Mount Leinster

Mount Leinster
Stua Laighean
Mount Leinster with its transmission mast
Highest point
Elevation794.4 m (2,606 ft)[1]
Prominence706.42 m (2,317.7 ft)[1]
ListingCounty Top (Carlow and Wexford), P600, Marilyn, Hewitt
Geography
Mount Leinster is located in island of Ireland
Mount Leinster
Mount Leinster
Location in Ireland
LocationCounties Wexford and Carlow, Ireland
Parent rangeBlackstairs Mountains
OSI/OSNI gridS826525
Geology
Mountain typeGranite

Mount Leinster (Irish: Stua Laighean, pronounced [sˠt̪ˠuə ˈl̪ˠəinˠ]) is a 794-metre-high (2,605 ft) mountain in the Republic of Ireland. It straddles the border between Counties Carlow and Wexford, in the province of Leinster. It is the fifth-highest mountain in Leinster after Lugnaquilla 925 metres (3,035 ft), Mullaghcleevaun 849 metres (2,785 ft), Tonelagee 817 metres (2,680 ft), and Cloghernagh 800 metres (2,600 ft), and the highest of the Blackstairs Mountains. A 2RN transmission site tops the peak with a mast height of 122 metres (400 ft).

  1. ^ a b Mount Leinster, mountainviews.ie