Derryclare, Binn Doire Chláir 677m mountain, Twelve Bens SE: Glencoaghan Loop Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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Twelve Bens Area SE: Glencoaghan Loop Subarea

Place count in area: 34, OSI/LPS Maps: 37, 44, EW-CON, MSW
Highest place:

Benbaun, 729m
Maximum height for area: 729 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 684 metres,

Places in area Twelve Bens:
Cen: Lough Auna Hills:

Cregg 297m

Townaloughra East Top 216m
Cen: Polladirk:

Bencullagh 632m

Maumonght SW Top 454m

Diamond Hill 442m

Knockbrack 442m

Maumonght 602m
E: Glencorbet:

Muckanaght 654m
N: Doughruagh:

Altnagaighera 549m

Benchoona 581m

Benchoona East Top 585m

Currywongaun 273m

Doughruagh 526m

Doughruagh South Top 525m

Garraun 598m

Garraun South Top 556m

Letterettrin 333m
SE: Glencoaghan Loop:

Bencorr North Top 690m

Bencorrbeg 577m

Binn an tSaighdiúra 653m

Benbreen 691m

Benbreen Central Top 680m

Benbreen North Top 674m

Derryclare 677m

Bengower 664m

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

Derryclare Mountain Binn Doire Chláir A name in Irish (Ir. Binn Doire Chláir [TR], 'peak of Derryclare') Galway County in Connacht Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Best Hundred, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Pale quartzites, grits, graphitic top Bedrock

Height: 677m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 37 Grid Reference: L81509 51048
Place visited by 434 members. Recently by: abptraining, SmirkyQuill, Kirsty, Carolyn105, Kaszmirek78, bagoff, Krzysztof_K, andalucia, Chopper, ToughSoles, Beti13, Enda66, NualaB, adam.mann, markv
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Longitude: -9.785748, Latitude: 53.496315 , Easting: 81509, Northing: 251048 Prominence: 129m, Isolation: 1.2km
ITM: 481516 751074, GPS IDs, 6 char: Dryclr, 10 char: Derryclare
Bedrock type: Pale quartzites, grits, graphitic top, (Bennabeola Quartzite Formation)

Ir. clár can mean both a plain and a board. In the latter sense it can refer to a plank-bridge in some place-names. Thus Derryclare, from Ir. Doire Chláir, could either mean 'oak-wood of the plain' or 'oak-wood of the plank-bridge'. The name seems to have been transferred by the Ordnance Survey from the townland of Derryclare situated to the east to the mountain itself. In this respect the Ir. name Binn Doire Chláir makes much more sense as a mountain name. Binn Doire Chláir is the 151st highest place in Ireland. Binn Doire Chláir is the second most easterly summit in the Twelve Bens area.
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One of Conemara's finest - a rocky, bulky mountai .. by group (Show all for Derryclare (Binn Doire Chláir))

Having negotiated the peaks of Binn Gabhar, Binn .. by eflanaga (Show all for Derryclare (Binn Doire Chláir))

This "snapshot" taken from Google Earth shows the .. by CaptainVertigo (Show all for Derryclare (Binn Doire Chláir))

Coming from Binn Corr towards the end of the Choc .. by aburden (Show all for Derryclare (Binn Doire Chláir))

MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Derryclare (<i>Binn Doire Chláir</i>) in area Twelve Bens, Ireland

simon3 on Derryclare, 2004

by simon3 11 Jun 2004

The mountain is also known as Derryclare and is the start of a popular circuit of the southern Bens variously known as the Derryclare Horseshoe, The Benlettery Horseshoe or the Glencoaghan Circuit.

Ascending the mountain is fairly straightforward. Stick to near the ridge. My memory of the walk when I first did it in the early 70’s was of a series of false summits. These are visible on the map and in the photo. Around the middle of the ascent there is one particularly distinct false summit -- see skyline just right of centre on the photo. On old 1 inch OS maps there is a feature named as “Lop Rock”, which perhaps is this place. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/146/comment/986/

This terrain visualisation shows the entire Derry .. by simon3 (Show all for Derryclare (Binn Doire Chláir))

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		Some mapping: Open Street Map (Various variations used.)	British summit data courtesy: Database of British & Irish Hills (Creative Commons Licence)
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