Lough Dan ( ga, Loch Deán) is a scenic boomerang-shaped

ribbon lake A ribbon lake is a long and deep, finger-shaped lake, usually found in a glacial trough. As such, a ribbon lake is one of a number of glacial landscapes, including arêtes, corries, rock lips, rock basins and terminal moraines. Such a lake's ...

largely set on private property, in the

Wicklow Mountains The Wicklow Mountains (, archaic: ''Cualu'') form the largest continuous upland area in the Republic of Ireland. They occupy the whole centre of County Wicklow and stretch outside its borders into the counties of Dublin, Wexford and Carlow. Wh ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

. Lough Dan lake lies at the base of

Luggala Luggala (), also called Fancy Mountain () at , is the 230th-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale. Being below , it does not rank on the Vandeleur-Lynam or Hewitt scales. Luggala is in the northeastern section of the Wicklow Mounta ...

and

Knocknacloghoge Luggala (), also called Fancy Mountain () at , is the 230th-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale. Being below , it does not rank on the Vandeleur-Lynam or Hewitt scales. Luggala is in the northeastern section of the Wicklow Mountai ...

mountains. The lough is fed by the Cloghoge (draining

Lough Tay Lough Tay (Irish: ''Loch Té''), is a small but scenic lake set on private property in the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland. The lake lies between the mountains of Djouce , and Luggala , and is dominated by Luggala's east-facing granite cliffs. The ...

), and Inchavore rivers, and is drained by the

River Avonmore The Avonmore River (), also known as ''Abhainn Dé'' (also spelt ''Abhainn Dea''), flows from Lough Dan in the Wicklow Mountains west of Roundwood. It flows in a generally southerly direction for approximately before joining the Avonbeg at t ...

. Part of Lough Dan forms part of the Guinness Estate at Luggala, and has limited public access.

Geography

The Inchavore river flows into Lough Dan from the north-west. An outflow from

– the Cloghoge river – feeds it from the north-east. It is drained to the south by the

. Most of the lake is surrounded by private lands, though the north-western corner is part of the Wicklow National Park.

Scouting

The

Scouting Ireland S.A.I. The Scout Association of Ireland (SAI; ga, Cumann Gasógaíochta na hÉireann) was an Irish multi-denominational Scouting, Scout association from 1908 until 2004, when it merged with the former Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland to form Scouting Ire ...

national campsite, now one of several belonging to

Scouting Ireland Scouting Ireland ( ga, Gasóga na hÉireann) is one of the largest youth movements on the island of Ireland, a voluntary educational movement for young people with over 45,000 members, including over 11,000 adult volunteers . Of the 750,000 peo ...

, lies beside the lake. In 1997, Lough Dan was the site of an

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

Scouting Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement employing the Scout method, a program of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities, including camping, woodcraft, aquatics, hiking, backpacking ...

jamboree, ''Lough Dan '97'', at the S.A.I. national campsite, co-organised by the

Federation of Irish Scouts Associations Scouting Ireland ( ga, Gasóga na hÉireann) is one of the largest youth movements on the island of Ireland, a voluntary educational movement for young people with over 45,000 members, including over 11,000 adult volunteers . Of the 750,000 peo ...

. The Jamboree was abandoned on the Thursday due to inclement weather and flooding.

In culture

Some of the exterior scenes of 2009 Irish

post-apocalyptic Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction is a subgenre of speculative fiction in which the Earth's (or another planet's) civilization is collapsing or has collapsed. The apocalypse event may be climatic, such as runaway climate change; astro ...

film

One Hundred Mornings ''One Hundred Mornings'' is a 2009 Irish post-apocalyptic drama film written and directed by Conor Horgan. It was one of three films funded by the Irish Film Board's Catalyst Project, designed to give up-and-coming filmmakers the opportunity to pro ...

were filmed around the lake.

Gallery

File:Lough Dan snow (389434714).jpg, Snow around Lough Dan File:Lough Dan looking north May 2015 01.JPG, Looking north from west bank File:Lough Dan looking south-east May 2015 02.jpg, Looking south-east from west bank File:Looking into the valley into Lough Dan and Lough Tay.jpg, Cloghoge River between

and Lough Dan

References

External links

Wicklow Mountains National Park pageIrelandscape section on Lough DanMountain Views information about the Knocknacloghoge areaOnline climbing guide to Lough Dan site

Dan Dan or DAN may refer to: People * Dan (name), including a list of people with the name ** Dan (king), several kings of Denmark * Dan people, an ethnic group located in West Africa **Dan language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoi ...