Knockmealdown Mountains

{{short description|Mountain range in the south of Ireland}}

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| native_name={{Native name|ga|Sléibhte Chnoc Mhaoldomhnaigh|paren=omit}}

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| photo_caption= The Knockmealdowns from the M8

| country=Ireland

| region = Munster

|region_type = Provinces of Ireland

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| highest=Knockmealdown

| elevation_m=794

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The Knockmealdown Mountains ({{langx|ga|Sléibhte Chnoc Mhaoldomhnaigh}}) are a mountain range located on the border of counties Tipperary and Waterford in Ireland, running east and west between the two counties. The highest peak of the range is Knockmealdown, in County Waterford. On the western side of the summit, the range is crossed by a high pass called ‘The Vee’ through which runs the old mail coach road from Lismore to Clogheen.{{cite web | title=Description of County Waterford from Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland (1900) | work=Library Ireland| url=http://www.libraryireland.com/Atlas/Waterford.php | access-date=24 February 2009}}{{PD-notice}}

The mountains were formerly known as Sliabh gCua,{{cite web | title=Knockmealdown Mountains | work=MountainViews| url=https://mountainviews.ie/summit/45/ | access-date=24 February 2009}} sometimes anglicized 'Slieve Gua' or 'Slieve Goe'.Tempan, Paul. [http://www.snsbi.org.uk/Nomina_articles/Nomina_32_Tempan.pdf "Sliabh in Irish Place-Names"]. Queen's University Belfast. p.29