Deputy's Pass ( ga, Céim an Ghiúistís) is a national nature reserve of approximately located in

County Wicklow County Wicklow ( ; ga, Contae Chill Mhantáin ) is a county in Ireland. The last of the traditional 32 counties, having been formed as late as 1606, it is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is bordered by t ...

, Ireland. It is managed by the Irish National Parks & Wildlife Service.

Features

Deputy's Pass was legally protected as a national nature reserve by the Irish government in 1982. The reserve is also listed as a Special Area of Conservation. The name Deputy's Pass is derived from the Battle of Deputy's Pass, during which the English army cut a pass through the woodland. The woodland at Deputy's Pass was originally a coppice, and would have been part of the larger Glenealy oak woods. The woods are composed of

sessile oak ''Quercus petraea'', commonly known as the sessile oak, Cornish oak, Irish Oak or durmast oak, is a species of oak tree native to most of Europe and into Anatolia and Iran. The sessile oak is the national tree of Ireland, and an unofficial embl ...

, holly, hazel, birch and beech, with an under planting of wood sorrel, blueberry, bilberry, and

woodrush ''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...

. The Potter River runs through the site, with fauna that include

kestrels The term kestrel (from french: crécerelle, derivative from , i.e. ratchet) is the common name given to several species of predatory birds from the falcon genus ''Falco''. Kestrels are most easily distinguished by their typical hunting behaviour ...

, wrens, smooth newts and common frogs. There is a 2km walking trail within the reserve.

References

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