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) in southern Leinster, is the second-highest mountain in the Blackstairs Mountains.The mountain stretches from Rathgeran to Gowlin at Cathaoirs Den


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