Croghan Mountain

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title: "Croghan Mountain" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountains-and-hills-of-county-wicklow", "marilyns-of-ireland"] description: "Mountain in Counties Wicklow/Wexford, Ireland" topic_path: "geography/ireland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croghan_Mountain" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Mountain in Counties Wicklow/Wexford, Ireland ::

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Field	Value
name	Croghan Mountain
native_name	ga
translation	little stack of Kinsella
language	Irish
photo	Croghan.jpg
photo_caption	Croghan, and Croghan East Top, in snow as viewed from Kilcavan, County Wicklow
elevation_m	606
elevation_ref
prominence_m	520
prominence_ref
listing	Marilyn, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam
location	Wicklow/Wexford border, Ireland
range	Wicklow Mountains
coordinates
map	island of Ireland
map_relief	yes
map_caption	Location in Ireland
topo	OSi Discovery 62
geology	Basalt and gabbro
grid_ref_Ireland	T1309672884
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| name = Croghan Mountain | native_name = ga | translation = little stack of Kinsella | language = Irish | photo = Croghan.jpg | photo_caption = Croghan, and Croghan East Top, in snow as viewed from Kilcavan, County Wicklow | elevation_m = 606 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = 520 | prominence_ref = | listing = Marilyn, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam | location = Wicklow/Wexford border, Ireland | range = Wicklow Mountains | coordinates = | map = island of Ireland | map_relief = yes | map_caption =Location in Ireland | topo = OSi Discovery 62 | geology = Basalt and gabbro | grid_ref_Ireland = T1309672884 | easiest_route = Croghan Mountain, also known as Croghan Kinsella or Croghan Kinshelagh () at 606 m, is the 211th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 258th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Croghan is situated at the far southeastern end of the Wicklow Mountains on the County Wicklow and Wexford border, in Ireland.

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.

History

The Wicklow gold rush of 1795 began after gold was discovered on the northern slopes of the mountain during tree felling.

Geography

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

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. The wind farm was constructed in an existing Coillte forest, and consists of 11 Siemens Wind Power (108 – DD – 3.2MW) wind turbines. The project received planning permission in 2012, and a 17-month construction process started in mid-2015.

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

References

Sources

Bibliography

References

1. "Crogan Mountain".
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3. Paul Tempan. (February 2012). "Irish Hill and Mountain Names". 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]].
8. King, Anthony. (2013-03-21). "The Wicklow gold rush". [[The Irish Times]].
9. Vines, Gail. (2007-01-24). "Histories: The hunt for the Wicklow gold". [[New Scientist]].
10. "About the Raheenleagh Wind Farm Project". Raheenleagh Wind Farm.
11. Joe Brennan. (11 September 2018). "State to share in €136m Coillte will earn from sale of its stake in four wind farms". [[Irish Times]].

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