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In April 2006, a man was killed on Slieve Donard after being struck by lightning. A brass plaque on the summit commemorates him. [34] In April 2021 there was a major gorse fire on the eastern slopes of Slieve Donard, devastating the habitat and badly affecting wildlife in the area. [35] The fire was extinguished after three days.
It lies by the Irish Sea at the foot of Slieve Donard, the highest of the Mourne Mountains. Newcastle is known for its sandy beach, forests (Donard Forest and Tollymore Forest Park), and mountains. The town lies within the Newry, Mourne and Down District. The town aims to promote itself as the "activity resort" for Northern Ireland.
TSS Slieve Donard was a steam turbine passenger and cargo vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1921 to 1923, and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway from 1923 to 1948. [ 1 ]
As of Saturday evening, the Palisades fire was 11% contained and the Eaton fire, which devastated much of Altadena and is now burning mostly in the San Gabriel Mountains, was 15% contained. On ...
PS Slieve Donard was a United Kingdom passenger paddle steamer that in different periods of her history was also called PS Albion and HMS Albyn. Albion is the name she bore the longest and may be the one by which she is better known in England. Slieve Donard was her original name and the one by which she will be best known on the island of Ireland.
Slieve Commedagh (from Irish Sliabh Coimhéadach, meaning 'the guarding/watching mountain') [3] [4] is a mountain with a height of 767 m (2,516 ft) in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is the second-highest of the Mourne Mountains , after Slieve Donard , [ 1 ] and the second-highest mountain in Northern Ireland.
The Eaton Fire has burned 13,690 acres as of early Friday. Firefighters have yet to contain the blaze. The couple grabbed a few personal belongings and their two dogs before evacuating their home.
Following a fundraising drive in 1993, the National Trust purchased nearly 5.3 km 2 (1,300 acres) of land in the Mournes, which included a part of Slieve Donard (at 850 m (2,790 ft)) and nearby Slieve Commedagh (at 767 m (2,516 ft)), the second-highest mountain in the area. [47]