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Mourne Mountains Area   E: Donard Subarea
Place count in area: 59, OSI/LPS Maps: 20, 29, EW-CLY 
Highest place: Slieve Donard, 849m
Maximum height for area: 849 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 821 metres,

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Slieve Donard Mountain Sliabh Dónairt A name in Irish (Ir. Sliabh Dónairt [PNNI], 'mountain of (St.) Domhangart') County Highpoint of Down in NI and in Ulster Province, in County Highpoint, Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Granite granophyre Bedrock

Height: 849m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 29 Grid Reference: J35796 27690
Place visited by 1570 members. Recently by: patrickcampbel76, Jimmel357, ektich, LiamGalway, Maire_Ann, ryanguinness10, NomisAstro, martinmccrea, jmdsk, Rosdonohoe, jennycoo, Miriamowens, gunningp, PaulC93, Beeman
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Longitude: -5.920976, Latitude: 54.180221 , Easting: 335796, Northing: 327690 Prominence: 821m,  Isolation: 1km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 735710 827693,   GPS IDs, 6 char: SlvDnr, 10 char: SlvDnrd
Bedrock type: Granite granophyre, (Mourne Mountains granite)

Slieve Donard is the highest mountain in Northern Ireland and in 9-county Ulster. St. Domhangart (modern form Dónart), a contemporary of St. Patrick, founded a monastery at Maghera north of Newcastle. According to tradition he was appointed by St. Patrick to guard the surrounding countryside from the summit of Slieve Donard. He is supposed not to have died, but to be a 'perpetual guardian' (see MacNeill, 84-96). In pagan times this mountain was known as Sliabh Slainge. Slainge, the son of Partholon, was the first physician in Ireland. According to the Annals of the Four Masters, he died in Anno Mundi 2533 (2533 years after the creation of the world according to Irish mythology) and was buried here in a cairn. On the top of Slieve Donard there are two cairns, one on the very summit and the other, called the 'Lesser Cairn', on the Ordnance Survey maps, some eight hundred feet to the north-east. Both of them have been much disturbed. The Summit Cairn has been tampered with by sappers and water commissioners: the Lesser cairn has small piles of stones about it, but it is difficult to say whether these are ancient structures or just re-arrangements by modern hands. Dr. Estyn Evans, who calls the Summit Cairn 'the oldest mark of man in the Mournes', says that it is a 'corbelled passage grave of the early Bronze Age.' The Lesser Cairn, he points out, is visible from the sandhills of the shore, although the Summit Cairn is not (MacNeill, 85).   Slieve Donard is the highest mountain in the Mourne Mountains area and the 19th highest in Ireland. Slieve Donard is the highest point in county Down.
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Donard and the Castles taken from the Brandy Pad .. by shippy   (Show all for Slieve Donard (Sliabh Dónairt))
 
Of the walks i've done in the mournes, donard pro .. by ghmcbride   (Show all for Slieve Donard (Sliabh Dónairt))
 
My first Mourne climb, but not my last, the views .. by KenG   (Show all for Slieve Donard (Sliabh Dónairt))
 
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highflier on Slieve Donard, 2005
by highflier  1 Jul 2005
Wanted to come and say hello to KenG from your helicopter wavers (and no silly we weren't asking you to get out of the way - just being smart!!) Well to fill you in the 15th May was my dad's 69th Birthday and we were all in training to complete the Four peaks challenge for Focus Ireland and the heli trip was a birthday presey for dear old Dad!!! Anyway Four fabulous Peaks and some significant fund raising later - we are totally hooked on mountain walks. (our 69 year old put us all to shame) We have since revisited Carrantouhil, Meelrea, Slieve Donard and Lugnaquilla. Next outing 12th July - the tour of the 12 Bens. Happy Climbing!! Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/19/comment/1779/
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On a beautiful clear day in mid September 2006 fi .. by mneary34   (Show all for Slieve Donard (Sliabh Dónairt))
 
Climbed from the Donard car park on a Saturday, w .. by murphysw   (Show all for Slieve Donard (Sliabh Dónairt))
 
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