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Mourne Mountains

/ mɔːn /

plural noun

  1. a mountain range in SE Northern Ireland. Highest peak: Slieve Donard, 853 m (2798 ft)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

The ancient name of the Mourne mountains was the Beanna Boirche.

The place is pleasantly situated by the sea and presided over by the Mourne Mountains.

Only noted from the Mourne Mountains in the north-east of Ireland, but probably to be found in other parts of that country.

They were called the Mourne mountains from being in a territory anciently called Crioch Mughorna.

The Mourne Mountains to the north and the lesser summits on the southern sky-line were hidden by the trees.

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