Blackstairs Mountain

Blackstairs Mountain
An Staighre Dubh
Blackstairs Mountain
Highest point
Elevation735 m (2,411 ft)
ListingMarilyn
Coordinates52°32′59″N 6°48′22″W / 52.549706°N 6.806197°W / 52.549706; -6.806197
Naming
Language of nameIrish
Geography
Blackstairs Mountain
Location in Ireland
LocationCounty Carlow, County Wexford, Ireland
Parent rangeBlackstairs Mountains
OSI/OSNI gridS810448
Topo mapOSi 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.