Church Mountain

Church Mountain, also called Slieve Gad, is the westernmost of the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland. It is high. At the summit are the remains of a large ancient cairn of pagan origin. This cairn was partially destroyed and a small building, apparently a church, was built on it in the Middle Ages. Pilgrims formerly climbed the mountain during the festival of Lughnasa to visit a holy well on the summit. The well known Irish antiquarian George [Petrie |George Petrie] mentioned Church Mountain when he attended a pilgrimage there on Lammas Day in 1808.
The mountain lies roughly halfway between Hollywood, [County Wicklow|Hollywood] to the north and Donard to the south.