Gravale, Mountain summit in County Wicklow, Ireland.

Gravale is a 718-metre summit in the middle sector of the Wicklow Mountains, County Wicklow, on a north-east to south-west boggy ridge running from Sally Gap through Carrigvore to Gravale and on to Duff Hill. Its prominence is 123 metres, and the ridge forms the central spine of the range.

Gravale takes its name from the Irish Droibhéal, "difficult passage". Paul Tempan notes that Eoin MacNeill, writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, linked the mountain's name to "Drobeóil" in the Metrical Dindshenchas. Estate maps of the area record the col between Gravale and Duff Hill as "Lavarna" or "Lavarnia", from Irish Leath-Bhearna, "half-gap", probably a hard trail from the Blessington lakes to Lough Dan.

The name Gravale comes from the Irish Droibhéal, "difficult passage". Paul Tempan notes that Eoin MacNeill, writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, linked it to the Drobeóil of the Metrical Dindshenchas. Historical estate maps give the col toward Duff Hill as Lavarna, from Leath-Bhearna, "half-gap", a hard trail from the Blessington lakes to Lough Dan.

The most direct route starts at Sally Gap and passes through Carrigvore, taking about one and a half hours of hiking. Bring proper hiking boots and weatherproof clothing, as conditions on the exposed summit can change quickly.

Gravale's Irish name, Droibhéal, means "difficult passage". The historian Eoin MacNeill, writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, linked it to "Drobeóil" in the Metrical Dindshenchas. Old estate maps name the col between Gravale and Duff Hill "Lavarna", from Leath-Bhearna, "half-gap", likely a hard trail from the Blessington lakes to Lough Dan.