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Croghan Mountain
Croghan Mountain
	Croghan, and Croghan East Top, in snow as viewed from Kilcavan, County Wicklow
Highest point
Elevation	606 m (1,988 ft)
Prominence	520 m (1,710 ft)
Listing	Hewitt, Marilyn, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam
Coordinates	52°48′N 6°19′W / 52.800°N 6.317°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

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]

References

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