page_title: Glendalough
section_title: The Priests' House
hierarchical_section_title: Glendalough / Monuments in the Lower Glen / The Priests' House
caption_attribution_description: English: Glendalough, Lower Valley
context_page_description: Glendalough is a glacial valley in County Wicklow, Ireland, renowned for an Early Medieval monastic settlement founded in the 6th century by St Kevin. From 1825 to 1957, the head of the Glendalough Valley was the site of a galena lead mine. Glendalough is also a recreational area for picnics, for walking along networks of maintained trails of varying difficulty, and also for rock-climbing.
context_section_description: Almost totally reconstructed from the original stones, based on a 1779 sketch made by Beranger, the Priests' House is a small Romanesque building, with a decorative arch at the east end.  It gets its name from the practice of interring priests there in the 18th and 19th centuries.  Its original purpose is unknown although it may have been used to house relics of St. Kevin.
caption: The Priests' House
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