croghan contains the Raheenleagh Wind Farm, which was a 32.2 MW Coillte-ESB Group joint venture project that opened on 20 September 2016.[11] The wind farm was constructed in an existing Coillte forest, and consists of 11 Siemens Wind Power (108 – DD – 3.2MW) wind turbines.[11] The project received planning permission in 2012, and a 17-month construction process started in mid-2015.[11]

In 2018, it was reported that Coillte had sold their 50 percent stake to Greencoat Renewables.[12]

See also

• Wicklow Way
• Wicklow Mountains
• Lists of mountains in Ireland
• List of mountains of the British Isles by height
• List of Marilyns in the British Isles
• List of Hewitt mountains in England, Wales and Ireland

References

1. "Crogan Mountain". Peakbagger. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
2. "The Great Wicklow Gold Rush of 1795". wicklowheritage.org. wicklowheritage.org. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
3. Paul Tempan (February 2012). "Irish Hill and Mountain Names" (PDF). MountainViews.ie.
4. Simon Stewart (October 2018). "Arderins: Irish mountains of 500+m with a prominence of 30m". MountainViews Online Database.
5. Simon Stewart (October 2018). "Vandeleur-Lynams: Irish mountains of 600+m with a prominence of 15m". MountainViews Online Database.
6. Mountainviews, (September 2013), "A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins", Collins Books, Cork, ISBN 978-1-84889-164-7
7. Brendan Bracken (6 March 2010). "Go Walk: Raheenleagh Wood to Croghan Mountain, Co Wexford/Co Wicklow". Irish Times. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
8. McArdle 2011, p. 10.
9. King, Anthony (21 March 2013). "The Wicklow gold rush". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
10. Vines, Gail (24 January 2007). "Histories: The hunt for the Wicklow gold". New Scientist. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
11. "About the Raheenleagh Wind Farm Project". Raheenleagh Wind Farm. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
12. Joe Brennan (11 September 2018). "State to share in €136m Coillte will earn from sale of its stake in four wind farms". Irish Times. Retrieved 25 July 2019.

Sources

• McArdle, Peadar (2011). Gold Frenzy: The Story of Wicklow's Gold. Swinford: Albertine Kennedy Publishing. ISBN 0-906002-08-7.

Bibliography

• MountainViews Online Database (Simon Stewart) (2013). A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins. Collins Books. ISBN 978-1-84889-164-7.

External links

• MountainViews: The Irish Mountain Website, Croghan (or Croghan Kinsella)
• 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