The first section of the Way - from Marlay Park to Luggala - was opened by Jim Tunney, T. D., Minister of State for Education on 15 August 1980. The second section - from Luggala to Moyne - was opened by Michael Keating, T. D., Minister of State for Education on 27 September 1981. The final stretch as far as Clonegal was completed in 1982. The Irish name of the Wicklow Way - ' - is not a literal translation but means New Cuala Way, a reference to the ', one of five ancient routes that radiated from the Hill of Tara that ran through the land of Cuala (modern-day Wicklow).