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Name:Mount Leinster [Stua Laighean]
Hill number:20038
Height:794.4m / 2606ft
RHB Section:54B: Waterford, Kilkenny, Carlow
County/UA:Carlow, Wexford
County (CoH):Carlow (CoH), Wexford (CoH)
Hill area:Blackstairs Mountains
Class:Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Hewitt, Historic County Top,
Current County/UA Top, Dillon, Vandeleur-Lynam, Arderin
(Ma,Hu,Sim,Hew,CoH,CoU,Dil,VL,A,P600,P500)
Grid ref:S 82658 52534
Summit feature:Ancient cairn 4m SSE of trig point
Drop:726m
Col:68m  S845685  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 68
Survey:Abney level/Trimble GeoXH 6000
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Notes:
  • Carlow historic county top
  • Wexford historic county top
  • Carlow current county/UA top
  • Wexford current county/UA top

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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 64 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
From Ninestiles car park to N. 2 hours drive from Dublin ferry. Locked gate then tarmac track steeply to aerial compound. Summit cairn with trig is 100 m away. Sheep pasture. Swirling cloud.Denise 20/06/2023
From the carpark. Easy up the access road to RTE mast. With Geraldine & Tiarnàn.Pete West29/05/2022
Walked from carpark at entrance to top. Access very slippy due to baked in snow. Day dry dry cold.Danny Devlin05/01/2022
Usual route from Nine Stones. Quick!IanHHill01/11/2021
Parked at the Nine Stones car park (IS 81709 54613) and took the aerial access road (tarmac) all the way up, as the road was closed to vehicles. Visited the trig in a ruined granite mound before descending by my outward route. 5.6km, with 360m of ascent. Solo.Man of Kernow112/10/2021
Route from Kieron Gribbon’s book Ireland’s county high points a three and half mile walk extended to take in the lower east top and taking three and half hours from the nine stones car park at the start of the access road at 81716 54606.WAYNE ROWLETT12/09/2021
See blog entry for list of Irish Hills done in 2018, further information and gpx download: https://dai186.wixsite.com/mountainnomad/post/emerald-isle-total-touroutlawcatcher24/10/2018
Nostalgic trip to the summit as the Blackstairs were the most noticeable & prominent mountains from my childhood days...when I always looked longingly across at them from my Grandmothers house! Perhaps my 3rd time to the summit so nice to officially record it now!Gerry the Ranger26/06/2017
From the car park up the tarmac road and return in 80 minutes. With GB.bolton08/09/2014
Nine Stones car park (S81716 54606) - Up RTE NL transmitter access road to ancient cairn & trig point. (PM)gerrybowes08/09/2014
PMG Walk 21simoburn09/04/2014
Part of Blackstair challenge walkFergalh20/05/2013
Great views, took the easy way up the mast access road. 40 mins from carpark.Roen25/10/2010
We went down to Borris for the Carlow Walking Festival. On saturday we did Walk B3 which took in the summit. Started at Rathanna, boggy at start and gentle but steep at top. Descended to 9 stones and up Slieve Bawn and down that. Beautiful but had a whiteAudi-Anne11/10/2008
Another RTE road to county top. Half an hour. Cracking viewnickywood121/05/2008
First visit to Ireland's interior. Very windy but beautiful!billthetiler02/05/2008
Park at the Nine Stones near the TV Transmitter Road and walk up the ridge rather than climb by the access road.Harry Goodman13/10/2007
fine summit despite mast, lovely view. park to E by locked gate, walk transmitter road RHW13/06/2004
What an unsighty mess the transmitter and fence are on this summitroscorrocket12/07/2001
Drove up TarmacRoad to TV Transmitter station at 790m height. Very short walk to trig point at the top. Cloud base 750m. Good views below the cloud. Paddy Dillon is right about the (6) Nine stones.andy12/08/1997
From the Nine Stonescormacg15/07/1970
RichardM20/06/2023
Crawford Lindsay14/05/2023
wintergreen14/05/2023
Sprog31/08/2022
Learykid22/03/2020
Onzy10/11/2017
interloper20/07/2017
Fletch20/07/2017
Martin R13/06/2017
David-Guenot20/05/2017
jaizinho15/04/2016
Barry Smith19/02/2014
Stonecold01/01/2013
luke123429/10/2012
davefh19/07/2011
richtea504020/03/2011
ajwxyzt20/03/2011
mae13/09/2010
Malbdes05/08/2010
jimbloomer10/06/2010
Kiltie10/06/2010
Halfdecent28/09/2008
veganvixen28/09/2008
neilsan25/08/2008
chalky195301/05/2008
Johnjoes10/02/2007
SDillmore14/05/2005
GaryJones01/10/2004
fasgadh19/09/2003