Mount Ireland is a mountain in Grant County of the U.S. state of Oregon. It is about 5 miles east-northeast of Granite, Oregon. It is the shortest and westernmost 8000'+ peak in the Elkhorn Range of the Blue Mountains at 8,321 feet, and Oregon's 71st highest peak with at least a 500' clean prominence. For a period of several years, this mountain peak was re…
Mount Ireland is a mountain in Grant County of the U.S. state of Oregon. It is about 5 miles east-northeast of Granite, Oregon. It is the shortest and westernmost 8000'+ peak in the Elkhorn Range of the Blue Mountains at 8,321 feet, and Oregon's 71st highest peak with at least a 500' clean prominence. For a period of several years, this mountain peak was referred to as Bald Mountain, but in 1917 it was changed to Ireland Mountain—in commemoration of the late Henry Ireland, who for 10 years was supervisor of the Whitman National Forest in which the mountain is located—before formally becoming known as Mount Ireland. The name change was brought about by a cooperative effort of local citizens and the US Forest Service to honor Henry Ireland, who had died in 1916.
Elevation: 8,325 ft (2,537 m)
Location: Grant County, Oregon, U.S.
Prominence: 1,041 ft (317 m)
Parent range: Elkhorn Crest of the southern Blue Mountains
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