Croaghgorm
Croaghgorm | |
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Cruach Ghorm | |
Hewitt | |
Coordinates | 54°45′15″N 8°04′52″W / 54.754171°N 8.081031°W |
Naming | |
English translation | blue stack |
Language of name | Irish |
Geography | |
Location | Bluestack Mountains |
OSI/OSNI grid | G948895 |
Croaghgorm or Bluestack (from Irish an Chruach Gorm, meaning "the blue stack")[1] is a 674-metre (2,211 ft) mountain in County Donegal, Ireland. It is the highest of the Blue Stack Mountains (or Croaghgorms) and the third-highest mountain in County Donegal.[1]
On 31 January 1944, during World War II, a Royal Air Force (RAF) Sunderland plane crashed on the mountain. Seven RAF crewmen from 228 Squadron were killed. Wreckage from the plane can still be seen on the mountain's slopes. A memorial plaque was unveiled in 1988.[1]
See also
- List of mountains in Ireland
References
- ^ a b c d e Croaghgorm MountainViews. Retrieved: 2013-03-19.
- ^ Peakbagger