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MacGillycuddy's Reeks Area   Cen: Reeks West Subarea
Place count in area: 29, OSI/LPS Maps: 78, EW-KNP, EW-R 
Highest place:
Carrauntoohil, 1038.6m
Maximum height for area: 1038.6 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 1038.6 metres,

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Carrauntoohil Mountain Corrán Tuathail A name in Irish (Ir. Corrán Tuathail [GE], 'Tuathal's sickle' [OSNB]) County Highpoint of Kerry in Munster Province, in County Highpoint, Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Highest Hundred, Irish 900s Lists, Purple sandstone & siltstone Bedrock

Height: 1,038.6m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 78 Grid Reference: V80363 84421
Place visited by 2058 members. Recently by: Alatar78, Brianogorman, rosduke, Baz749, sineadh, kburke96, jjbireland700s, patman1974, colinpurcell, PatrickMongey, Bob-the-juggler, Aidan_Ennis, AnthonyJ, CusackMargaret, RonanS
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Longitude: -9.742693, Latitude: 51.99945 , Easting: 80363, Northing: 84421 Prominence: 1038.59m,  Isolation: 0.4km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 480339 584480,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Crnthl, 10 char: Crnthl
Bedrock type: Purple sandstone & siltstone, (Ballinskelligs Sandstone Formation)

Just as the summit of Ireland's highest mountain is often covered in mist, its name is shrouded in uncertainty. Unlike some lesser peaks, such as Mangerton or Croagh Patrick, it is not mentioned in any surviving early Irish texts. P.W. Joyce suggests that meaning of this name is 'inverted reaping hook' and that this sense can be appreciated from the middle of the Hag's Glen. He proposes that the reaping hook is inverted in the sense that it is convex rather than concave [Irish Names of Places, vol. i, p. 6]. The serrated ridges which run up the north face of Carrauntoohil are certainly amongst its most distinctive features and are therefore likely to have given name to the mountain. However, the image of a 'convex reaping-hook' is a very odd and complex one on which to base a place-name, and the use of tuathal to mean inverted, while found in dictionaries, seems to be without parallel in other Irish place-names. It seems more likely that the second element is simply the personal name 'Tuathal' as John O'Donovan believed. This forename was common in Medieval Ireland and is the basis of the surname Ó Tuathail (O'Toole). It also occurs in Lios Tuathail (Listowel, Co. Kerry) and Carraig Thuathail (Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork), which the Flanagans interpret in both cases as a personal name (Irish Place Names). Intriguigingly, one of the earliest accounts to mention Ireland's highest mountain, written by Isaac Weld in 1812, refers to it as 'Gheraun-tuel', which suggests that the first element was not corrán, but rather géarán, 'fang', which is found in the name of several other Kerry mountains. On the basis of this one reference, it is difficult to say whether this represents an earlier form of the name or whether it was a corruption. For further information on the name, see Paul Tempan, Some Notes on the Names of Six Kerry Mountains, JKAHS, ser. 2, vol. v (2005), 5-19.   Carrauntoohil is the highest mountain in Ireland. Carrauntoohil is the highest point in county Kerry.

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Picture: Carrauntoohil Summit Cross
 
deandarvill on Carrauntoohil, 2005
by deandarvill  30 Aug 2005
Walked MacGillycuddy’s Reeks Ridge in September of 2004. Started from Breanlee and finished at Kate Kearney's Cottage. Beautiful weather a perfect days hill walking. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1/comment/1922/
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deandarvill on Carrauntoohil, 2005
by deandarvill  4 Sep 2005
Great views across the Hags Glen Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1/comment/1935/
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John Finn on Carrauntoohil, 2004
by John Finn  22 Aug 2004
Carrauntoohill from The Hag's Glen. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1/comment/1130/
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Picture: Carrauntoohil from Caher west top
pazapas on Carrauntoohil, 2005
by pazapas  2 Jun 2005
I reached a top in my search of the Irish mountains !
This walk was the best day of my holidays in Ireland this year. I met a group of twelve irish hillwalkers who accepted I followed them. I then passed a fabulous Irish evening. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1/comment/1727/
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Picture: Slope behind Curraghmore Lake
 
djouce on Carrauntoohil, 2008
by djouce  9 May 2008
To avoid Hag's Glen and eroded routes we tackled Carrauntoohil from the south. We parked in the Bridia valley, followed the Kerry Way, then turned north-east to Lake Curraghmore. A long scramble (about 400m) up a steep slope brought us to on to the ridge where we joined by the crowds coming up the Devil's ladder. We followed the track to the summit and then returned via Caher and Curraghmore to the Bridia valley. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1/comment/3093/
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Climbed via zig-zag route
by deirdre.obrien  24 Sep 2012
Climbed Carrauntoohil yesterday as part of a group. Weather was great - slight cloud on top but that was all. Started from Cronins Yard and went up and down via zig zags. It was a lovely route. I was certainly glad I didn't go up or down the devils ladder. We saw a couple at the top wearing jeans and had no jackets/bags etc. So they can't have had much water. Saw them make their way down the devils ladder. They were lucky the weather was good. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1/comment/14824/
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