The Holywell Hill transmission site is located on a 260-metre (853') hill near Killea in County Donegal, Ireland, and is owned and operated by 2RN (formerly RTÉ NL).
History The site which is close to the border with Northern Ireland has a 60-metre (200') self-supporting tower and was opened in 1981 to provide UHF television coverage to parts of County Donegal as well as Derry City and County. It originally carried the two Irish analogue channels, RTÉ One (Ch 23), and RTÉ Two (Ch 26), in later years, both TV3 (Ch 29), and TG4 (Ch 33) were added, all were horizontally polarised and with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 20 kW. Digital terrestrial television (DTT) was first broadcast from the site in 2008 in preparation for the national switchover to digital television on 24 October 2012.
Today the Irish digital television service Saorview, and five national radio stations on FM, are broadcast from the Holywell Hill site to a large area of North West Ireland including Derry city. The transmitter also services a number of relay transmitters in County Donegal to help improve coverage in the difficult terrain.
Current transmissions Digital television
FrequencyUHFERPMultiplexPol482 MHz2220 kWSaorview 1H506 MHz2520 kWSaorview 2H
FM radio FrequencyERPService89.2 MHz6 kWRTÉ Radio 191.4 MHz6 kWRTÉ 2fm93.6 MHz6 kWRTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta98.8 MHz6 kWRTÉ lyric fm101.0 MHz6 kWToday FM
Holywell Hill relay transmitters DTT RelayCountyMux 1Mux 2ERPPolBallybofeyDonegal47440.1 kWVClonmanyDonegal39420.02 kWVFanadDonegal43461.5 kWVLetterkennyDonegal39422 kWVMagheraroartyDonegal22270.5 kWVMalinDonegal28262 kWHMovilleDonegal32342 kWH
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References
External links www.rtenl.ie saorview.ie