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The list of Irish county and provincial high points contains four of Ireland's five Real Munros, and 14 of Ireland's 25 P600 "Major" mountains. Ireland's County High Points is one of 16 sub-lists, which together comprise the complete list of 188 major Irish geographical high points. [5] [1]
Carrauntoohil is composed mainly of sandstone, whose glaciation produced distinctive features on the mountain such as the Eagle's Nest corrie and some deep gullies and sharp arêtes in its east and northeastern faces that are popular with rock and winter climbers. As Ireland's highest mountain, Carrauntoohil is popular with mountain walkers ...
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).
The combination of high peaks and low prominence, means the ridges between the peaks are at a sustained height (e.g. why the prominence is so modest), which has contributed to the popularity of ridge walking in the Reeks, particularly, the Coomloughra Horseshoe, and the MacGillycuddy's Reeks Ridge Walk, and the term, "Ireland's highest mountain ...
Mount Brandon or Brandon (Irish: Cnoc Bréanainn, meaning 'Brendan's hill'), [4] at 952 metres (3,123 ft), is one of the ten highest peaks in Ireland, being the 8th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, and the 9th–highest on the Vandeleur-Lynam list. [5] Brandon is the highest Irish mountain outside the MacGillycuddy's Reeks range ...
Slieve Donard (/ ˌsliːv ˈdɒnərd / SLEEV DON-ərd; from Irish Sliabh Dónairt, meaning 'Dónairt's mountain') [4] is the highest mountain in Northern Ireland, the highest in Ulster and the seventh-highest in Ireland, [1][5] with a height of 850 metres (2,790 ft). [1][2][6] The highest of the Mourne Mountains, [7] it is near the town of ...
Galtymore is the highest of the Galty Mountains, or Galtee Mountains, a sandstone and shale mountain range with 24 peaks above 100 metres (330 ft), which runs east-west for thirty kilometres (20 mi) between counties Tipperary and Limerick; Galtymore is the highest point of both counties. The mountain is accessed by hillwalkers via the 3–4 ...
Lugnaquilla[4] (Irish: Log na Coille, meaning 'hollow of the wood ') [5] is the highest of the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland, rising to 925 metres (3,035 ft). It is also the highest Irish mountain outside of County Kerry, [6] and the highest point in County Wicklow and the province of Leinster. Lugnaquilla overlooks the Glen of Imaal to the west ...