Mullaghanish
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| Mullach an Ois | |
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Transmitter masts at Mullaghanish
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| Listing | Marilyn, Hewitt |
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| Naming | |
| Translation | summit of the deer (Irish) |
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Location in Ireland
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| Location | Cork, Ireland |
| Parent range | Derrynasaggart Mountains |
| OSI/OSNI grid | W214817 |
| Topo map | OSi Discovery 79 |
Mullaghanish (Irish: Mullach an Ois) is a 650m high mountain in the Derrynasaggart range, located just northeast of Ballyvourney in County Cork, Ireland.
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Transmitter
This site is home to one of RTÉ's original five main television transmitters, coming on air in 1963 with a 625-line VHF service for the Southwest of Ireland, namely counties Cork, Kerry and Limerick. Today it is owned and operated by 2RN a wholly owned subsidiary of RTÉ. In 2009 in preparation for the transmission of digital terrestrial television (DTT), a new mast was erected at Mullaghanish with a height of 225m, making it the tallest television transmitter in Ireland, the original 170m mast was subsequently removed. Analogue television transmissions from this site ended on 24 October 2012, and the national DTT service, Saorview, is now broadcast from Mullaghanish at an ERP of 200 kW, making this the most powerful television transmitter in all of Ireland, a distinction formerly attributed to the Cairn Hill (analogue) transmitter in County Longford.
As well as digital television, six national FM radio services are broadcast from the site, all using vertical polarisation. Local station, 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 |
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| 474 MHz | 21 | 200 | Saorview (Mux 1) |
| 498 MHz | 24 | 200 | Saorview (Mux 2) |
Analogue FM radio
| Frequency | kW | Service |
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| 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 |
New booster 102.8Mhz RTE 2FM 1mile east cork
Gallery
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Mullaghanish RTÉ transmitter.jpg
Mullaghanish as taken from the N22 road on the Cork/Kerry county bounds.
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Mullaghanish Transmitters.jpg
Old and new masts
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Mullaghanish Cable tie down.jpg
Cable tie down for stabilizing the mast
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Antennas at Mullaghanish.jpg
Base of Mast with Antennas and Comms Tower.
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