Mangerton, An Mhangarta 838.2m mountain, Mangerton Cen: Mangerton Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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Mangerton 838.2m, Mangerton North Top 782m, Stoompa 705m, Glencappul Top 700m, Dromderalough 650m, Dromderalough NE Top 648m, Dromderalough NW Top 625m, Knockbrack 610m,

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Mangerton Area Cen: Mangerton Subarea

Place count in area: 28, OSI/LPS Maps: 78, 79, EW-KNP, EW-R
Highest place:

Mangerton, 838.2m
Maximum height for area: 838.2 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 583.2 metres,

Places in area Mangerton:
Cen: Dromderlough:

Dromderalough 650m

Dromderalough NE Top 648m

Dromderalough NW Top 625m

Knockbrack 610m

Knockrower 554m

Shaking Rock 402m
Cen: Inchimore:

Inchimore 256m
Cen: Mangerton:

Glencappul Top 700m

Mangerton 838.2m

Mangerton North Top 782m

Stoompa 705m

Stoompa East Top 608m
NE: Crohane:

Bennaunmore 454m

Carrigawaddra 425m

Crohane 650m

Crohane SW Top 477m
NW: Torc:

Cromaglan Mountain 371m

Torc Mountain 534.8m

Torc Mountain West Top 479.4m
SE: Esknabrock:

Esknabrock 406m
SW: Peakeens:

Derrygarriff 492m

Derrygarriff West Top 382m

Foardal 409.8m

Knockanaguish 509m

Peakeen Mountain 554.7m

Peakeen Mountain Far NW Top 525.5m

Peakeen Mountain North-West Top 522.7m

Peakeen Mountain West Top 538.7m

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

Mangerton Mountain An Mhangarta A name in Irish (Ir. An Mhangarta [OSI], poss. 'the long-haired (mountain)') Kerry County in Munster Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Green sandstone & purple siltstone Bedrock

Height: 838.2m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 78 Grid Reference: V98034 80782
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Longitude: -9.48441, Latitude: 51.970284 , Easting: 98035, Northing: 80782 Prominence: 583.17m, Isolation: 1.2km, Has trig pillar
ITM: 498007 580842, GPS IDs, 6 char: Mngrtn, 10 char: Mangerton
Bedrock type: Green sandstone & purple siltstone, (Glenflesk Chloritic Sandstone Formation)

The Horses' Glen and the Devil's Punchbowl carve deep hollows on the north side of Mangerton, but the southern flanks form a huge plateau, one of the most extensive areas of mountain wilderness in Ireland. Herds of red deer and sika deer roam this moorland. The northern slopes of Mangerton were the scene of a great battle in 1262 between the MacCarthys and Geraldine (Anglo-Norman) forces, following the rout at Callan Glen near Kilgarvan the previous year. The battle-site is known as Tooreencormick (Tuairín Cormaic, 'little field of Cormac') from the fall of Cormac MacCarthy, brother of the chief Fingen MacCarthy, in this battle. The battle was less decisive than Callan, but as a result of these two encounters the Anglo-Normans were kept out of South Kerry and West Cork for over three centuries afterwards. An alternative interpretation of An Mhangartach may be worth considering: it could be the noun mangart + suffix -ach. Dinneen defines mangart as 'movement' or 'shaking'. Thus the adjective (not listed in any dictionary) could mean 'moving', 'shaking', 'quaking'. This could refer to the physical movement of the bog which is prevalent on the southern slopes, but perhaps it could be understood figuratively as 'vacillating' or 'fickle'. 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. Mangerton is the highest mountain in the Mangerton area and the 26th highest in Ireland.
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top of mangerton 22nd of febuary .. by collywog (Show all for Mangerton (An Mhangarta))

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by collywog 24 Feb 2004

after going into the punch bowl we decided to take this route Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/25/comment/856/

Nice mountains with a good view to the Lough Lear .. by pazapas (Show all for Mangerton (An Mhangarta))

up mangerton on saturday (December 6 )A beautiful .. by salee (Show all for Mangerton (An Mhangarta))

I did this climb on 30 June 2009. There was a lo .. by Mols (Show all for Mangerton (An Mhangarta))

Descending by the Devil's Punch Bowl in the snow .. by Djouce (Show all for Mangerton (An Mhangarta))

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