Lough Tay and Glenmacnass: Wicklow's High Road
Wicklow, Ireland
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Lough Tay and Glenmacnass: Wicklow's High Road
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Lough Tay is called the Guinness Lake because it is dark peat water with a bright white sand shore at one end, and after the Guinness family, who owned the Luggala estate around it from 1937 until it was sold in 2019 — you see it from the R759 viewpoint, not from the shore. The R759 runs above it to the Sally Gap, where it meets the Military Road, one of the highest and most exposed roads in Ireland, with nothing on either side but blanket bog. Turn south on the R115 and the Glenmacnass Waterfall drops 80 metres in three stages right beside the road, with a car park at the top of the falls.
Required Activities
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of 4
View Lough Tay, the 'Guinness Lake', from the R759 viewpoint — the shore below is private land, so this is the view
2
of 4
Drive the Military Road over the Sally Gap, one of the highest and most exposed mountain passes in Ireland
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of 4
Walk to Glenmacnass Waterfall, an 80-metre three-drop cascade beside the R115
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of 4
Photograph Glenmacnass from the upper viewpoint car park, where the Military Road crosses right beside the falls
View Lough Tay, the 'Guinness Lake', from the R759 viewpoint — the shore below is private land, so this is the view
Drive the Military Road over the Sally Gap, one of the highest and most exposed mountain passes in Ireland
Walk to Glenmacnass Waterfall, an 80-metre three-drop cascade beside the R115
Photograph Glenmacnass from the upper viewpoint car park, where the Military Road crosses right beside the falls
Before you go
The Military Road over the Sally Gap is exposed, unfenced blanket bog with no phone coverage in places, and it closes in snow.
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