After the visit to Glendalough Monastary Settlement in the Wicklow Mountains, our next stop was to Powersourt Waterfall. First, we had to drive there from Glendalough, which did take a fair amount of time as the Wicklow Mountains are a little larger than I expected them to be. We were not disappointed with the waterfall, and this is the largest one that we saw in Ireland.
Wicklow Mountains is an national park south of Dublin. The area is very barren and there are peat fields, flat areas, and mountain views. The scenery was not my personal favourite, and the drive just seemed to drag on for awhile. However, this park is popular with Dubliners at the weekends as it is so close to Dublin.
Eventually, we found our way to Powerscourt Waterfall, near the Powerscourt Estate. This is Ireland's highest waterfall at over 120 meters high. There are also giant redwood trees (native to California) planted here, but they are still young.
When we drove up to the waterfall, we were in awe at the size and height of it. We then walked below it to get some photographs and climb on the stones.
After we had enough of the beautiful waterfall, we headed out of Wicklow Mountains and around the road around Dublin. On the way out, I noticed these peat bricks at a petrol station that we stopped at.
Our next stop would be to visit Trim Castle, so keep checking back for my last couple of posts of the Ireland road trip.
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