It was announced that a 963-acre tract of land, including Irish Mountain, had been transferred from The Conservation Fund (which had acquired it in November 2021) to the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Irish Mountain, located above the New River in Raleigh County at elevation 2,691 feet, was named for the Irish immigrants who settled, farmed, and populated it. The first arrival was Maurice Sullivan from County Kerry, who purchased 435 acres from...
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