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Carrauntoohil 1038.6m, Beenkeragh 1008.2m, Caher 1000m, Caher West Top 973.4m, Maolán Buí 968.9m, The Bones Peak 956.5m, Cnoc an Chuillinn 954.6m, Cnoc an Chuillinn East Top 922.9m, Knockbrinnea West Top 852.2m, Stumpa Bharr na hAbhann 852.1m,Tracks:4395, 23km 2580, 19km 4190, 17km 4683, 15km 2304, 15km 2131, 15km 2390, 14km 1532, 13km 2841, 13km 4684, 12km Find Suggested Walks
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See the credits and list definitions.Video displayMacGillycuddy's Reeks Area Cen: Reeks West SubareaPlace count in area: 29, OSI/LPS Maps: 78, EW-KNP, EW-R
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Carrauntoohil, 1038.6mMaximum height for area: 1038.6 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 1038.6 metres,
Places in area MacGillycuddy's Reeks:
Cen: Reeks West:Beenkeragh 1008.2mCaher 1000mCaher West Top 973.4mCarrauntoohil 1038.6mCnoc Íochtair 746.3mHag's Tooth 662mKnockbrinnea East Top 845.4mKnockbrinnea West Top 852.2mThe Bones Peak 956.5mSkregmore 847.7mStumpa Bharr na hAbhann 852.1m
E: Cnoc an Bhráca:Cnoc an Bhráca 728mCnoc na dTarbh 655mStrickeen 440m
N: Reeks North:Knockbrack 425mKnocknabrone Hill 353mSkregbeg 573m
NW:Gortnagan:Gortnagan Beg 298m
SE: Reeks East:Brassel Mountain 575mCnoc an Chuillinn 954.6mCnoc an Chuillinn East Top 922.9mKnocknapeasta 985.1mCnoc na Toinne 844.1mCruach Mhór 930.8mMaolán Buí 968.9mThe Big Gun 939.9m
SW: Bridia:Beann Bhán 459.5mBeendarrig 449.7mBeann Dubh 450.5m
Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
(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 2083 members. Recently by: compassman, itscolinbrophy, s00025140, DeirdreM, LiamGalway, Ciarraioch03, Maire_Ann, ryanguinness10, StephenM07, martinmccrea, Daniel-Morkan92, jmdsk, jennycoo, Miriamowens, StJohnI have visited this place: NO (You need to be a logged-in member to change this.)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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