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Partry/Joyce Country
Area
Place count in area: 26,
OSI/LPS Maps: 37, 38, CBE, MSW
Highest place:
Maumtrasna, 682m
Maximum height for area: 682 metres,
Maximum prominence for area: 607 metres,
Places in area Partry/Joyce Country:
Ben Beg 560mBarnahowna 516mDevilsmother 645mDevilsmother South Top 509mDevilsmother North Top 595mMount Gable 416mBunnacunneen 575mBunnacunneen South Top 539mBunnacunneen SE Top 479mBohaun 393mBohaun 424mBuckaun East 495mKnocknagussy 456mCorveagh 233mCroaghrimkarra 271mGlenbeg East 372mGlennagleragh Mtn 617mKeelkil 239mKnocklaur 518mKnocknafaughy 254mLugnabrick SW Top 494mLugnabrick NE Top 494mDevilsmother Far North Top 601mMaumtrasna 682mRinavore 426mTullymorehill 279m
Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
Highest place:
Maumtrasna, 682mPlaces in area Partry/Joyce Country:
Ben Beg 560mBarnahowna 516mDevilsmother 645mDevilsmother South Top 509mDevilsmother North Top 595mMount Gable 416mBunnacunneen 575mBunnacunneen South Top 539mBunnacunneen SE Top 479mBohaun 393mBohaun 424mBuckaun East 495mKnocknagussy 456mCorveagh 233mCroaghrimkarra 271mGlenbeg East 372mGlennagleragh Mtn 617mKeelkil 239mKnocklaur 518mKnocknafaughy 254mLugnabrick SW Top 494mLugnabrick NE Top 494mDevilsmother Far North Top 601mMaumtrasna 682mRinavore 426mTullymorehill 279mNote: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
Bedrock type: Sandstone & conglomerate, ignimbrite, (Mweelrea Formation)
An anglicised form of Binn Gharbh is found in some sources, e.g. Ben Garrif on Bald's map of Co. Mayo (1830) and Bengoriff on the map accompanying Knox's The history of the County of Mayo (1908). The Discovery map has Magairlí an Deamhain, 'the demon’s testicles', as the Irish name. This, however, appears originally to be the name of a knobbly ridge located north of the summit (see Devilsmother North Top), whereas Binn Gharbh applies to the hill as a whole. The English name Devilsmother appears to have some relationship with Magairlí an Deamhain, either being a euphemistic false translation or deriving from a variant name. The Caoránach, the female demon of Irish mythology, whom St. Patrick banishes to Lough Derg, is also known as the Devil's Mother, though there is no evidence to support a connection with this hill. For a road walk in Glannagevlagh, see Walking in Connemara, 8.1. Binn Gharbh is the second highest mountain in the Partry/Joyce Country area and the 206th highest in Ireland. Binn Gharbh is the most westerly summit in the Partry/Joyce Country area.
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