Kippure [Cipiur]

About Kippure [Cipiur]

Dominating the skyline between Dublin and Wicklow, this peat-covered dome is instantly recognisable by the tall television mast at its summit. While the terrain underfoot can be notoriously boggy, the reward is a clear vista over the Liffey Head Bog toward the jagged profile of the Great Sugar Loaf.

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• •The name derives from the Irish 'Cipiúr', meaning 'place of the stumps'. This likely refers to the sub-fossilised remains of ancient pine forests frequently found preserved within the surrounding peat bogs.
• •The summit is home to a 127-metre broadcasting mast built in 1961. It served as the first television transmitter in the Republic of Ireland and remains a critical piece of national communications infrastructure.
• •Kippure marks the primary source of the River Liffey; the water begins as a humble stream in the Liffey Head Bog on the western slopes before winding its way through Dublin to the Irish Sea.
• •From the trig pillar, you can look directly down into the deep glacial corries containing Lough Bray Upper and Lower, with the granite cliffs of Eagle Crag dropping sharply away to the east.
• •The presence of a private service road to the summit offers the rare opportunity to climb a 757-metre Hewitt while remaining entirely mud-free, provided you don't mind sharing the mountain experience with a tarmac strip.