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For example, Mweelrea, the highest mountain in Connacht, is 16th on the 100 Highest Irish Mountains list, but 34th on the Vandeleur-Lynam list. MountainView's Online Database [i] of Vandeleur-Lynams was published by Collins Press in the 2013 book: A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins, and updated in 2015.
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 ]
Bencollaghduff (Irish: Binn Dubh, meaning 'black mountain/peak of hags') [2] at 696 metres (2,283 ft), is the 93rd–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, [3] and the 115th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.
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]
Mweelrea at 814 metres (2,671 ft), is the highest mountain in massif, and is the provincial top for Connacht. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Mweelrea's prominence of 779 metres (2,556 ft) qualifies it as a Marilyn , and it also ranks it as the 16th-highest mountain in Ireland on the MountainViews Online Database , 100 Highest Irish Mountains , where the minimum ...
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.
Kippure (/ k ɪ ˈ p j ʊər /; Irish: Cipiúr) [2] at 757 metres (2,484 ft), is the 56th-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, [3] and the 72nd-highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. [4] [5] Kippure is situated in the far northern sector of the Wicklow Mountains, where it lies on the border of counties Dublin and Wicklow in Ireland ...
Bengower's prominence of 196 metres (643 ft) qualifies it as a Marilyn, and it also ranks it as the 86th-highest mountain in Ireland in the MountainViews Online Database, 100 Highest Irish Mountains, where the prominence threshold is 100 metres. [5] [10]