Table Mountain (Wicklow)

Table Mountain is a 702-metre (2,303 ft) peak in the southern section of the Wicklow Mountains range in Ireland. With a prominence of only 16 metres (52 ft), it is only listed in a few of the recognised categories of mountains in Ireland; it is the 110th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam Irish scale.[2][3] Table Mountain is at the apex of a horseshoe-shaped "boggy" massif with its larger neighbours, Camenabologue 758 metres (2,487 ft) and Conavalla 734 metres (2,408 ft) that sit at the head of the Glenmalure valley; all three peaks lie close to the "central spine" of the range as it runs from Kippure in the north, to Lugnaquillia in the south.[3][4] There is no recorded Irish language name for Table Mountain, and it has no connection with Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa.[5]

This article is about Table Mountain in County Wicklow, Ireland. For other uses, see Table Mountain (disambiguation).

Table Mountain
Flat summit of Table Mountain
Highest point
Elevation702 m (2,303 ft)[1]
Prominence16 m (52 ft)[1]
ListingArderin Beg, Vandeleur-Lynam
Coordinates53.01716°N 6.481634°W / 53.01716; -6.481634
Geography
Table Mountain is located in island of Ireland
Table Mountain
Table Mountain
Location in Ireland
LocationWicklow, Ireland
Parent rangeWicklow Mountains
OSI/OSNI gridT019972[1]
Topo mapOSi Discovery 56
Geology
Mountain typeGranite with microcline phenocrysts[1]

Plane crash

On the afternoon of 7 March 1957, between 12:30 and 12:45pm, a Percival Provost training plane crashed into the slopes of Table Mountain in thick fog resulting in the death of its pilot, an Irish Air Corps lieutenant.[6] The pilot was 21-year-old Patrick L. O'Connor, of Clooneyquin, Castlerea, County Roscommon.[6] The plane had left Baldonnel Aerodrome, Dublin at 11:15am that morning for an intended training flight over the counties of Offaly and Wicklow, but was believed to have lost contact with the control tower shortly after departure.[6] The explosion was heard by forestry workers on nearby Conavalla Mountain who rushed to assist and were able to raise the alarm.[6] Parts of the aircraft, which were scattered over an area of 80 yards, still remained on the slopes of the mountain as of 2010.[7]

Bibliography
  • Fairbairn, Helen (2014). Dublin & Wicklow: A Walking Guide. Collins Press. ISBN 978-1848892019.
  • MountainViews Online Database (Simon Stewart) (2013). A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins. Collins Books. ISBN 978-1-84889-164-7.
  • Dillion, Paddy (1993). The Mountains of Ireland: A Guide to Walking the Summits. Cicerone. ISBN 978-1852841102.

See also

References
  1. "Table Mountain". MountainViews Online Database. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  2. Simon Stewart (October 2018). "Vandeleur-Lynams: Irish mountains of 600+m with a prominence of 15m". MountainViews Online Database.
  3. Mountainviews, (September 2013), "A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins", Collins Books, Cork, ISBN 978-1-84889-164-7
  4. Dillion, Paddy (1993). The Mountains of Ireland: A Guide to Walking the Summits. Cicerone. ISBN 978-1852841102. Walk 10: Ballineddan Mountain, Slievemaan, Lugnaquillia, Camenabologue East Top, Camenabologue, Table Mountain, Lobawn
  5. Paul Tempan (February 2012). "Irish Hill and Mountain Names" (PDF). MountainViews.ie.
  6. (staff writer) (8 March 1957). "Air Corps Pilot Dies in Plane Crash". The Irish Times.
  7. "Table Mountain (Sliabh an Tábla)". mountainviews.ie. Retrieved 24 March 2023.


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