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Mourne Mountains
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Mourne Mountains (môrn), in Down, Newry, and Mourne dists., SE Northern Ireland. Slieve Donard (2,796 ft/852 m) is the highest peak in Northern Ireland. The district is barren and sparsely populated; there are ruins of sacked castles. Granite and sand and gravel are quarried. Belfast receives its main water supply from the mountains.


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Mr Jones also made an address, which he ended by singing Percy French's Mountains of Mourne.
Nestling at the foot of the mountains of Mourne, the 4* Slieve Donard Resort and Spa stands between the golden beach of Newcastle on one side and the Royal County Down golf course on the other.
While you are in Northern Ireland, you might also like to see Antrim Coast Road (County Antrim), Glens of Antrim (County Antrim), Fermanagh Lakes (County Fermanagh) and Mountains of Mourne (County Down).
 
 
 
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