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Knockmealdown Mountains
Path leading to the peak of Knockmealdown, in the Knockmealdown Mountains, County Tipperary, Ire.
Knockmealdown Mountains
mountain range, Ireland
Knockmealdown Mountains, mountain range on the border of southern County Tipperary and western County Waterford, Ireland. Formed of Devonian sandstones, and with an east-west trend, the Knockmealdowns have seven peaks with elevations higher than 2,000 feet (610 metres), the highest being Knockmealdown (2,609 feet [795 metres]). There is a very steep slope to the River Tar on the mountains’ north side, and the Caher-Lismore road crosses the range via the Gap at 1,114 feet (340 metres).
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