Sliabh Domhangairt

Slieve Donard, at 852 metres the highest peak in Northern Ireland, derives its name from Saint Domhanghart (anglicised as Donard), a fifth-century Christian missionary and contemporary of Saint Patrick who became the mountain's hermit inhabitant. According to tradition, Patrick blessed Donard and appointed him as guardian of the surrounding lands. Donard appropriated the summit's ancient monume...