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'''Slieve Donard''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|s|l|iː|v|_|ˈ|d|ɒ|n|ər|d}} {{respell|SLEEV|_|DON|ərd}}; {{Irish derived place name|Sliabh Dónairt|Dónairt's mountain}})<ref>[http://www.logainm.ie/130175.aspx Placenames Database of Ireland]</ref> is the highest [[mountain]] in [[Northern Ireland]] and the wider [[Provinces of Ireland|province]] of [[Ulster]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.highpointireland.com/province-high-points|title=Ireland's Province High Points|publisher=High Point Ireland|date=2015}}</ref>, with a height of {{convert|850|m}}.<ref name="mountainviews"/><ref name="OSI"/><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.irishscientist.ie/2004/contents.asp?contentxml=04isp45b.xml&contentxsl=is04pages.xsl |title = Measuring the height of Slieve Donard |accessdate = 21 June 2008 |author = Ken Stewart |year = 2004 |work = 2004 Year Book |quote = This final calculation gives a measured height for Slieve Donard of 849.14m above MSL Belfast, and is estimated to be correct to better than 5cm. |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119233723/http://www.irishscientist.ie/2004/contents.asp?contentxml=04isp45b.xml&contentxsl=is04pages.xsl |archivedate=19 November 2007}}</ref>
The [[Mourne Wall]] – built in the early 20th century – runs up the western and southern slopes of the mountain, joining a small stone tower at the summit. Also on the summit are the remains of two ancient burial [[cairn]]s, one of which is the remains of the highest known [[passage grave|passage tomb]] in Ireland. In [[Irish mythology]] the mountain was associated with the mythical figures Boirche and Slángha. It was later associated with, and named after, Saint Donard, who was said to have made the summit his [[hermitage (religious retreat)|hermitage]]. Up until the 1830s, people would climb the mountain as part of a yearly pilgrimage, which may have originally been a [[Lughnasadh]] (harvest) ritual. [[Royal Engineers]] camped on the summit for four months in 1826 as part of the [[Ordnance Survey]]'s [[Principal Triangulation of Great Britain|Principal Triangulation]].
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