- “There is not in the wide world a valley so sweet/ As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet.” – Thomas Moore, The Meeting of the Waters, 1807″It is December in Wicklow: / Alders dripping, birches / Inheriting the last light”. Seamus Heaney (Exposure):
- “There is a wild and romantic clothing of oak, and birch, and holly.”. 1834 Guide to the County of Wicklow:
- “O’er Wicklow’s hills, where purple peaks arise, I wandered free beneath the boundless skies, Each path a tale of ancient days did tell, Each stream a song of freedom’s sacred spell.” – George Savage-Armstrong (1845-1906).
- “The Garden County’s ruby hue; / Juicy gush with tart aftertaste, / Seeded cream teases the palate, / A Summer afternoon without haste”. – Stewart Stafford (Wicklow’s Bounty):
- “Then the sun came up from behind Wicklow mountains, and the pure white light made the face of earth bright and gay” – Sabine Baring-Gould (The Lives of the Saints):
- The old Military Road now under my tyres was laid down to subjugate the tribes of Wicklow, where, for centuries, the forest shade enabled them to play merry hell with the English of the Pale. – Bryan MacMahon 1909-1998), Here’s Ireland (1971).
- “When I was writing The Shadow of the Glen I got more aid than any learning could have given me from a chink in the floor of the old Wicklow house where I was staying, that let me hear what was being said by the servant girls in the kitchen.” — J.M. Synge (1871–1909).
- “In Wicklow, I found myself enveloped by the hundred beauties of that enchanting district, which, though of one family, were rendered yet more attractive by the variety of their features; and had I not been tied to laborious duties, I should infallibly have sought refuge there altogether from the cares of the world.” – Jonah Barrington (1760-1834).
- “The great sugarloaf lifted above their eastern slope in colourful form was the most beautiful peak in all of the island.” — George Savage-Armstrong (1845–1906)
- “On entering, you cross a line into a slight otherwhere.” — Seamus Heaney (1939–2013), describing Luggala Estate in Wicklow.
- “A beautiful wild glen with a waterfall, but with wooden artworks, and quotations carved in the stone.” – Marian Keyes (b1963, description is of Devil’s Glen near Ashford in County Wicklow).
- From Dublin city the roads strike into this hinterland like spokes. The half-moon of terrain thus enclosed is largely level and fertile: the exception is the area immediately south of Dublin, the heatherclad granite slopes of the Wicklow mountains, a district historically serviceable to outlaws and intransigents – Bryan MacMahon 1909-1998), Here’s Ireland (1971).
- “Wicklow’s Bounty: Ode to the Irish Strawberry / The Garden County’s ruby hue; / Juicy gush with tart aftertaste…” — Stewart Stafford from his poem “Wicklow’s Bounty,” celebrating Wicklow’s famous strawberries and lush “Garden of Ireland”.
- “In these hills the summer passes in a few weeks from a late spring, full of odour and colour, to an autumn that is premature and filled with the desolate splendour of decay” – J. M. Synge In Wicklow and West Kerry
Famous quotes from Ireland’s counties
Antrim – Armagh – Carlow – Cavan – Clare – Cork – Derry – Donegal – Down – Dublin – Fermanagh – Galway – Kerry – Kildare – Kilkenny – Laois – Leitrim – Limerick – Longford – Louth – Mayo – Meath – Monaghan – Offaly – Roscommon – Sligo – Tipperary – Tyrone – Waterford – Westmeath – Wexford – Wicklow
Musicians
Antrim – Armagh – Carlow – Cavan – Clare – Cork – Derry – Donegal – Down – Dublin – Fermanagh – Galway – Kerry – Kildare – Kilkenny – Laois – Leitrim – Limerick – Longford – Louth – Mayo – Meath – Monaghan – Offaly – Roscommon – Sligo – Tipperary – Tyrone – Waterford – Westmeath – Wexford – Wicklow
Novelists
Antrim – Armagh – Carlow – Cavan – Clare – Cork – Derry – Donegal – Down – Dublin – Fermanagh – Galway – Kerry – Kildare – Kilkenny – Laois – Leitrim – Limerick – Longford – Louth – Mayo – Meath – Monaghan – Offaly – Roscommon – Sligo – Tipperary – Tyrone – Waterford – Westmeath – Wexford – Wicklow
Poets
Antrim – Armagh – Carlow – Cavan – Clare – Cork – Derry – Donegal – Down – Dublin – Fermanagh – Galway – Kerry – Kildare – Kilkenny – Laois – Leitrim – Limerick – Longford – Louth – Mayo – Meath – Monaghan – Offaly – Roscommon – Sligo – Tipperary – Tyrone – Waterford – Westmeath – Wexford – Wicklow
Writers
Antrim – Armagh – Carlow – Cavan – Clare – Cork – Derry – Donegal – Down – Dublin – Fermanagh – Galway – Kerry – Kildare – Kilkenny – Laois – Leitrim – Limerick – Longford – Louth – Mayo – Meath – Monaghan – Offaly – Roscommon – Sligo – Tipperary – Tyrone – Waterford – Westmeath – Wexford – Wicklow
County Wicklow:
Ireland’s county Wicklow is known as the Garden of Ireland for its lush landscapes, with Glendalough’s monastic ruins and round tower set amidst serene lakes and valleys. The Wicklow Mountains National Park offers hiking trails with stunning views, while Powerscourt Estate’s manicured gardens and waterfall add natural elegance. Other attractions include the coastal paths of Bray. Wicklow is Ireland’s 17th largest county by size (,025 sq km) and 16th largest by population (155,851). Population peaked at 126,143 in 1841 and reached its lowest point, 57,591 in 1926. In terms of hospitality, Wicklow is Ireland’s twelfth most visited tourist county with around 204,000 international visitors per year.
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