| 词条 | Turlough Hill |
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| name = Turlough Hill ({{lang|ga|Cnoc an Turlaigh}}) | other_name = Tomaneena ({{lang|ga|Tuaim an Aonaigh}}) | photo = Turlough Hill.jpg | photo_alt = | photo_caption = The upper reservoir on Turlough Hill, viewed from Tonelagee | elevation_m = 681 | elevation_ref = [1] | prominence_m = 54 | prominence_ref = [1] | listing = | range = Wicklow Mountains | parent_peak = | location = County Wicklow, Ireland | coordinates = {{coord|53|01|27|N|6|24|59|W|type:mountain_region:IE_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | range_coordinates = | coordinates_ref = [1] | map = island of Ireland | map_relief = yes | map_caption =Location in Ireland | grid_ref_Ireland = T063982 | topo = OSI Discovery No. 56 | type = | age = | easiest_route = Access road to north of summit }} Turlough Hill ({{Irish place name|Cnoc an Turlaigh|Hill of the Turlach}}),[1] also known as Tomaneena ({{Irish place name|Tuaim an Aonaigh|mound of the assembly/fair}}),[2] is a {{convert|681|m|ft|adj=mid|-high}} mountain in County Wicklow in Ireland and site of Ireland's only pumped-storage hydroelectricity plant. The power station is owned and operated by the ESB and can generate up to {{convert|292|MW}} of electricity at times of peak demand. The mountainThe historian Liam Price recorded that the mountain was known locally as Tomaneena;{{sfn|Corlett|Weaver|2002|p=310}} Turlough Hill is the name given to it by the ESB when they surveyed the site for the pumped-storage scheme.[3] It is {{convert|681|m}} high and is the 136th highest summit in Ireland.[2] The summit is located to the south-west of the upper reservoir and is easily reached via the tarmac access road that begins at the top of the Wicklow Gap.{{sfn|Dillon|1993|pp=37-38}} It is also possible to reach the summit from Glendalough or from the summits of neighbouring Camaderry and Conavalla mountains.{{sfn|Dillon|1993|p=39}} The underlying geology of the mountain is granite, covered with blanket bog, which is a habitat for heather, purple moor grass and Sphagnum moss.[4] A number of alpine plants grow near the summit: dwarf willow, cowberry, crowberry, fir clubmoss and common bilberry.[5] To the north-east of the summit, at the head of Glendasan valley, is Lough Nahanagan ({{Irish place name|Loch na hOnchon|Lake of the Water Monster}}),[6] a corrie lake carved by a glacier at the end of the last ice age.[7] {{clear}}The pumped-storage scheme{{main|Turlough Hill Power Station}}The Turlough Hill Power Station is owned and operated by the Electricity Supply Board (ESB).[8] Construction commenced in 1968, and the station became fully operational in 1974. NameWhilst the original name is Tomaneena, renaming it ‘Turlough Hill’ has a certain validity. The pumped storage station draws water from the mountain top lake, which thus becomes a ‘dry lake’. There is a geological feature known as a Turlough; it is defined as “(in Ireland) a low-lying area on limestone which becomes flooded in wet weather through the welling up of groundwater from the rock. Origin late 17th cent.: from Irish turloch, from tur ‘dry’ + loch ‘lake’."[9] {{clear}}References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.logainm.ie/113202.aspx |title=Turlough Hill |work=Placenames Database of Ireland |publisher=Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs |accessdate=21 July 2011 }} 2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web |url=http://mountainviews.ie/mv/index.php?mtnindex=136 |title=Tomaneena |work=Mountain Views |accessdate=21 July 2011 }} 3. ^{{cite news |title=The development of electricity in Ireland |first=Hugh |last=Munro |newspaper=The Irish Times |location=Dublin |date=4 November 1968 |page=18 }} 4. ^{{cite news |title=£12m ESB scheme begun in Wicklow |first=Tony |last=Kelly |newspaper=The Irish Times |location=Dublin |date=15 February 1969 |page=9 }} 5. ^{{cite journal |last=Winder |first=Frank |year=2001 |title=Viewing Points for Alpine Plants in Wicklow |journal=The Irish Naturalists' Journal |volume=26 |issue=12 |pages=478–479 }} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.logainm.ie/113127.aspx |title=Lough Nahanagan |work=Placenames Database of Ireland |publisher=Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs |accessdate=22 July 2011 }} 7. ^{{cite journal |last1=Colhoun |first1=E. A. |last2=Synge |first2=F. M. |year=1980 |title=The Cirque Moraines at Lough Nahanagan, County Wicklow, Ireland |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy |volume=80B |pages=25–45 }} 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.esb.ie/main/about-esb/turlough-hill-station.jsp |title=Power Stations: Turlough Hill |work=ESB Group |accessdate=22 July 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614011253/http://www.esb.ie/main/about-esb/turlough-hill-station.jsp |archivedate=14 June 2011 |df= }} 9. ^quoted directly from Apple Computer’s Oxford Dictionary of English 3rd edition, 2010. See also Whittow, John (1984) The Penguin Dictionary of Physical Geography, p.556. Bibliography
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