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Glenealy · Co. Wicklow

Where Ancient Oaks Witnessed Cromwellian Flames and United Irish Blood

In September 1649, Oliver Cromwell's advancing army torched the Catholic church at Glenealy (Gleann Fhaidhle, pronounced glen FAH-lee) during his devastating march from Drogheda to Wexford, leaving granite ruins that stand today as haunting testimony to one of Ireland's darkes…

Glenealy is a small place in County Wicklow. We're still writing the proper hub for it — pubs, food, walks, the things to skip — and it'll appear here when it does.