Mullaghanish

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Mullaghanish
Mullach an Ois
Transmitter towers at Mullaghanish
Elevation	694 m (2,277 ft)
Listing	Marilyn, Hewitt
Translation	summit of the deer (Irish)
Location
Location	Cork, Ireland
Range	Derrynasaggart Mountains
OSI/OSNI grid	W214827
Topo map	OSi Discovery 79

Mullaghanish (Irish: Mullach an Ois) is a 650m high mountain located just northeast of Ballyvourney in County Cork, Ireland. It is home to one of RTÉ's original five main television transmitters, coming on air in 1963 with a 625-line VHF service.

Digital television and FM radio services are broadcast from this site to serve the southwest of Ireland, namely counties Cork, Kerry and Limerick. It is operated by 2RN a wholly owned subsidiary of RTÉ. The Saorview service is broadcast from Mullaghanish, at an ERP of 200 kW, making this the most powerful television transmitter in all of Ireland. In preparation for the transmission of digital terrestrial television services (DTT), a new mast was constructed at Mullaghanish with a height of 225m, the original one having a height of 170m. All FM transmissions use vertical polarisation. Radio Kerry is broadcast from a directional antenna pointing west, into its target service area of County Kerry, and Newstalk is broadcast in mono.

Current transmissions

Digital television

Frequency	UHF	kW	Multiplex
474 MHz	21	200	Saorview (Mux 1)
498 MHz	24	200	Saorview (Mux 2)

Analogue FM radio

Frequency	kW	Service
90.0 MHz	160	RTÉ Radio 1
92.2 MHz	160	RTÉ 2FM
94.4 MHz	160	RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta
97.0 MHz	20	Radio Kerry
99.6 MHz	160	RTÉ Lyric FM
101.8 MHz	160	Today FM
107.4 MHz	20	Newstalk

Gallery

Mullaghanish as taken from the N22 road on the Cork/Kerry county bounds.
Old and new masts
Cable tie down for stabilizing the mast
Base of Mast with Antennas and Comms Tower.

References

External links

v t e Mountains and hills of Munster

List of mountains in Ireland

Ballyhoura Mountains	Carron Mountain Seefin

Boggeragh Mountains	Musheramore

Caha Mountains	Hungry Hill Sugarloaf

Comeragh Mountains	Fauscoum

Derrynasaggart Mountains	Mullaghanish

Dingle Peninsula	Benoskee Brandon

Galtee Mountains	Galteemore Lyracappul Temple Hill

Iveragh Peninsula	Bentee Cnoc na dtobar

Knockmealdown Mountains	Knockmealdown Sugarloaf Hill (Knockmealdowns)

Macgillycuddy's Reeks	Beenkeragh Brassel Mountain Caher Caher (West Top) Carrauntoohil Cnoc an Chuillinn Knocknapeasta Cruach Mhór Maolán Buí The Big Gun The Bones

Mangerton Mountains	Mangerton Torc Mountain

Shehy Mountains	Knockboy

Silvermine Mountains	Slievekimalta

Slieve Mish Mountains	Bartregaum Caherconree

Slieve Miskish Mountains	Knockoura

Others	An Triúr Deirfiúr Caher Mountain Devil's Bit Geokaun Mountain Knocknadobar Maghera mountain Mount Gabriel Mullaghareirk Mountains Mullaghmore Paps of Anu Purple Mountain Slieve Aughty Slievecallan Slievenamon Stack's Mountains

Coordinates: 51°59′29″N 9°08′42″W / 51.99131°N 9.14495°W / 51.99131; -9.14495

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