Mount Leinster, Stua Laighean, Suidhe Laighean 794.4m mountain, Blackstairs Mountains N: Blackstairs North Carlow & Wexford Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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Blackstairs Mountains Area N: Blackstairs North Subarea

Place count in area: 13, OSI/LPS Maps: 68, EW-B, EW-B
Highest place:

Mount Leinster, 794.4m
Maximum height for area: 794.4 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 706.4 metres,

Places in area Blackstairs Mountains:
N: Blackstairs North:

Black Rock Mountain 599.6m

Mount Leinster 794.4m

Mount Leinster East Top 656.5m

Slievebawn 524.8m
S: Blackstairs South:

Blackstairs Mountain 732.1m

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.

Mount Leinster Mountain Stua Laighean A name in Irish, also Suidhe Laighean an extra EastWest name in Irish (Ir. Stua Laighean [OSI], 'prince or warrior of Leinster') County Highpoint of Carlow & Wexford and in Carlow/ Wexford Counties in Leinster Province, in County Highpoint, Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Pale, fine to coarse-grained granite Bedrock

Height: 794.4m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 68 Grid Reference: S82656 52533
Place visited by 832 members. Recently by: jjbireland700s, patman1974, tonibm, Macros42, oreills8, adgrenna, Aidan_Ennis, djay281, AnthonyJ, ciarraioch, DarrenY, claireod5, dodser, Glengirl, RosieMc
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Longitude: -6.780362, Latitude: 52.618157 , Easting: 282656, Northing: 152534 Prominence: 706.42m, Isolation: 1.8km, Has trig pillar
ITM: 682587 652578, GPS IDs, 6 char: MntLns, 10 char: MntLnstr
Bedrock type: Pale, fine to coarse-grained granite, (Blackstones Type 2 Equigranular Granite)

Mount Leinster is not the highest peak in the province of Leinster. That distinction belongs to Lugnaquillia, but Mount Leinster is the highest outside Wicklow. Due to the transmitter mast, there is a road to the top. There is also a substantial cairn on summit. On the saddle connecting to Slievebawn is a stone alignment called the Nine Stones (though there are actually ten). The Irish name Stua Laighean reflects the imagined personification of this noble peak as a prince or warrior standing in protection over the inhabitants of the plains below. Mount Leinster is the highest mountain in the Blackstairs Mountains area and the 47th highest in Ireland. Mount Leinster is the highest point in county Carlow and also the highest in Wexford.
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Private land blocks access from west

by dmisstear 29 May 2019

We decided to take the route up from Rathanna Bridge at the weekend. Unfortunately, at the end of the forest track is farmland with a “Private, No Entry” sign. With no other obvious route around the fields, we had to turn back and walk up from the 9 Stones car park instead (note: no dogs allowed on access road). Will hopefully be able to try the route up from the east next time. Lovely views at summit. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/44/comment/20539/

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		Some mapping: Open Street Map (Various variations used.)	British summit data courtesy: Database of British & Irish Hills (Creative Commons Licence)
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