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Maximum height for area: 694 metres, Summits in area: 43, Maximum prominence for area: 627 metres, OSI/LPS Maps: 52, 53, 58, 59, 65, 66 For all tops
Highest summit: Keeper Hill, 694m
TountinnaHillTonn Toinne A name in Irish (Ir. Tonn Toinne [OSI], 'wave of the wave')TipperaryCountyIn Carn List
Height:457mOS 1:50k Mapsheet: 59Grid Reference: R73736 77344This summit has been logged as climbed by 46 members I have climbed this summit: NO (You need to be a logged-in member to change this.)
This tautological name is explained by the fact that it has been corrupted from its original form, Tul Toinne, 'hillock of the wave'. The wave in question was the biblical flood, which, according to Lebor Gabála Érenn (commonly known as the Book of
Tountinna is the 599th highest summit in Ireland. Trackback: http://mountainviews.ie/summit/596/