The Mourne Mountains (/mɔːrn/ MORN; Irish: Beanna Boirche), also called the Mournes or the Mountains of Mourne, are a granite mountain range in County...
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The lyrics to the song The Mountains of Mourne (originally spelt The Mountains o' Mourne) were written by Irish musician Percy French (1854–1920). The...
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The Mourne Wall (Irish: Balla an Mhúrn) was constructed to enclose a catchment area of the Silent Valley Reservoir in the Mourne Mountains, Northern Ireland...
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highest of the Mourne Mountains. Newcastle is known for its sandy beach, forests (Donard Forest and Tollymore Forest Park), and mountains. The town lies...
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Slieve Donard (category Mountains and hills of County Down)
the Mourne Mountains, it is near the town of Newcastle on the eastern coast of County Down, overlooking the Irish Sea. It is also the highest mountain in...
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Muckish Inishowen Slieve Snaght Loughermore* – County Londonderry Mourne Mountains* – County Down Slieve Bearnagh Slieve Binnian Slieve Commedagh Slieve...
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the song by Percy French, "The mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea", and the area around the granite Mourne Mountains continues to be known for its...
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Kilkeel (redirect from Mourne Independent Christian School)
terraced shops. It lies just south of the Mourne Mountains. Kilkeel town sits on a plain south of the Mourne Mountains, west of where the Kilkeel River flows...
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Belfast. Macassey selected the Mourne Mountains for the reasons summarised in a 1935 report: The portion of the Mourne Mountains acquired by the Commissioners...
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incomplete list of notable mountains on Earth, sorted by elevation in metres above sea level. For a complete list of mountains over 7200 m high, with at...
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Northern Ireland Mourne Mountains, located in County Down in the south-east of Northern Ireland Mourne Wall, built around the Mourne Mountains in Northern...
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Germany Ireland mountains MacGillycuddy's Reeks, Ireland Wicklow Mountains, Ireland Mourne Mountains, Northern Ireland Sperrin Mountains, Northern Ireland...
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Slieve Binnian (category Mountains and hills of County Down)
Binnian (from Irish Sliabh Binneáin, meaning 'mountain of the little peaks') is one of the Mourne Mountains in County Down, Northern Ireland, 9 km north...
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Armagh and large parts of County Down. It incorporates all of the Mourne Mountains and much of the Ring of Gullion, both designated as an Area of Outstanding...
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early settlers after Mourne Mountains in Northern Ireland. Rufus Reid (1787-1854) built the Mount Mourne Plantation in Mount Mourne in 1836. It is still...
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The Silent Valley Reservoir is a reservoir located in the Mourne Mountains near Kilkeel, County Down in Northern Ireland. It supplies most of the water...
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Lakeland Mountain Marathon (SLMM) - held in or near the Lake District in early July. The Mourne Mountain Marathon held in Mourne Mountains, County Down...
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Slieve Meelmore (category Mountains and hills of County Down)
Slieve Meelmore is a mountain in the Mourne Mountains. It is a popular hiking destination and is just under six miles (ten kilometres) east of the village...
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Millstone Mountain is a hill in the Mourne Mountains in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is the most easterly peak in the Mournes and, along with Thomas...
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uplands in the Sperrin Mountains (an extension of the Caledonian mountain belt) with extensive gold deposits, the granite Mourne Mountains and the basalt Antrim...
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Ireland at the foot of the Mourne Mountains. Annalong is in the civil parish of Kilkeel, the barony of Mourne, and the Newry and Mourne District Council area...
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Scafell Pike (category Mountains under 1000 metres)
view, ranging from the Mourne Mountains in Northern Ireland to Snowdonia in Wales. On a clear day, the following prominent mountain tops (Marilyns) can be...
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the Mourne and Slieve Croob Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It covers an area of 630 hectares (1,600 acres) at the foot of the Mourne Mountains and...
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shore is County Down, the Mourne Mountains, and the town of Warrenpoint; on its southern shore is County Louth, the Cooley Mountains and the village of Carlingford...
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is at the foot of Slieve Donard, the highest mountain in Northern Ireland, part of the Mourne Mountains. It is owned and run by Down District Council...
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Spelga (Irish: Speilgeach, meaning 'abounding in pointed rocks') in the Mourne Mountains of County Down, Northern Ireland. It was formed by the Spelga Dam and...
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(Cumbrian Mountains), 978 metres (3,209 ft) Northern Ireland: Slieve Donard (Mourne Mountains), 852 metres (2,795 ft) The ranges of mountains and hills...
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Moneydorragh More Moneydorragh More Upper Mourne Mountains East Mourne Mountains Middle Mourne Mountains West Mourne Park (also known as Ballyrogan) Moyad...
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United Kingdom Eagle Mountain, Down, a 638 m peak in the Mourne Mountains, County Down, Northern Ireland United States Eagle Mountain, summit in Polk County...
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County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies between the Mourne Mountains and Carlingford Lough, in the Mourne Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The first trees...
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