What is "kilmacanogue"

Kilmacanogue, officially Kilmacanoge , is a small village in north County Wicklow, Ireland.

The village lies on the junction of the R755 to Roundwood and the N11, south of Bray town centre. It lies between the Little Sugar Loaf to the east and the Big Sugar Loaf to the west in the northeastern foothills of the Wicklow Mountains, near the Glen of the Downs.

Avoca Handweavers have one of their earliest outlets at the northern end of the village.This outlet is situated on the exact location of Glencormac House which was completed in 1860 by the Jameson Whiskey Family, who were originally from Scotland.The House became a Hotel (Grade A, a precursor to 5 star rated hotels) in the 1950s but was razed to the ground in a fire that occurred in 1967. No lives were lost in the fire.

There are two small streams which join in Kilmacanogue, behind the old Post Office (Donnelly's), and flow into the River Dargle near the old "Silver Bridge" at Kilbride approximately two miles downstream. They once held a good population of trout but increasing urbanisation led to a deterioration in water quality.