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Benbaun is the highest mountain of the Twelve Bens range, which is situated in the Connemara National Park in west County Galway.Benbaun lies at the centre of the range and is situated in the middle of a long east-west ridge that to the west includes the major Bens of Benfree (Irish: Binn Fraoigh, meaning 'peak of the heather') [2] 638 metres (2,093 ft), Muckanaght (Irish: Muiceanach, meaning ...
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.
The Twelve Bens or Twelve Pins, also called the Benna Beola [2] (Irish: Na Beanna Beola, meaning 'the peaks of Beola'), [a] is a mountain range of mostly sharp-peaked quartzite summits and ridges in the Connemara National Park [b] in County Galway, in the west of Ireland. [4]
Pages in category "Mountains and hills of County Galway" ... Tully Mountain (Ireland) This page was last edited on 8 May 2018, at 07:37 (UTC). Text is ...
The boglands are situated in wet low-lying environments whereas the blanket bog exists within the drier mountain atmosphere. Purple moorgrass is the most bountiful plant, creating colorful landscapes throughout the countryside. Carnivorous plants play an important role in the park's ecosystem, the most common being sundew and butterworts trap ...
Garraun (Irish: Maolchnoc, meaning 'bald hill') [2] at 598 metres (1,962 ft), is the 224th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, [3] however, while it is just short of the elevation threshold of 600-metres for other classifications (e.g. Vandeleur-Lynam, and Hewitt), it does have the prominence to be a Marilyn.