Slieve Donard
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Slieve Donard is the highest mountain in Northern Ireland, the highest in Ulster, and the seventh-highest in Ireland, with a height of 850 metres. The tallest of the Mourne Mountains, it is near the t
Slieve Donard and Newcastle
One of the summit cairns in 2009
The Mourne Wall and the stone tower at the summit
Slieve Donard seen from Port William, Scotland, across the Mull of Galloway (about 105 km)
Newcastle, County Down
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Newcastle is a small seaside resort town in County Down, Northern Ireland, which had a population of 8,298 at the 2021 Census. It lies by the Irish Sea at the foot of Slieve Donard, the highest of the
Slieve Donard
…in Ulster, and the seventh-highest in Ireland, with a height of 850 metres (2,790 ft). The tallest of 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 tallest mountain in the northern half of Ireland. The Mourne Wall – built…
Newcastle from the beach, with Slieve Donard in the background
A photochrom print of Newcastle in the 1890s
View from main street in Newcastle towards Slieve Donard, the highest peak of the Mourne Mountains.
Newcastle from Donard Forest, with Murlough Nature Reserve beyond