Blackstairs Mountain

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Blackstairs Mountain
An Staighre Dubh
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Blackstairs Mountain
Highest point
Elevation 735 m (2,411 ft)
Listing Marilyn
Coordinates 52°32′59″N6°48′22″W / 52.549706°N 6.806197°W / 52.549706; -6.806197
Naming
Language of name Irish
Geography
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Blackstairs Mountain
Location in Ireland
Location County Carlow, County Wexford, Ireland
Parent range Blackstairs Mountains
OSI/OSNI grid S810448
Topo map OSi Discovery 68

Blackstairs Mountain (Irish : An Staighre Dubh) is the second-highest mountain in the Blackstairs Mountains of southern Leinster in the Republic of Ireland. The mountain stretches from Rathgeran to Gowlin at Cathaoirs Den. The mountain is an assembly site for the feast of Lughnasa, known here as mountain Sunday. [1]

See also

References

  1. Meehan, Cary (2004). Sacred Ireland. Somerset: Gothic Image Publications. p. 330. ISBN   0 906362 43 1.