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{{short description|Mountain in Ireland}}
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{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mullaghanish
| photo = Mullaghanish from Foilanomera.jpg
| photo_caption = Transmitter masts at Mullaghanish
| elevation_m = 649
| elevation_ref =<ref name=mviews>{{cite web |url=http://mountainviews.ie/summit/199/ |title=Mullaghanish |publisher=MountainViews.ie |accessdate=7 January 2017}}</ref>
| prominence_m = 264
| prominence_ref =<ref name=mviews />
| listing = [[Marilyn (hill)|Marilyn]], [[Hewitt (hill)|Hewitt]]
| native_name = {{Native name|ga|Mullach an Ois|paren=omit}}
| translation = summit of the deer
| language = [[Irish language|Irish]]
| location = [[County Cork]] and [[County Kerry]], Ireland
| range = [[Derrynasaggart Mountains]]
| coordinates = {{Coord|51.983393|-9.144209|display=title,inline}}
| grid_ref_Ireland = W214817
| map = island of Ireland
| map_relief = yes 
| map_caption =Location in Ireland
| topo = [[Ordnance Survey of Ireland|OSi]] ''Discovery'' 79
| easiest_route = 
}}
'''Mullaghanish''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|m|ʌ|l|ɪ|ɡ|ən|ˈ|ɪ|ʃ}}; {{langx|ga|Mullach an Ois}}) is a 649 m high mountain in the [[Derrynasaggart Mountains|Derrynasaggart range]], located just northeast of [[Ballyvourney]] in [[County Cork]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].

==Transmission site==
This site is home to one of [[RTÉ Television|Telefís Éireann's]] original five main television transmitters. Coming on air in December 1962, initially on low power, it was in full operation by September 1963 with a [[625-line]] VHF service for the Southwest of Ireland, namely counties [[County Cork|Cork]], [[County Kerry|Kerry]] and [[County Limerick|Limerick]]. Today it is owned and operated by [[RTÉ Network Limited|2RN]] a subsidiary of [[RTÉ]]. In 2009 in preparation for the transmission of digital terrestrial television ([[Digital terrestrial television|DTT]]), a new mast was erected at Mullaghanish with a height of 225m, making it the tallest television transmitter in Ireland, the original 170m mast was subsequently removed. Analogue television transmissions from this site ended on 24 October 2012, and the national [[Digital terrestrial television|DTT]] service, [[Saorview]], is now broadcast from Mullaghanish at an [[Effective radiated power|ERP]] of 200&nbsp;kW, making this the most powerful television transmitter in all of Ireland, a distinction formerly attributed to the [[Cairn Hill transmission site|Cairn Hill]] (analogue) transmitter in County Longford.

As well as digital television, six national FM radio services are broadcast from the site, all using vertical polarisation. Local station, Radio Kerry, is broadcast from a directional antenna pointing west, into its target service area of [[County Kerry]], and [[Newstalk]] is broadcast in mono.

The Mullaghanish transmitter has the highest number of [[Broadcast relay station|relays]] (20) of any television transmitter in Ireland reflecting the difficult [[topography]] of its service area.

==Current transmissions==

===Digital television===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Frequency
!UHF
!kW
!Multiplex
!Pol
|-
|474&nbsp;MHz
|21
|200
|[[Saorview]] 1
|H
|-
|498&nbsp;MHz
|24
|200
|[[Saorview]] 2
|H
|}

===FM radio===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Frequency
!kW
!Service
!Notes
|-
|90.0&nbsp;MHz
|160
|[[RTÉ Radio 1]]
|Since 1985
|-
|92.2&nbsp;MHz
|160
|[[RTÉ 2FM]]
|93.5&nbsp;MHz Before 1985
|-
|94.4&nbsp;MHz
|160
|[[RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta]]
|91.3&nbsp;MHz Before 1985 (Mono only before 1982)
|-
|97.0&nbsp;MHz
|20
|[[Radio Kerry]]
|Since 1990
|-
|99.6&nbsp;MHz
|160
|[[RTÉ Lyric FM]]
|Since 1999
|-
|101.8&nbsp;MHz
|160
|[[Today FM]]
|Since 1997
|-
|107.4&nbsp;MHz
|20
|[[Newstalk]]
|Since 2006 (Mono only)
|}

===Mullaghanish [[Broadcast relay station|relay transmitters]]===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!DTT Relay
!County
!Mux 1
!Mux 2
!kW
!Pol
|-
|Bandon
|Cork
|47
|44
|0.04
|H
|-
|Bantry
|Cork
|33
|36
|2
|V&H
|-
|Castletownbere
|Cork
|40
|43
|4
|V
|-
|Clonakilty
|Cork
|48
|46
|0.05
|H
|-
|Crosshaven
|Cork
|46
|56
|0.5
|V
|-
|Dingle
|Kerry
|30
|26
|0.5
|V
|-
|Drimoleague
|Cork
|42
|49
|0.05
|V
|-
|Dungarvan
|Waterford
|32
|34
|10
|H
|-
|Fermoy
|Cork
|33
|36
|0.05
|V
|-
|Ferrypoint
|Waterford
|40
|43
|0.05
|V
|-
|Glanmire
|Cork
|47
|44
|0.2
|H
|-
|Kilkeaveragh
|Kerry
|47
|44
|8
|V
|-
|Kinsale
|Cork
|30
|26
|0.03
|V
|-
|Knockmoyle
|Kerry
|33
|36
|1
|V
|-
|Leap
|Cork
|46
|48
|0.02
|H
|-
|Maamclassach
|Kerry
|46
|51
|0.2
|V
|-
|Mitchelstown
|Limerick
|40
|43
|0.5
|V
|-
|Mt. Gabriel
|Cork
|37
|31
|0.5
|V&H
|-
|Rosscarbery
|Cork
|32
|34
|0.05
|H
|-
|Timoleague
|Cork
|26
|29
|0.01
|V
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="220px" heights="200px" perrow="4">
Image:Mullaghanish RTÉ transmitter.jpg|Mullaghanish as taken from the N22 road on the Cork/Kerry county bounds.
Image:Mullaghanish Transmitters.jpg|Old and new masts
Image:Mullaghanish Cable tie down.jpg|Cable tie down for stabilizing the mast
Image:Antennas at Mullaghanish.jpg|Base of Mast with Antennas and Comms Tower. 
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Main broadcast transmitters in Ireland|state=collapsed}}
{{Mountains and hills of County Cork}}

[[Category:Radio masts and towers in Europe]]
[[Category:Marilyns of Ireland]]
[[Category:Hewitts of Ireland]]
[[Category:Mountains and hills of County Kerry]]
[[Category:Mountains and hills of County Cork]]
[[Category:Radio in Ireland]]
[[Category:Mass media in the Republic of Ireland]]
[[Category:Transmitter sites in Ireland]]
[[Category:Mountains under 1000 metres]]