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The walk of the full range (from Maam Cross to Leenaun), is considered one of the "great classic ridge-walks of Ireland", [3] and since 1975, the University of Galway Mountaineering Club, has run the annual "Maamturks Challenge", a walk covering the entire 25–kilometre range in a single day.
The traditional "walking man" waymarker used to designate National Waymarked Trails in Ireland. These are lists of long-distance trails in the Republic of Ireland, and include recognised and maintained walking trails, pilgrim trails, cycling greenways, boardwalk-mountain trails, and interconnected national and international trail systems.
Irish: Corcóg is the Irish name for a "beehive", although it can also mean cone (the shape of a traditional beehive). [2]Cartographer Tim Robinson noted that "the Ordnance Survey has been incorrectly calling this mountain 'Leckavrea' for a hundred and fifty years", with Leckavrea (Irish: Leic Aimhréidh) being a mountain to the east of Corcogemore.
"Ben" is an anglicized form of the Irish word binn, meaning "peak". [3] According to Irish academic Paul Tempan, [c] "An odd thing about the Twelve Bens of Connemara is that nobody seems to know exactly which are the twelve peaks in question", and noting that there are almost 20 peaks with "Ben" or "Binn" in their name.
Bencorr is also climbed as part of the popular 16–kilometre, 8–9 hour Glencoaghan Horseshoe, considered one of the best ridge walks in Ireland. [ 8 ] [ 11 ] Bencorr is also climbed as part of the Gleninagh Horseshoe , a 15–kilometre, 8–9 hour route around the Gleninagh River usually done counter-clockwise starting at Knockpasheemore and ...
Letterbreckaun (Irish: Binn Bhriocáin, meaning 'Brecan's peak') [2] is one of the Maumturk Mountains of Connemara in County Galway, Ireland.At 677 metres (2,221 ft), it is the second-tallest of the Maumturks, the 129th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, [3] and 159th–highest on the Vandeleur-Lynam list.
Benlettery (Irish: Binn Leitrí, meaning 'Peak of the Wet Hillsides') [2] at 557 metres (1,827 ft), is the 259th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale. [3] [4] [5] Benlettery is in the southernmost peak of the Twelve Bens mountain range in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, Ireland, and is the 11th-tallest of the core Twelve Bens.
The Western Way (Irish: Bealach an Iarthair) [3] is a long-distance trail in Ireland.It is 179 kilometres (111 miles) long and begins in Oughterard, County Galway and ends in Ballycastle, County Mayo.