Mourne Mountains

/ (mɔːn) /

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a mountain range in SE Northern Ireland. Highest peak: Slieve Donard, 853 m (2798 ft)

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How to use Mourne Mountains in a sentence

The ancient name of the Mourne mountains was the Beanna Boirche.
Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland|T. O. Russell
The place is pleasantly situated by the sea and presided over by the Mourne Mountains.
Wanderings in Ireland|Michael Myers Shoemaker
Only noted from the Mourne Mountains in the north-east of Ireland, but probably to be found in other parts of that country.
The Moths of the British Isles, Second Series|Richard South
They were called the Mourne mountains from being in a territory anciently called Crioch Mughorna.
Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland|T. O. Russell

The Mourne Mountains to the north and the lesser summits on the southern sky-line were hidden by the trees.
Ireland, Historic and Picturesque|Charles Johnston