The Murrough Wetlands (Irish: Na Bogaigh Murrach) are a 15-kilometre (9.32 mi) long complex of coastal wetlands in County Wicklow, Ireland. The main wetland is centred around Broad Lough immediately north of Wicklow town. Broad Lough is a large estuarine lake that is cut off from the Irish sea by a long, thin shingle ridge. Smaller, disconnected wetland areas such as the East Coast Nature Reserve and the Kicoole Marshes are also included in the complex. The Murrough Wetlands are the most extensive wetland area on the east coast of Ireland, and are an EU-designated Special Area of Conservation and Special Protection Area.

Habitats

• Annual vegetation of drift lines
• Perennial vegetation of stony banks
• Atlantic salt meadows
• Mediterranean salt meadows
• Calcareous fens with Cladium mariscus and species of the Caricion davallianae
• Alkaline fens

Bird species

See also

• List of Special Areas of Conservation in the Republic of Ireland
• List of Special Protection Areas in the Republic of Ireland