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This is the MountainViews [i] 100 Highest Irish Mountains list, [8] which was published by Collins Press in the 2013 book: A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins. [9] It combines Paul Tempan's 2012 research into Irish mountains and Irish mountain names. [40]
This is a list of Irish counties by their highest point. These are most commonly known as county high points but are also sometimes referred to as county tops and county peaks . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] There are 32 counties in Ireland but in the case of 10 counties, marked with (‡), the highest point is shared between two counties, so there are only 27 ...
Carrauntoohil is the highest mountain in Ireland on all classification scales. [ 7 ] [ 11 ] It is the 133rd-highest mountain, and 4th most prominent mountain , in Britain and Ireland, on the Simms classification. [ 11 ]
Stretching 19 kilometres (12 miles), from the Gap of Dunloe in the east, to Glencar in the west, the Reeks is Ireland's highest mountain range, and includes most of the highest peaks and sharpest ridges in Ireland, and the only peaks on the island over 1,000 metres (3,300 feet) in height.
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 ...
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]
Slieve Donard (/ ˌ s l iː v ˈ d ɒ n ər d / SLEEV DON-ərd; from Irish Sliabh Dónairt, meaning 'Dónairt's mountain') [4] is the highest mountain in Northern Ireland, the highest in Ulster, the seventh-highest in Ireland, [1] [5] and 76th highest in the United Kingdom with a height of 850 metres (2,790 ft).
Lugnaquilla is the highest mountain of the Wicklow Mountains range, and the highest mountain in Ireland outside County Kerry. [6] Lugnaquila's large prominence qualifies it to meet the P600 classification (mountains known as the "Majors" in Britain and Ireland), and the Britain and Ireland Marilyn classification. [14]