* Glendalough monastery in Wicklow, Ireland is destroyed by English troops.

Glendalough or Glendaloch ( ; ) is a glacial valley in County Wicklow, Ireland.

Glendalough is currently a titular see in the Catholic Church.

The Gateway to the monastic city of Glendalough is one of the most important monuments, now totally unique in Ireland.

Glendalough is surrounded by semi-natural oak woodland.

The round tower at Glendalough, Ireland, is approximately thirty metres tall

Famous examples are to be found at Devenish Island, and Glendalough, while that at Clondalkin is the only Round Tower in Ireland to still retain its original cap.

The other cathedral, Christ Church, is the diocesan cathedral of the diocese of Dublin and Glendalough.

* Newcastle, County Dublin: this is a prebend since at least 1227, and was held by the Archdeacon of Glendalough from 1467 to 1872, when that Archdeacon ceased to be a member of the Chapter.

Christ Church Cathedral ( or, more formally, The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity ) is the cathedral of the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough and the cathedral of the Ecclesiastical province of the United Provinces of Dublin and Cashel in the Church of Ireland.

It is also possible to reach the summit from Glendalough or from the summits of neighbouring Camaderry and Conavalla mountains.

Glendalough is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia.

The suburb is now served by Glendalough train station on the Joondalup line.

Kilcock takes its name from the 6th century Saint Coca who founded a church beside the river Rye, and who is traditionally said to have been a sister of St. Kevin of Glendalough ; by occupation she was an embroiderer of church vestments, including those for St. Colmcille.

Christ Church is the Anglican Parish Church for Celbridge and forms part of the grouped Parish of Celbridge, Straffan and Newcastle-Lyons in the Archdiocese of Dublin and Diocese of Glendalough.

The round tower in Glendalough, Ireland, is approximately 30 metres tall

At the highest point there is a vista over the Vale of Glendalough with the two lakes nestled in the shelter of Camaderry and Derrybawn Mountains.

The Borenacrow route between Glendalough and Glenmalure dates back to ancient times and there is a local tradition that Saint Kevin travelled this way to celebrate Mass in Glenmalure.

He was the first Irishman to be appointed to the See of this town ruled by Danes and Norwegians ; it is notable that his nomination was backed not only by the High King Ruaidri Ua Conchobair ( Rory O ' Connor ), Diarmait Mac Murchada ( who had by then been married to Lorcán's sister, Mor ) and the community at Glendalough, but also by the clergy and population of Dublin itself.

The Dean of Christ Church Cathedral and the Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough, the Most Reverend Dermot Dunne stated " I am devastated that one of the treasured artifacts of the cathedral is stolen ".

Saint Cóemgen ( modern Irish: Caoimhín ), popularly anglicized to Kevin ( d. c. 618 ) is an Irish saint who was known as the founder and first abbot of Glendalough in County Wicklow, Ireland.

St. Kevin is said to have first lived in Kilnamanagh ( church of the monks ) in what is modern-day Tallaght, Dublin 24, but moved on to Glendalough in order to avoid the company of his followers, a group of monks who founded a monastery on the site.

The Lansell Road property is now home to the Glendalough Campus, and in 1999 became a full primary school, housing prep to grade 6 students.

The mining of lead took place here from 1850 until about 1957 but the mines in the valley of Glendalough were smaller and less important than those around the Glendasan Valley, from which they are separated by Camaderry Mountain.

The designation " glen " also occurs often in place names such as Great Glen in Scotland, Glenrothes in Fife, Scotland, Glendalough in Republic of Ireland ( Éire ), Glengowrie in Australia, Glenn Norman in Canada, Glen Waverley in Australia and Glendowie in Auckland, New Zealand.

And deep in those folded hills, thirty miles away, was hidden Glendalough of the Seven Churches, an enchanted place of holy gloom .</ p >

St. Laurence O ' Toole, born in 1128, became Abbot of Glendalough and was well known for his sanctity and hospitality.

The quality of the climbing along with the variety of grades attracts climbers of all standards to Glendalough, and makes it a favourite destination for Dublin climbers in particular.

The first bishop of this new Dublin diocese was Dúnán or Donat, and the diocese was at that time a small island of land surrounded by the much larger Diocese of Glendalough, and was for a time answerable to Canterbury rather than to the Irish Church hierarchy.

This hall, which incorporates the old St Michael's tower, was formerly used for hosting general synods and diocesan synods for Dublin, Glendalough and Kildare.

The story goes that when Muirchertach arrived at Glendalough for Lorcán, he stated that he would draw lots to have one of his sons made a priest, at which Lorcán laughed as he had long thought of doing so.

He was well regarded by both the community in Glendalough and its secular neighbours for sanctity and charity to the poor.

He lived in solitude at Disert-Coemgen for seven years, sleeping on a dolmen ( now known as " Saint Kevin's Bed ") perched on a perilous precipice, that an angel had led him to, and later established a church for his own community at Glendalough.

He gained notoriety for prohibiting the Catholic inhabitants of Glendalough from celebrating Mass " as they had theretofore done in their ancient and venerated cathedral of St. Kevin ".

Among his principal works may be named England ( 1847 ); Home by the Sands, and a Squally Day ( 1848 ); Passing Showers ( 1849 ); The Wind on Shore, a First Glimpse of the Sea, and Old Trees ( 1850 ); A Mountain Lake, Moonrise ( 1852 ); Changeable Weather ( 1865 ); also the London Road, a Hundred Years ago ; The Weald of Kent ; the Valley Mill ( a Cornish subject ); a Shady Glen ; the Windings of a River ; the Shade of the Beech Trees ; the Course of the Greta ; the Wharfe ; Glendalough, and other Irish subjects, 1836 to 1840 ; the Forest Farm Frith for figures, and Ansdell for animals, occasionally worked in collaboration with Creswick.

Alight at Glendalough to transfer to bus services for Scarborough.

" This was replaced with the opening of the Mandurah Line with the standard message, however, trains stopping at Glendalough still mention " Transfer here for Scarborough bus services.

C-pattern trains stop at all stations except Leederville and Glendalough ; this has no effect for passengers travelling northbound.

After some travels in Ireland, he soon ended up married to Anna Barton of Glendalough House.

There are also a number of guided walk options, with companies such as Walkabout Wicklow offering fully guided tours of the Spinc Walk, the most popular trail in Glendalough.

Bus Éireann operates special one-day sightseeing tours from Dublin to locations such as Glendalough, Newgrange ; from Cork, day tours to the Ring of Kerry, County Clare, West Cork and Cape Clear Island ; and from Galway, tours of Connemara and the Burren.

Childers was born in Mayfair, London, the second son to Robert Caesar Childers, a translator and oriental scholar from an ecclesiastical family, and Anna Mary Henrietta, née Barton, from an Anglo-Irish landowning family of Glendalough House, Annamoe, County Wicklow with interests in France such as the winery that bears their name.

The ice deepened and moulded the valleys into the U-shape that characterises the Wicklow Glens, such as Glendalough and Glenmacnass.

Ribbon lakes, such as Lough Dan and the lakes of Glendalough, also formed.