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Maximum height for area: 952 metres, Summits in area: 13, Maximum prominence for area: 934 metres, OSI/LPS Maps: 70 For all tops
Highest summit: Brandon, 952m
PierasmoreMountainPiaras Mór A name in Irish (Ir. Piaras Mór [OSI], 'big [obscure element]')KerryCountyIn Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam Lists
Height:748mOS 1:50k Mapsheet: 70Grid Reference: Q46380 13655This summit has been logged as climbed by 104 members I have climbed this summit: NO (You need to be a logged-in member to change this.)
This name is interpreted as 'big Pierce' in the Ordnance Survey Name Book. However, An Seabhac reports that in his time, nearly a century later, nobody in the locality had an explanation for the name but they did not think it was related to the pers
Piaras Mór is the 77th highest summit in Ireland. Trackback: http://mountainviews.ie/summit/77/