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Maximum height for area: 795 metres, Summits in area: 11, Maximum prominence for area: 707 metres, OSI/LPS Maps: 68 For all tops
Highest summit: Mount Leinster, 795m
Blackstairs MountainMountainNa Staighrí Dubha A name in Irish (Ir. na Staighrí Dubha [GE], 'the black stairs')Carlow/ WexfordCountyIn Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam Lists
Height:735mOS 1:50k Mapsheet: 68Grid Reference: S81059 44833This summit has been logged as climbed by 184 members I have climbed this summit: NO (You need to be a logged-in member to change this.)
Caher Roe's Den is a cave on the SW ridge of this peak. A jutting pinnacle at this place is called Sthurra [MacNeill, 225]. Caher Roe's Den is named after Cathaoir na gCapall of the O’Dempsey family from Laois. After he was dispossessed, he turned
Blackstairs Mountain is the second highest mountain in the Blackstairs Mountains area and the 85th highest in Ireland. Blackstairs Mountain is the second highest point in county Carlow and also the second highest in Wexford. Trackback: http://mountainviews.ie/summit/85/