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Maximum height for area: 751 metres, Summits in area: 54, Maximum prominence for area: 688 metres, OSI/LPS Maps: 1, 10, 11, 2, 6 For all tops
Highest summit: Errigal, 751m
MuckishMountainAn Mhucais A name in Irish (Ir. An Mhucais [DUPN], 'the pig back/ridge')DonegalCountyIn Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam Lists
Height:667.1mOS 1:50k Mapsheet: 2Grid Reference: C00448 28709This summit has been logged as climbed by 244 members I have climbed this summit: NO (You need to be a logged-in member to change this.)
So named from a fancied resemblance according to Joyce. The mountain does indeed have the shape of a pig's back, with a curve before a steep downward drop on the S side. A quarry on the N side of the mountain was used to extract high-grade quartz sand
Muckish is the third highest mountain in the Donegal NW area and the 162nd highest in Ireland. Trackback: http://mountainviews.ie/summit/163/
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