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Though extreme weather events in Ireland are comparatively rare when compared with other countries in the European Continent, they do occur. Atlantic depressions, occurring mainly in the months of December, January and February, can occasionally bring winds of up to 160 km/h or 99 mph to Western coastal counties; while the summer months, and ...
The MacGillycuddy's Reeks range contains Ireland's highest mountain, Carrauntoohil 1,038.6 m (3,407 ft), and the Reeks is the highest range of peaks in Ireland. [ 29 ] [ 9 ] However, many of its peaks do not meet all classification criteria for a "mountain" (e.g. particularly the 100–150 m (330–490 ft) in elevation change from neighbouring ...
The Maumturks or Maamturks (Irish: Sléibhte Mhám Toirc; mountains of the boar's pass) [b] is a mountain range in Connemara, [c] County Galway, in the west of Ireland.It is a long, broadly-straight range, consisting of weathered quartzite peaks in its central section.
Cross erected near Banba's Crown, Ireland's northernmost point. This is a list of the extreme points of Ireland – the points that are farthest north, south, east or west in Ireland. It includes the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Often the term "Malin to Mizen" is used when encompassing the entire island from north to south.
Brandon is regarded by the Scottish Mountaineering Club ("SMC") as one of 34 Furths, which is a mountain above 3,000 ft (914 m) in elevation, and meets the other SMC criteria for a Munro (e.g. "sufficient separation"), but which is outside of (or furth) Scotland; Brandon is referred to as one of the 13 Irish Munros.
Derrymore (Irish: Doire Mór) is a rural district of County Kerry in south-west Ireland. [1] It lies between the Slieve Mish mountains and the Atlantic Ocean, some 11 km (7 mi) west of Tralee on the Dingle peninsula. A sandy beach, known as Derrymore Strand, is quite popular with locals and tourists during the summer months.
Carrauntoohil, [5] Carrauntoohill or Carrantuohill (/ ˌ k ær ə n ˈ t uː ə l / KARR-ən-TOO-əl; Irish: Corrán Tuathail [ˌkɔɾˠaːn̪ˠ ˈt̪ˠuəhəlʲ], meaning "Tuathal's sickle") is the highest mountain in Ireland at 1,038.6 metres (3,407 feet 6 inches).
Mount Leinster (Irish: Stua Laighean, pronounced [sˠt̪ˠuə ˈl̪ˠəinˠ]) is a 794-metre-high (2,605 ft) mountain in the Republic of Ireland.It straddles the border between Counties Carlow and Wexford, in the province of Leinster.