The Blue Stack Mountains or Bluestack Mountains, also called the Croaghgorms (), are the major mountain range in the south of
County Donegal
County Donegal ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county of the Republic of Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is the northernmost county of Ireland. The county mostly borders Northern Ireland, sharing only a small b ...
, Ireland. They provide a barrier between the south of the county, such as
Donegal Town
Donegal ( ; , "fort of the foreigners") is a town in County Donegal in Ulster, the northern Provinces of Ireland, province in Ireland. Although Donegal gave its name to the county, now Lifford is the county town. From the 15th until the early 1 ...
and
Ballyshannon
Ballyshannon () is a town in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located at the southern end of the county where the N3 road (Ireland), N3 from Dublin ends and the N15 road (Ireland), N15 crosses the River Erne. The town was inc ...
, and the towns to the north and west such as
Dungloe and
Letterkenny. The road between the two parts of the county goes through the
Barnesmore Gap.
The highest mountain in the range is
Croaghgorm, which is high. Nearby summits include Ardnageer (, Croaghanirwore (), Croaghbarnes (), Croaghblane (), Croaghnageer (), Croveenananta (), Gaugin Mountain (), Lacroagh (), Lavagh More () and Lavagh Beg ().
Croaghgorm
MountainViews. Retrieved: 2013-03-19. Silver Hill (), is the smallest mountain in Ireland to meet the 600 m threshold for a Simms classification.
Gallery
File:Eglish Valley - geograph.org.uk - 1418132.jpg, Eglish Valley
File:Binnasruell, Croaghgorm - geograph.org.uk - 954574.jpg, alt=Binnasruell in the Croaghgorms, Binnasruell
File:Donegal and Sligo from the International Space Station 2013-03-17.jpg, alt=The Blue Stacks from earth orbit, The Blue Stacks from earth orbit (top right)
References
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Mountains and hills of County Donegal
Gaeltacht places in County Donegal
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