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Bray Head (Irish: Ceann Bhré) is a 241 m (791 ft) hill and headland located in northern County Wicklow, Ireland, between the towns of Bray and Greystones. It forms part of the Wicklow Mountains and is a popular spot with hillwalkers. At the top of the head is a concrete cross which was placed there in 1950 during the holy year.
Bray is used as a base for walkers, and has a 1.5 km-long (1 mi) promenade which stretches from the harbour, with its colony of mute swans, to the base of Bray Head at the southern end. A track leads to the summit. Also used by walkers is the seven km (4 + 1 ⁄ 2 mi) Cliff Walk along Bray Head out to Greystones.
Bray Tower is a signal tower located on Valentia Island in County Kerry, Ireland. The tower was built in 1805 by the British Board of Ordnance during the Napoleonic Wars . It was one of 81 signal towers built between 1804 and 1806 along the Irish coast to communicate naval activity in response to a possible French invasion.
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The ruins have a doorway in the northeast wall which would have originally held a strong timber door, and round-headed windows in the east and west gables.. There were two smaller buildings close by and so is an enclosure: probably a cillín: a burial ground for suicides, shipwrecked sailors, strangers, unrepentant murderers and unbaptised babies.
Little Sugar Loaf (Irish: Giolspar, meaning 'Giltspur') [2] is a 342 metres (1,122 ft) hill in the far northeastern sector of the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland. It does not have the elevation to rank on Arderin, Hewitt, or Vandeleur-Lynam scales, [3] [4] [5] however, its prominence of 247 metres (810 ft) ranks it as a Marilyn.
Valentia was considered home to Mug Ruith, a powerful blind druid in Irish mythology. The O'Sullivans, headed by the O'Sullivan Beare, owned much of Valentia until the 17th century. [27] The naturalist Maude Jane Delap lived and worked in Knightstown, carrying out research into the marine life surrounding Valentia and identifying many new ...