Mount Gabriel

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title: "Mount Gabriel" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountains-and-hills-of-county-cork", "national-monuments-in-county-cork", "marilyns-of-ireland"] description: "Mountain in County Cork, Ireland" topic_path: "geography/ireland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gabriel" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Mountain in County Cork, Ireland ::

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name	Mount Gabriel
native_name	ga
photo	Mount Gabriel Radar.jpg
photo_caption	A radar dome on the summit
elevation_m	407
elevation_ref
prominence	312
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listing	Marilyn
location	County Cork, Ireland
map	Ireland
label_position	right
map_size	200
coordinates
grid_ref_Ireland	V761497
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designation2	National Monument of Ireland
designation2_offname	Mount Gabriel
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::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Mount_Gabriel.jpg" caption="Mount Gabriel as seen from Ballyrisode Beach. Two radar domes visible."] ::

Mount Gabriel () is a mountain on the Mizen Peninsula immediately to the north of the town of Schull in County Cork, Ireland. The Irish name, Cnoc Osta translates as 'hill of the encampment'.

Mount Gabriel is 407 m high and is the highest eminence in the coastal zone south and east of Bantry Bay. A roadway serving the radar installations on the summit is open to the public.

From the peak of Mount Gabriel, there are views south over Schull Harbour and Long Island Bay. To the east and southeast, the views take in Roaringwater Bay and its many islands, known as Carbery's Hundred Isles. North and west are the mountains of the Beara Peninsula and south Kerry. Fastnet Rock is approximately 18 km to the south, and is visible in fine weather.

Mining

On the southern and eastern slopes of the mountain there is evidence of Bronze Age mining, principally for copper. Some of the archaeological items found are now in the National Museum in Dublin.

Radar domes

In the late 1970s, as part of the development of Eurocontrol (the European air traffic control system), two radar domes were built on the top of the mountain.

In September 1982 the Irish National Liberation Army, an Irish republican paramilitary group, blew up the radar domes, wrongly claiming that they were being used by NATO in violation of Irish neutrality.

References

References

1. "Mizen/Sheeps Head Area – Mount Gabriel". MountainViews.ie.
2. "National Monuments of County Cork in State Care". National Monument Service.
3. "Cnoc Osta/Mount Gabriel". [[Placenames Database of Ireland]].
4. https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1983/0609/Pg011.html#Ar01103:0582BF08C2D611A2AF1472C7 {{subscription required
5. MacSweeney, Tom. (1984-06-28). "Scanning The Southerly Skies". [[RTÉ News]].

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