The Blue Stack Mountains or Bluestack Mountains, also called the Croaghgorms (), are the major mountain range in the south of

County Donegal County Donegal ( ; ga, Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrconn ...

, Ireland. They provide a barrier between the south of the county, such as

Donegal Town Donegal ( ; , "fort of the foreigners") is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. The name was also historically spelt 'Dunnagall'. Although Donegal gave its name to the county, now Lifford is the county town. From the 15th until the early 17th c ...

and

Ballyshannon Ballyshannon () is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. It is located at the southern end of the county where the N3 from Dublin ends and the N15 crosses the River Erne. Incorporated in 1613, it is one of the oldest towns in Ireland. Location ...

, and the towns to the north and west such as

Dungloe ''An Clochán Liath'', known in English as Dungloe or Dunglow ( ), is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. It is the main town in The Rosses and the largest in the Donegal ''Gaeltacht''. Dungloe developed as a town in the middle of the 18th centur ...

and

Letterkenny Letterkenny ( ga, Leitir Ceanainn , meaning 'hillside of the O'Cannons'), nicknamed 'the Cathedral Town', is the largest and most populous town in County Donegal, a county in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. Letterkenny lies on the ...

. The road between the two parts of the county goes through the Barnesmore Gap. The highest mountain in the range is Croaghgorm, which is high. Nearby summits include Ardnageer (, Croaghanirwore (), Croaghbarnes (), Croaghblane (), Croaghnageer (), Croveenananta (), Gaugin Mountain (), Lacroagh (), Lavagh More () and Lavagh Beg ().Croaghgorm
MountainViews. Retrieved: 2013-03-19. Silver Hill (), is the smallest mountain in Ireland to meet the 600 m threshold for a Simms classification.

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File:Eglish Valley - geograph.org.uk - 1418132.jpg, Eglish Valley File:Binnasruell, Croaghgorm - geograph.org.uk - 954574.jpg, alt=Binnasruell in the Croaghgorms, Binnasruell File:Donegal and Sligo from the International Space Station 2013-03-17.jpg, alt=The Blue Stacks from earth orbit, The Blue Stacks from earth orbit (top right)

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Mountains and hills of County Donegal Gaeltacht places in County Donegal {{Donegal-geo-stub