Silsean

LocationWicklow, IrelandParent rangeWicklow MountainsOSI/OSNI gridO023056^[1]Topo mapOSi Discovery 56GeologyMountain typePale grey fine to coarse-grained granite^[1]

Silsean (Irish: Soillsean, meaning 'place of lights')^[2] at 698 metres (2,290 ft), is the 92nd–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale,^[3] and the 114th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.^[4][5] Silsean is in the central sector, at the western edge, of the Wicklow Mountains, in Wicklow, Ireland.^[6] Silsean is on a small massif alongside Moanbane 703 metres (2,306 ft) which lies between the Blessington lakes (or Poulaphouca Reservoir), and the major massif of Mullaghcleevaun 849 metres (2,785 ft).^[7][8][6]

• Fairbairn, Helen (2014). Dublin & Wicklow: A Walking Guide. Collins Press. ISBN 978-1848892019.
• Fairbairn, Helen (2014). Ireland's Best Walks: A Walking Guide. Collins Press. ISBN 978-1848892118.
• MountainViews Online Database (Simon Stewart) (2013). A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins. Collins Books. ISBN 978-1-84889-164-7.
• Dillion, Paddy (1993). The Mountains of Ireland: A Guide to Walking the Summits. Cicerone. ISBN 978-1852841102.

• Wicklow Way
• Wicklow Round
• Wicklow Mountains
• Lists of mountains in Ireland
• List of mountains of the British Isles by height
• List of Hewitt mountains in England, Wales and Ireland

• MountainViews: The Irish Mountain Website, Silsean
• MountainViews: Irish Online Mountain Database
• The Database of British and Irish Hills , the largest database of British Isles mountains ("DoBIH")
• Hill Bagging UK & Ireland, the searchable interface for the DoBIH