Croaghgorm | |
Other Name: | Cruach Ghorm |
Elevation M: | 674 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] [2] |
Prominence M: | 541 |
Listing: | Marilyn, Hewitt |
Translation: | blue stack |
Language: | Irish |
Location: | County Donegal, Ireland |
Range: | Bluestack Mountains |
Map: | island of Ireland |
Map Relief: | yes |
Coordinates: | 54.7542°N -8.081°W |
Grid Ref Ireland: | G948895 |
Croaghgorm or Bluestack [1] is a 674m (2,211feet) mountain in County Donegal, Ireland. It is the highest of the Blue Stack Mountains (or Croaghgorms) and the third-highest mountain in County Donegal.[1]
On 31 January 1944, during World War II, a Royal Air Force (RAF) Sunderland plane crashed on the mountain. Seven RAF crewmen from 228 Squadron were killed. Wreckage from the plane can still be seen on the mountain's slopes. A memorial plaque was unveiled in 1988.[1]