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Maximum height for area: 706 metres, Summits in area: 43, Maximum prominence for area: 685 metres, OSI/LPS Maps: 78, 79, 85, 86, 88, 89 For all tops
Highest summit: Knockboy, 706m
MullaghmeshaHillMullach Méise A name in Irish (Ir. Mullach Méise [logainm.ie], 'summit of the altar')KerryCountyIn Carn List
Height:494.3mOS 1:50k Mapsheet: 85Grid Reference: W09094 51396This summit has been logged as climbed by 9 members I have climbed this summit: NO (You need to be a logged-in member to change this.)
The word mias (gen. méise) has a range of meanings including board, table, altar and dish. P.W. Joyce relates this name to a landscape feature, interpreting it as 'summit of the dish or dish-like hollow' (Irish Names of Places ii, p. 196). Bruno O
Mullaghmesha is the 481st highest summit in Ireland. Trackback: http://mountainviews.ie/summit/478/