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As Ireland's highest mountain, Carrauntoohil is popular with mountain walkers, who most commonly ascend via the Devil's Ladder route; however, Carrauntoohil is also climbed as part of longer mountain walking routes in the MacGillycuddy's Reeks range, including the 15-kilometre (9 + 1 ⁄ 2 mi) Coomloughra Horseshoe or the 26-kilometre (16 mi ...
The Nephin Beg Range or Nephin Mountains [1] is a mountain range in County Mayo, Ireland. The range contains the mountains of Slieve Carr (its highest peak), ...
A widely used definition of an Irish mountain requires a minimum prominence of 100 metres (328 ft) (e.g. a HuMP), and is the basis for the 100 Highest Irish Mountains. While Irish mountains are ranked according to Irish classifications, they are also ranked on classifications that cover Great Britain and Ireland (e.g. Simms and P600s).
Tievebaun is the third-highest mountain in the Dartry Mountains range, and ranks as the 254th highest mountain in Ireland. Tievebaun is the highest independent peak in County Leitrim; however, the mountain's summit is only the second-highest point in the county, as the southeast ridge of Truskmore Mountain lies within Leitrim, at 631 m (2,070 ...
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The mountain lies to the southwest of Carrauntoohil, Ireland's highest peak at 1,038.6 metres (3,407 ft 6 in), in the MacGillycuddy's Reeks range in County Kerry. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Caher is often climbed as part of the Coomloughra Horseshoe , which takes 6–8 hours and is described as "one of Ireland’s classic ridge walks". [ 5 ]
Brandon is the highest Irish mountain outside the MacGillycuddy's Reeks range and has the greatest prominence of any Irish peak except Carrauntoohil, Ireland's highest mountain. [ 5 ] Mount Brandon is at the centre of a long high ridge called the Brandon Group range of mountains in the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry .
Mweelrea (/ m w iː l ˈ r eɪ /; from Irish Cnoc Maol Réidh 'bald hill with the smooth top') [4] is a mountain on the Atlantic coast of County Mayo, Ireland.Rising to 814 metres (2,671 ft), it is the highest mountain in the western province of Connacht, and is noted for its southeastern cliff-lined corries, [5] [6] and its views. [7]