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Maximum height for area: 826 metres Summits in area: 19
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Croaghskearda Mountain Kerry County
Cruach Sceirde A name in Irish (Language)
(Ir. Cruach Sceirde [OSI], 'stack of the exposed place')
Height: 608 metres OS 1/50k Mapsheet: 70 for top
Grid Ref: Q509 039 Latitude: 52.167252 Longitude: -10.179903
ITM: 450882 603955 Prominence: 13m   Isolation: 1.4km
Rating graphic. "Near a path over the brow of the hill between Gowlin and Lisdargan there is an underground passage called Staighre Chaitlín (Cathleen's Stairs) which leads to a cave. The tale is told of a local man who dreamed of a treasure on the Bridge of Limerick, went there and met a stranger who said that he had dreamed of treasure at a place unknown to him called Staighre Chaitlín; the local man who knew the place well returned home and found the treasure" (Máire MacNeill, 'The Festival of Lughnasa', pp. 207-08). MacNeill also mentions several legends connected with the nearby hills to the east.
Croaghskearda is the 258th highest summit in Ireland. Croaghskearda is the second most westerly summit in the Central Dingle area. Our data has reached 24% of the goal for this summit. (Details)
   

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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Croaghskearda in area Central Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland
Picture: Croaghskearda from the cliffs of Slievanea Expand pics.
 
by jackill  23 May 2005 Croaghskearda was the third summit visited in a traverse over the mountains of Central Dingle.
This picture was taken from Slievanea with Croaghskearda on the extreme right of the photo and Gowlane Beg on the extreme left. Croaghskeardas summit from some angles looks almost like a small pyramid and is scattered with the same small flat stones that appear on many of the Central Dingle mountains.
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