In 1148, Diarmait Mac Murchada (Dermot MacMurrough), King of Leinster, established Baltinglass Abbey as a daughter house of Mellifont, creating the monastic foundation that would transform Grangecon (Gráinseach Choinn, pronounced GRAWN-shack KHOIN) from wilderness into a thriv…
Grangecon 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.