| Table Mountain | |
| Elevation M: | 702 |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] |
| Prominence M: | 16 |
| Listing: | Arderin Beg, Vandeleur-Lynam |
| Location: | Wicklow, Ireland |
| Range: | Wicklow Mountains |
| Coordinates: | 53.0172°N -6.4816°W |
| Topo: | OSi Discovery 56 |
| Map: | island of Ireland |
| Map Relief: | yes |
| Type: | Granite with microcline phenocrysts |
| Grid Ref Ireland: | T019972 |
Table Mountain is a 702m (2,303feet) peak in the southern section of the Wicklow Mountains range in Ireland. With a prominence of only 16m (52feet), 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 758m (2,487feet) and Conavalla 734m (2,408feet) 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]
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]