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Mount Leinster
| Mount Leinster | |
|---|---|
| Stua Laighean | |
 Mount Leinster with its transmission mast | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 794.4 m (2,606 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 706.42 m (2,317.7 ft)[1] |
| Listing | County Top (Carlow and Wexford), P600, Marilyn, Hewitt |
| Geography | |
  Mount Leinster Location in Ireland | |
| Location | Counties Wexford and Carlow, Ireland |
| Parent range | Blackstairs Mountains |
| OSI/OSNI grid | S826525 |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Granite |
Mount Leinster (Irish: Stua Laighean, pronounced [sˠt̪ˠuə ˈl̪ˠəinˠ]) is a 794-metre-high (2,605 ft) mountain in the Republic of Ireland. It straddles the border between Counties Carlow and Wexford, in the province of Leinster. It is the fifth-highest mountain in Leinster after Lugnaquilla 925 metres (3,035 ft), Mullaghcleevaun 849 metres (2,785 ft), Tonelagee 817 metres (2,680 ft), and Cloghernagh 800 metres (2,600 ft), and the highest of the Blackstairs Mountains. A 2RN transmission site tops the peak with a mast height of 122 metres (400 ft).
- ^ a b Mount Leinster, mountainviews.ie
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