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Maximum height for area: 832 metres, Summits in area: 4, Maximum prominence for area: 597 metres, OSI/LPS Maps: 78 For all tops
Highest summit: Purple Mountain, 832m
Shehy MountainMountainSeiche A name in Irish (Ir. Seiche [TH], ‘a hide or skin’)KerryCountyIn Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam Lists
Height:762mOS 1:50k Mapsheet: 78Grid Reference: V90178 85706This summit has been logged as climbed by 131 members I have climbed this summit: NO (You need to be a logged-in member to change this.)
Previously Shehy Mor in MV. This name, found on the OSI 1:25,000 map of the Reeks (1991), was the personal creation of J. C. Coleman ('The Mountains of Killarney', p. 30). As to why a hill should be given a name meaning 'a hide', see under Shehy
Shehy Mountain is the second highest mountain in the Purple Mtn area and the 68th highest in Ireland. Shehy Mountain is the most easterly in the Purple Mtn area. Trackback: http://mountainviews.ie/summit/68/
Purple Mountain, 832m
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