Conavalla

Irish academic Paul Tempan notes that the "pass" element of Conavalla's name likely refers to the various routes from the Blessington lakes area (e.g. the R756 road to the Wicklow Gap) in the west that crossed parts of Conavalla's boggy massif to get into the Glenmalure valley in the east (note that the Wicklow Gap can be used to access the neighboring Glendalough valley without having to cross Conavalla's massif). (see {{slink|#Art O'Neill}} below).

Convalla is situated in the southern section of the Wicklow Mountains, and forms a horseshoe on a "boggy" massif, at the head of the Glenmalure valley, with its neighbours, Table Mountain {{convert|702|m|ft}}, and Camenabologue {{convert|758|m|ft}}.{{cite book | last1 = Dillion | first1 = Paddy | title = The Mountains of Ireland: A Guide to Walking the Summits | publisher = Cicerone | isbn = 978-1852841102 | year = 1993 | quote=Walk 8: Mullacor, Lugduff, Conavalla}}

Conavalla also sits in another broad horseshoe around the Glendalough valley, with the hydroelectric station at Turlough Hill {{convert|681|m|ft}}, and the mountains of Camaderry {{convert|699|m|ft}}, Lugduff {{convert|652|m|ft}}, and Mullacor {{convert|661|m|ft}}. Conavalla's large "boggy massif" dominates the head of the Glendalough valley stretching from its summit at the far-west side of the head of the valley, to Lough Firrib {{convert|650|m|ft}} on the east-side. The massif also includes Three Lakes {{convert|620|m|ft}} to the north of the summit of Conavalla.

Conavalla's prominence of {{convert|109|m|ft}} does not qualify it as a Marilyn, but it does rank it as the 39th-highest mountain in Ireland on the MountainViews Online Database, 100 Highest Irish Mountains, where the minimum prominence threshold is 100 metres.{{cite web|url=https://mountainviews.ie/lists/highest/|title=Irish Highest 100: The highest 100 Irish mountains with a prominence of +100m|publisher=MountainViews Online Database|date=September 2018}}Mountainviews, (September 2013), "A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins", Collins Books, Cork, {{ISBN|978-1-84889-164-7}}

On Conavalla's northern slopes lies Art's Cross and Art's Plaque, dedicated to Art O'Neill, son of Shane O'Neill, who died of exposure in January 1592 helping Hugh Roe O'Donnell to escape from Dublin Castle to the stronghold of Fiach McHugh O'Byrne in the valley of Glenmalure.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/hardship-for-art-s-sake-an-irishman-s-diary-about-the-art-o-neill-challenge-1.2936402|title=Hardship for Art’s Sake – An Irishman’s Diary about the Art O’Neill Challenge|newspaper=Irish Times|author=Frank McNally|date=14 January 2017|accessdate=18 July 2019}} The escape is commemorated annually in the Art O'Neill Challenge, which crosses over Conavalla.

• {{cite book | last1 = Fairbairn | first1 = Helen | title = Dublin & Wicklow: A Walking Guide | publisher = Collins Press | isbn = 978-1848892019 | year = 2014}}
• {{cite book | last1 = Fairbairn | first1 = Helen | title = Ireland's Best Walks: A Walking Guide | publisher = Collins Press | isbn = 978-1848892118 | year = 2014}}
• {{cite book| author=MountainViews Online Database (Simon Stewart)|year=2013 | title=A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins |publisher=Collins Books | isbn=978-1-84889-164-7}}
• {{cite book | last1 = Dillion | first1 = Paddy | title = The Mountains of Ireland: A Guide to Walking the Summits | publisher = Cicerone | isbn = 978-1852841102 | year = 1993 }}

File:Summit of Conavalla.jpg|Summit cairn

File:Three Lakes Conavalla.jpg|Three Lakes

File:Art's Cross, Wicklow.jpg|Art O'Neill's cross

File:Conavalla.jpg|Summit from Table Mountain

File:Lough Firrib, Wicklow, Ireland.jpg|Lough Firrib

File:Conavalla Massif.jpg|Conavalla Massif

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• [https://mountainviews.ie/summit/86/ MountainViews: The Irish Mountain Website], Conavalla
• [https://mountainviews.ie/mv/irl150setup.htm MountainViews: Irish Online Mountain Database]
• [http://www.hills-database.co.uk/downloads.html The Database of British and Irish Hills ], the largest database of British Isles mountains ("DoBIH")
• [http://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/ Hill Bagging UK & Ireland], the searchable interface for the DoBIH

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