Historic site · Ireland
Percy French
Percy French is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Two Rock Mountain stands 536 m to the south-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Percy French Memorial Bench, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- The view from here inspired Percy French (1854-1920) composer and artist, to write the famous song - "Where the Mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea"
How to reach it
Coordinates53.58587, -6.10314
Named places within 25 miles
Attractions
- Percy French Memorial Bench: 0.0 mi
- St. Patrick's Footprint: 0.2 mi
- Skerries Mills: 0.8 mi
- Lusk Round Tower: 4.9 mi
- Newbridge House: 7.4 mi
Artworks
- National Tidy Towns Sculpture: 0.0 mi
- Na Sceiri: 0.5 mi
- Embracing Seals: 0.5 mi
- Oystercatchers: 0.6 mi
- Loughshinny: 2.7 mi
Historic sites: 59
- The Pole Sea Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Hamilton Obelisk: 0.4 mi
- Skerries Rock: 0.7 mi
- St. Patricks Church: 1.1 mi
- Skerries: 1.2 mi
Parks
- Floraville: 0.5 mi
- The Kybe: 0.7 mi
- Ballast pit: 1.0 mi
- Barnageeragh Road Field: 1.3 mi
- Charlie Moore Memorial Park: 3.3 mi
Museums: 54
- Balrothery Heritage Centre: 3.6 mi
- Casino Model Railway Museum: 9.6 mi
- Malahide Historical Society Museum: 10.1 mi
- Millmount Museum: 13.3 mi
- National Transport Museum: 13.8 mi
Gardens: 52
- Walled Garden: 2.4 mi
- Fingal Allotments: 8.7 mi
- Emmaus Retreat and Conference Centre: 9.0 mi
- Broadmeadow Community Garden: 9.4 mi
- Malahide Heritage Garden: 9.6 mi
Springs: 41
- Lady Well: 2.4 mi
- St. Catherine's Well: 3.3 mi
- Clonard Spring: 4.9 mi
- Tobersool: 6.2 mi
- St. Kenny's Well: 7.2 mi
Peaks: 32
- Man O'War Hill: 3.5 mi
- Knockbrack: 6.5 mi
- Hollywood Great: 6.7 mi
- Knockbane: 7.3 mi
- Naul Hill: 7.8 mi
Beaches: 21
- North Beach: 0.3 mi
- South Beach: 0.7 mi
- Portrane Beach: 6.3 mi
- Tower Bay Beach: 6.7 mi
- Lambay Harbour: 7.0 mi
Nature reserves: 10
- Wavin Lakes: 4.0 mi
- Bull Island Wildlife Only Area: 14.5 mi
- The Grove: 18.8 mi
- Booterstown Nature Reserve: 19.4 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 19.4 mi
Picnic sites: 5
- BBQ Area: 2.4 mi
- Port Oriel: 15.4 mi
- Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 18.6 mi
- Toni's: 19.0 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 21.9 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Ben Head: 6.8 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 21.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Leixlip Spa Waterfall: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Percy French. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two Rock Mountain | SSW 194° | 536 m | 24.7 mi |
| Three Rock Mountain | SSW 193° | 444 m | 24.1 mi |
| Kilmashogue | SSW 196° | 408 m | 24.1 mi |
| Montpelier Hill | SSW 202° | 383 m | 24.9 mi |
| Mount Oriel | NW 310° | 304 m | 21.9 mi |
| Slieve Breagh | WNW 302° | 225 m | 23.4 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 312° | 209 m | 20.2 mi |
| Knockbrack | W 261° | 176 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:28 | 17:51 | 18:37 |
| June solstice | 04:55 | 21:00 | 21:59 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:40 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 08:40 | 14:58 | 16:07 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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