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Bencullagh Mountain An Chailleach A name in Irish
(Ir. An Chailleach [OSI], 'the hag') Galway County In Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam Lists

Height: 632m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 37 Grid Reference: L75576 53724 This summit has been logged as climbed by 98 members
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Longitude: -9.876623, Latitude: 53.518906 Prominence: 154m,   Isolation: 0.7km
ITM: 475553 753742,   GPS IDs, 6 char: AnChlc, 10 char: AnChlch

A woman known as Cailleach an Chlocháin, 'the witch of Clifden', was a famous character in the 19th century.   An Chailleach is the 226th highest summit in Ireland.

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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain An Chailleach in area Twelve Bens, Ireland
Picture: Beefy Bencullagh
 
Views near and far
by wicklore  8 Jun 2010 When approaching from Muckanaght, the climb up to Bencullagh is not as steep or high as the previous climb up to Muckanaght from Benfree. Neither are its northern slopes as steep or rugged as Muckanaght. That being said, it is still an impressive mountain and has great views back to Benbaun, Benbreen and Bencollaghduff, as well as distant views to the myriad lakes leading to Roundstone. Bencullagh also offers a fantastic viewpoint both into the Polladirk and Owenglin River valleys which are to the north and south of it respectively.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain An Chailleach in area Twelve Bens, Ireland
by simon3  11 Oct 2003 An October view of the summit and its mighty cairn.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain An Chailleach in area Twelve Bens, Ireland
Picture: Reflected summits.
 
by simon3  2 Jan 2008 An Chailleach/ Bencullagh, central in this December picture, has whitish quartzite scree slopes reminiscent of just a few other places in Ireland including some of the nearby Bens / Turks and the more distant Great Sugar Loaf (WIcklow) and Errigal. Underfoot the bog is thin and lumps of the quartzite speckle the ground.

The summit to the right, Muckanaght unusually for the Bens has a schist top and its seasonally brown vegetation cover is much more complete, very clear in this view taken from beside one of the many Roundstone Bog lakes.
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