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Blackstairs Mountain | |
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An Staighre Dubh | |
![]() 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 |
Naming | |
Language of name | Irish |
Geography | |
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]