Slieve Donard
does not torture you on the last mile as Goatfell does on the Isle of
Arran or as Ben Nevis does after you leave the half-way hut; he is a decent,
kindly mountain with no evil in him but sufficient hardness to make you
respect him, and yourself, when at last you fling yourself down by the
cairn on top.
- H V Morton - 'In Search of Ireland'