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Maximum height for area: 527 metres, Summits in area: 10, Maximum prominence for area: 420 metres, OSI/LPS Maps: 54 For all tops
Highest summit: Arderin, 527m
ArderinMountainArd Eireann A name in Irish (Ir. Ard Éireann [logainm.ie], 'the height of Ireland' or 'Eriu’s height')County Highpoint of Laois & OffalyIn County Highpoint, Arderin Lists
Height:527mOS 1:50k Mapsheet: 54Grid Reference: S23248 98904This summit has been logged as climbed by 150 members I have climbed this summit: NO (You need to be a logged-in member to change this.)
See Máire MacNeill, 'The Festival of Lughnasa' (pp. 221-25) for details of the festive assembly on 'Height Sunday' on Arderin.
Arderin is the highest mountain in the Slieve Bloom area and the 401st highest in Ireland. Arderin is the highest point in county Laois and also the highest in Offaly. Trackback: http://mountainviews.ie/summit/399/