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Slieve Donard
/ sliːv ˈdɒnɑːd /
noun
- a mountain in SE Northern Ireland, in the Mourne Mountains: highest peak in Northern Ireland. Height: 853 m (2798 ft)
Example Sentences
Similar walks are also taking place on the UK’s other highest peaks – Scafell Pike, Ben Nevis and Slieve Donard.
A veterans’ charity will also light one at the top of Slieve Donard to coincide with commemorations at the UK’s other highest peaks.
Organizers hoped flames would be visible on the four highest peaks in the United Kingdom, as climbers with gas-fueled braziers ascended to the top of Ben Nevis in Scotland, Scafell Pike in England, Mount Snowdon in Wales and Slieve Donard in Northern Ireland.
Wounded servicemen and women will climb Slieve Donard to light a beacon at the top of Northern Ireland's highest mountain.
The devastation from a deliberately-started fire can still be seen on the slopes of Slieve Donard, a year after the flames took hold.
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