nature · Wicklow, Ireland
Lough Tay
The scene
The dark, peat-stained mountain lake with its pale sandy beach is Kattegat, the Norse settlement the saga returns to again and again.
How to visit
A famous viewpoint over the lake sits on the road across the Sally Gap; the lake itself is on private Guinness land, so admire it from above. It's about an hour's drive into the mountains from Dublin.
Address: Lough Tay, Co. Wicklow, Ireland · Open in Google Maps
- Continue over the Sally Gap for Glendalough's monastic ruins.
- Powerscourt Waterfall is a short detour.
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Good to know
- What was filmed at Lough Tay?
- The dark, peat-stained mountain lake with its pale sandy beach is Kattegat, the Norse settlement the saga returns to again and again.
- Can you visit Lough Tay?
- A famous viewpoint over the lake sits on the road across the Sally Gap; the lake itself is on private Guinness land, so admire it from above. It's about an hour's drive into the mountains from Dublin.
- Where is Lough Tay?
- Lough Tay is a real filming location in Wicklow. Lough Tay, Co. Wicklow, Ireland