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Maximum height for area: 729 metres, Summits in area: 30, Maximum prominence for area: 684 metres, OSI/LPS Maps: 37, 44 For all tops
Highest summit: Benbaun, 729m
DerryclareMountainBinn Doire Chláir A name in Irish (Ir. Binn Doire Chláir [TR], 'peak of Derryclare')GalwayCountyIn Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam Lists
Height:677mOS 1:50k Mapsheet: 37Grid Reference: L81509 51048This summit has been logged as climbed by 222 members I have climbed this summit: NO (You need to be a logged-in member to change this.)
Ir. clár can mean both a plain and a board. In the latter sense it can refer to a plank-bridge in some place-names. Thus Derryclare, from Ir. Doire Chláir, could either mean 'oak-wood of the plain' or 'oak-wood of the plank-bridge'. The name seem
Binn Doire Chláir is the 146th highest summit in Ireland. Binn Doire Chláir is the second most easterly summit in the Twelve Bens area. Trackback: http://mountainviews.ie/summit/146/