Wicklow Mountains
Map of Wicklow's Military Road
The Military Road was constructed between 1801 and 1809 and is Ireland’s only purpose-built military road of substance. With its surviving barrack buildings and generally unaltered structural state, the route is a historical monument.
'Castles and Fortifications in Ireland, 1485-1945', by Paul M. Kerrigan.Map of Wicklow's Military Road
'Castles and Fortifications in Ireland, 1485-1945', by Paul M. Kerrigan.
'Castles and Fortifications in Ireland, 1485-1945', by Paul M. Kerrigan.
Map of Wicklow's Military Road
The Military Road was constructed between 1801 and 1809 and is Ireland’s only purpose-built military road of substance. With its surviving barrack buildings and generally unaltered structural state, the route is a historical monument.
'Castles and Fortifications in Ireland, 1485-1945', by Paul M. Kerrigan.
Long Hill
View of Long Hill, Kilmacanogue
© Lensmen Photographic ArchiveLong Hill
© Lensmen Photographic Archive
© Lensmen Photographic Archive
Long Hill
View of Long Hill, Kilmacanogue
© Lensmen Photographic ArchiveThe Wicklow Mountains are criss-crossed by three roads: The Wicklow Gap (R756) which runs east-west from Hollywood to Laragh; the Military Road, which runs roughly north-south for almost 80km through the high pass of the Sally Gap (R115); and the R759, which also traverses the mountains roughly east-west but further north than the Wicklow Gap.
The Military Road was constructed between 1801 and 1809 and is Ireland's only surviving purpose-built military road. With its barrack buildings and generally unaltered structural state, the route now remains as a historical monument.
It is still in use for mainly tourist traffic. It was originally built to open up the mountains to the English military to assist them in putting down the insurgents remaining from the 1798 uprising.