Carrauntoohil, Corrán Tuathail 1,038.6m hill, MacGillycuddy's Reeks Cen: Reeks West Kerry Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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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,

Places in area MacGillycuddy's Reeks:
Cen: Reeks West:

Beenkeragh 1008.2m

Caher 1000m

Caher West Top 973.4m

Carrauntoohil 1038.6m

Cnoc Íochtair 746.3m

Hag's Tooth 662m

Knockbrinnea East Top 847m

Knockbrinnea West Top 854m

The Bones Peak 956.5m

Skregmore 847.7m

Stumpa Bharr na hAbhann 852.1m
E: Cnoc an Bhráca:

Cnoc an Bhráca 728m

Cnoc na dTarbh 655m

Strickeen 440m
N: Reeks North:

Knockbrack 425m

Knocknabrone Hill 353m

Skregbeg 573m
NW: Gortnagan:

Gortnagan Beg 298m
SE: Reeks East:

Brassel Mountain 575m

Cnoc an Chuillinn 954.6m

Cnoc an Chuillinn East Top 922.9m

Knocknapeasta 985.1m

Cnoc na Toinne 844.1m

Cruach Mhór 930.8m

Maolán Buí 968.9m

The Big Gun 939.9m
SW: Bridia:

Beann Bhán 459.5m

Beendarrig 449.7m

Beann Dubh 450.5m

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.

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
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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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In about 12 ascents I've never used the Devil's Ladder. Reduce erosion damage by opting for one of the many safe alternatives. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1/comment/41/

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