Table Mountain
Flat summit of Table Mountain
Highest point
Elevation702 m (2,303 ft)[1]
Prominence16 m (52 ft)[1]
ListingArderin Beg, Vandeleur-Lynam
Coordinates53°01′02″N 6°28′54″W / 53.01716°N 6.481634°W / 53.01716; -6.481634
Geography
Table Mountain is located in island of Ireland
Table Mountain
Table Mountain
Location in Ireland
LocationWicklow, Ireland
Parent rangeWicklow Mountains
OSI/OSNI gridT019972[1]
Topo mapOSi Discovery 56
Geology
Mountain typeGranite with microcline phenocrysts[1]

Table Mountain is a 702-metre (2,303 ft) peak in the southern section of the Wicklow Mountains range in Ireland. With a prominence of only 16 metres (52 ft), it is only listed in a few of the recognised categories of mountains in Ireland; it is the 110th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam Irish scale.[2][3] Table Mountain is at the apex of a horseshoe-shaped "boggy" massif with its larger neighbours, Camenabologue 758 metres (2,487 ft) and Conavalla 734 metres (2,408 ft) that sit at the head of the Glenmalure valley; all three peaks lie close to the "central spine" of the range as it runs from Kippure in the north, to Lugnaquillia in the south.[3][4] There is no recorded Irish language name for Table Mountain, and it has no connection with Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa.[5]

Plane crash

On the afternoon of 7 March 1957, between 12:30 and 12:45pm, a Percival Provost training plane crashed into the slopes of Table Mountain in thick fog resulting in the death of its pilot, an Irish Air Corps lieutenant.[6] The pilot was 21-year-old Patrick L. O'Connor, of Clooneyquin, Castlerea, County Roscommon.[6] The plane had left Baldonnel Aerodrome, Dublin at 11:15am that morning for an intended training flight over the counties of Offaly and Wicklow, but was believed to have lost contact with the control tower shortly after departure.[6] The explosion was heard by forestry workers on nearby Conavalla Mountain who rushed to assist and were able to raise the alarm.[6] Parts of the aircraft, which were scattered over an area of 80 yards, still remained on the slopes of the mountain as of 2010.[7]

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References

  1. ^ a b c d "Table Mountain". MountainViews Online Database. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  2. ^ Simon Stewart (October 2018). "Vandeleur-Lynams: Irish mountains of 600+m with a prominence of 15m". MountainViews Online Database.
  3. ^ a b Mountainviews, (September 2013), "A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins", Collins Books, Cork, ISBN 978-1-84889-164-7
  4. ^ Dillion, Paddy (1993). The Mountains of Ireland: A Guide to Walking the Summits. Cicerone. ISBN 978-1852841102. Walk 10: Ballineddan Mountain, Slievemaan, Lugnaquillia, Camenabologue East Top, Camenabologue, Table Mountain, Lobawn
  5. ^ Paul Tempan (February 2012). "Irish Hill and Mountain Names" (PDF). MountainViews.ie.
  6. ^ a b c d (staff writer) (8 March 1957). "Air Corps Pilot Dies in Plane Crash". The Irish Times.
  7. ^ "Table Mountain (Sliabh an Tábla)". mountainviews.ie. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

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