Mullaghanish

Mullaghanish
Mullach an Ois
Transmitter masts at Mullaghanish
Highest point
Elevation	694 m (2,277 ft)
Listing	Marilyn, Hewitt
Coordinates	51°59′00″N 9°08′39″W / 51.983393°N 9.144209°WCoordinates: 51°59′00″N 9°08′39″W / 51.983393°N 9.144209°W
Naming
Translation	summit of the deer (Irish)
Geography
Mullaghanish Location in Ireland
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.

Transmission site

This site is home to one of Telefís Éireann's original five main television transmitters. Coming on air in December 1962, initially on low power, it was in full operation by September 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 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.
The Mullaghanish transmitter also has the highest number of relays (20) of any television transmitter in Ireland reflecting the difficult topography of its service area.

Current transmissions

Digital television

Frequency	UHF	kW	Multiplex	Pol
474 MHz	21	200	Saorview 1	H
498 MHz	24	200	Saorview 2	H

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

List of Mullaghanish DTT relay transmitters

Relay transmitter	County	Mux 1	Mux 2	kW	Pol
Bandon	Cork	47	44	0.04	H
Bantry	Cork	52	56	2	V&H
Castletownbere	Cork	55	59	4	V
Clonakilty	Cork	48	52	0.05	H
Crosshaven	Cork	46	56	0.5	V
Dingle	Kerry	30	26	0.5	V
Drimoleague	Cork	42	49	0.05	V
Dungarvan	Waterford	55	59	10	H
Fermoy	Cork	52	56	0.05	V
Ferrypoint	Waterford	47	52	0.05	V
Glanmire	Cork	47	52	0.2	H
Kilkeaveragh	Kerry	47	44	8	V
Kinsale	Cork	30	26	0.03	V
Knockmoyle	Kerry	52	56	1	V
Leap	Cork	46	48	0.02	H
Maamclassach	Kerry	46	51	0.2	V
Mitchelstown	Limerick	40	43	0.5	V
Mt. Gabriel	Cork	37	31	0.5	V&H
Rosscarbery	Cork	53	57	0.05	H
Timoleague	Cork	26	29	0.01	V

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.

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