Slieve League
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Slieve League or Slieve Liag[1] (Template:Langx, meaning 'mountain of stone pillars')[2] is a mountain on the Atlantic coast of County Donegal, Ireland. At Script error: No such module "convert"., it has the second-highest sea cliffs in Ireland after Croaghaun,[3] and some of the highest sea cliffs in Europe.
Belfast naturalist Robert Lloyd Praeger wrote in 1939:
A tall mountain of nearly 2000 feet, precipitous on its northern side, has been devoured by the sea till the southern face forms a precipice likewise, descending on this side right into the Atlantic from the long knife-edge which forms the summit. The traverse of this ridge, the "One Man's Path", is one of the most remarkable walks to be found in Ireland - not actually dangerous, but needing a good head and careful progress on a stormy day....The northern precipice, which drops 1500 feet into the coomb surrounding the Little Lough Agh, harbours the majority of the alpine plants of Slieve League, the most varied group of alpines to be found anywhere in Donegal.[4]
Slieve League is often photographed from a viewpoint known as Bunglass. It can be reached by means of a narrow road that departs from Teelin. The final few kilometers of this route are built along a precipice and include several places where the road turns at the crest of a rise.
Image gallery
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Slieve League panorama
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Slieve League's eastern end
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Extended view of the eastern end of Slieve League
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Looking down
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Across the top
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Comparison of cliffs in Europe
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See also
References
- ↑ Marshall, David (2006). Best walks in Ireland. London: Frances Lincoln, p. 139. Template:ISBN.
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- ↑ Praeger, Robert Lloyd (1997). The way that I went: an Irishman in Ireland. Cork: Collins Press, p. 41. Template:ISBN.
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