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Slieve Croob - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 54°20′24″N 5°58′25″W / 54.340088°N 5.973671°W

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Slieve Croob
Sliabh Crúibe
Slieve Croob from the north
Highest point
Elevation	534 m (1,752 ft)
Prominence	439 m (1,440 ft)
Listing	Marilyn
Coordinates	54°20′24″N 5°58′25″W / 54.340088°N 5.973671°W / 54.340088; -5.973671
Naming
English translation	mountain of the hoof
Language of name	Irish
Geography
Slieve Croob shown within Northern Ireland
Location	County Down, Northern Ireland
Parent range	Dromara Hills
OSI/OSNI grid	J318453

Slieve Croob (from Irish Sliabh Crúibe 'mountain of the hoof')^[1] is a mountain with a height of 534 metres (1,752 ft)^[2] in the middle of County Down, Northern Ireland. It is the heart of a mountainous area, the Dromara Hills, north of the Mourne Mountains. It is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is the source of the River Lagan. There is a small road to the summit, where there is an ancient burial cairn and several transmitter stations with radio masts. It has wide views over all of County Down and further afield. The Dromara Hills also includes Slievenisky, Cratlieve, Slievegarran and Slievenaboley.

Slieve Croob may have been the mountain named Brí Erigi or Brí Airige in medieval writings.^[3] The cairn on its summit is believed to be the remains of an ancient burial mound, possibly of a passage tomb like the one on Slieve Gullion.^[4] In the 19th century it was recorded to be 77 yards (70 m) around and 18 yards (16 m) in "conical height", with forty-two "pillar stones" or kerbstones around the edge.^[5] The cairn would have had a well-defined shape when it was built. Still, over time it has slipped and been damaged by visitors. Irish folklore holds that it is bad luck to damage such cairns.^[6]^[7] Some of its stones have been piled into smaller cairns on top of it,^[4] which led to the summit being nicknamed 'The Twelve Cairns'.^[3] Traditionally, people would gather on the summit at Lughnasadh where they would add a stone to one of the cairns. They would collect and eat bilberries and there would be folk music, dancing and games.^[8]

Local people still climb the mountain on the first Sunday in August (referred to as Cairn Sunday or Blaeberry Sunday), and carry a stone up the mountain to help bury the twelve Kings, who are said to be buried at the top.^[9]

Legannany Dolmen sits on the southern slopes of Slieve Croob near the village of Leitrim.^[10]

Gallery

Slieve Croob from Slievenisky
Slieve Croob from the west, covered with patches of snow
The summit, looking towards the Mournes
Communications towers on Slieve Croob

References

^ Mills, A. D. (2003). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-960908-6. Retrieved 20 January 2009.
^ "Slieve Croob at MountainViews.ie". Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b Slieve Croob at Place Names NI Archived 2020-09-30 at the Wayback Machine.
^ ^a ^b Moore, Sam (2012). The Archaeology of Slieve Donard: a Cultural Biography of Ulster's Highest Mountain. Down County Museum. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-9567278-6-2. Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
^ Philip Dixon Hardy. The Northern Tourist; Or, Stranger's Guide to the North and North West of Ireland. Curry, 1830. p.70
^ Sarah Champion & Gabriel Cooney. "Chapter 13: Naming the Places, Naming the Stones". Archaeology and Folklore. Routledge, 2005. p.193
^ Doherty, Gillian. The Irish Ordnance Survey: History, Culture and Memory. Four Courts Press, 2004. p.89
^ Moore, Sam (2012). The Archaeology of Slieve Donard: a Cultural Biography of Ulster's Highest Mountain. Down County Museum. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-9567278-6-2. Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
^ "Twelve Kings Challenge SUNDAY 16th JUNE 2019 starting at 09:30".
^ "Banbridge". Travel Now. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2007.

v t e Mountains and hills of Ulster
Lists of mountains in Ireland
Antrim Hills	Slemish Tievebulliagh Scawt Hill Trostan
Belfast Hills	Black Mountain Cavehill Carnmoney Divis Slieve True
Blue Stacks	Croaghgorm
Derryveagh	Seven Sisters Aghla Beg Aghla More Ardloughnabrackbaddy Crocknalaragagh Errigal Mackoght Muckish
Inishowen	Slieve Snaght Raghtin More
Keenaght Hills	Binevenagh Donald's Hill Loughermore
Mournes	Ben Crom Slieve Bearnagh Slieve Beg Slieve Binnian Slieve Commedagh Slieve Corragh Slieve Croob Slieve Donard Slievelamagan Slieve Muck
Sperrins	Benbradagh Mullaghcarn Mullaghmore Sawel Slieve Gallion
Southwest Donegal	Slieve League
Others	Belmore Mountain Benaughlin Cuilcagh Fair Head Knock Iveagh Slieve Beagh Slieve Gullion Slieve Rushen

v t e Places in County Down
List of places in County Down
Cities	Bangor Belfast (part) Lisburn (part) Newry (part)
Towns	Ballynahinch Banbridge Carryduff Comber Donaghadee Downpatrick Dromore Dundonald Holywood Kilkeel Newcastle Newtownards Warrenpoint
Villages and townlands	Annahilt Annalong Annsborough Ardglass Attical Aughnacloy Ballela Balloo Ballybannan Ballydargan Ballygowan Ballyhalbert Ballyhay Ballyholme Ballyhornan Ballykinler Ballylesson Ballylough Ballymacmaine Ballymartin Ballynagarrick Ballynahatty Ballynoe Ballyskeagh Ballywalter Benraw Blackskull Bleary Braniel Bryansford Burren Cabra Carnalea Carrowdore Castlewellan Clandeboye Cloghy Clough Conlig Corbet Crawfordsburn Cregagh Crossgar Cultra Derryneill Dollingstown Donaghcloney Dromara Drumaness Drumbeg Drumbo Drumlough, Hillsborough Drumlough, Rathfriland Dundrum Dunnaval Edenderry Gamblestown Gilford Gilnahirk Gransha Greencastle Greyabbey Groomsport Helen's Bay Hillhall Hillsborough Hilltown Katesbridge Kilcoo Kilcooley Killinchy Killinure Killough Killowen Killyleagh Kinallen Kircubbin Lawrencetown Legacurry Legananny Leitrim Lenaderg Loughbrickland Loughinisland Lurganare Lurganville Magheraconluce Magheralin Mayobridge Maze Millisle Moira Moneyreagh Moneyslane Monteith Newtownbreda Portaferry Portavogie Poyntzpass Rathfriland Ravernet Ringhaddy Rostrevor Saintfield Saul Scarva Seaforde Seahill Sheeptown Shrigley Spa Strangford Struell Temple Tievenadarragh Tullylish Tullynakill Waringsford Waringstown Whiterock
Landforms	Ards Peninsula Burr Point Carlingford Lough Cloughmore Copeland Islands Cranfield Point Lecale peninsula Lough Island Reavy Mournes St. John's Point Slieve Croob Strangford Lough Islands of County Down
Baronies	Ards Lower Ards Upper Castlereagh Lower Castlereagh Upper Dufferin Iveagh Lower Iveagh Upper Kinelarty Lecale Lower Lecale Upper Lordship of Newry Mourne
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