Kippure
Sign in to saveKippure (; ) at , is the 56th-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 72nd-highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Kippure is situated in the far northern sector of the Wicklow Mountains, where it lies on the border of counties Dublin and Wicklow in Ireland. Kippure is the County Top for Dublin, and its height and positioning over Dublin city have made its summit an important site for transmission masts, which are highly visible from a distance. Kippure's slopes feed into the Liffey Head Bog which forms the source of the River Liffey. The summit can be easily accessed from the
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- Mountain.name
- Kippure
- Mountain.photo
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- Mountain.photo_caption
- Kippure, southern slopes with the transmission mast visible on the summit
- Mountain.translation
- Kippure
- Mountain.language
- Irish
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 757
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 262
- Mountain.listing
- County Top (Dublin), 100 Highest Irish Mountains, Marilyn, Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam
- Mountain.location
- Counties Wicklow & South Dublin, Ireland
- Mountain.range
- Wicklow Mountains
- Mountain.grid_ref_Ireland
- O1158215455
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- island of Ireland
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- yes
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- Location in Ireland
- Mountain.topo
- OSi Discovery 56
- Mountain.type
- Pale grey fine to coarse-grained granite
- Mountain.easiest_route
- Eastern path from the R115 Road (the "Military Road")
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- Elevation
- 757
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- Kippure
- topographic prominence
- 262
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- Cipiúr
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12 sectionsContents
- Naming
- Geography
- Transmission site
- Current transmissions
- Digital television
- FM radio
- Kippure [[Broadcast relay station|relay transmitters]]
- Bibliography
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Kippure (; ) at , is the 56th-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 72nd-highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Kippure is situated in the far northern sector of the Wicklow Mountains, where it lies on the border of counties Dublin and Wicklow in Ireland. Kippure is the County Top for Dublin, and its height and positioning over Dublin city have made its summit an important site for transmission masts, which are highly visible from a distance. Kippure's slopes feed into the Liffey Head Bog which forms the source of the River Liffey. The summit can be easily accessed from the east via a path that lies off the R115 (also called the "Military Road") road along the route to the Sally Gap.
==Naming== According to Irish academic Paul Tempan, "Kippure" is simply a "transliteration of a pronunciation collected locally, but without any clear meaning". Tempan notes that it resembles the Irish language term "ciop" (meaning stump) and "iúr" (meaning yew), however "stump of the yew" would be "Ciop Iúir". While it is unlikely that yew trees could have ever grown on an exposed mountain such as Kippure, Tempan notes that there is a connection with a similar name in the lower valley, where the association with yew trees could have come.
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