Beenoskee, Binn os Gaoith, Binn na Sciatháin 826m mountain, Central Dingle N: Annascaul Lake North Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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Beenoskee 826m, Stradbally Mountain 798m, Coombane 610m, Beenatoor 592m, Dromavally Mountain 552m, Cnoc na Bánóige North Top 447.6m,

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Central Dingle Area N: Annascaul Lake North Subarea

Place count in area: 25, OSI/LPS Maps: 70, 71, 78, EW-DC, EW-DE, EW-DW
Highest place:

Beenoskee, 826m
Maximum height for area: 826 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 491 metres,

Places in area Central Dingle:
Cen: Annascaul Lake West:

Cnoc na Bánóige 641.6m

Cnoc na Bánóige North Top 447.6m

Knockmulanane 593.2m

Knockmulanane West Top 563.5m
Cen: Dromavally:

Cummeen 477m

Dromavally Mountain 552m

Knocknakilton 423m
N: Annascaul Lake North:

Coombane 610m

Beenatoor 592m

Beenoskee 826m

Stradbally Mountain 798m
N: Carrigdav:

Carrigadav 240m
N: Fermoyle:

Farrandalouge 144m
S: Annascaul:

Beenmore 252m

Brickany 374m

Knockafeehane 301m

Knocknanacree 286m
W: Ballyduff:

Slievenalecka 458.4m

Beenbo 476.7m

Slievenagower 485.8m
W: Slieveanea:

Slievanea NE Top 670.7m

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

Beenoskee Mountain Binn os Gaoith A name in Irish, also Binn na Sciatháin an extra EastWest name in Irish (Ir. Binn os Gaoith [OSI], 'mountain above the wind/estuary') Kerry County in Munster Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Best Hundred, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Purple cross-bedded sandstone Bedrock

Height: 826m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 70 Grid Reference: Q58062 08879
Place visited by 282 members. Recently by: SmirkyQuill, Marykerry, maryblewitt, Dee68, Jai-mckinney, Oscar-mckinney, Carolyn105, trampisob, bagoff, garybuz, Paddym99, chelman7, Chopper, glencree, Krzysztof_K
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Longitude: -10.077357, Latitude: 52.213846 , Easting: 58062, Northing: 108879 Prominence: 491m, Isolation: 0.7km, Has trig pillar
ITM: 458045 608932, GPS IDs, 6 char: Bnsk, 10 char: Beenoskee
Bedrock type: Purple cross-bedded sandstone, (Cappagh Sandstone Formation)

It would seem that this name is locally understood to mean 'mountain above the wind', but as wind speeds tend only to increase the more height one gains, one has to ask what this could possibly mean. Another possibility is that gaoth is rather an archaic word for a water feature (possibly Lough Gill or the estuary of the nearby Owenmore River), and that the name was no longer understood once this word had fallen out of common use in Irish. For further information on the name Beenoskee, see Paul Tempan, Some Notes on the Names of Six Kerry Mountains, JKAHS, ser. 2, vol. v (2005), 5-19. Binn os Gaoith is the highest mountain in the Central Dingle area and the 29th highest in Ireland.
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High rocky conical peak in central Dingle peninsu .. by group (Show all for Beenoskee (Binn os Gaoith))

If you're going to tackle the 840 mountain tops o .. by dbloke (Show all for Beenoskee (Binn os Gaoith))

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Picture: Beenoskee from Stradbally with the Brandon ridge in the background

Varied terrain from Annascaul lake

by glencree 19 Jun 2023

We took the route suggested in the short summary with a gradual climb via the track from Lough Annascaul. Emerging from the U shaped valley the terrain is grassy and involves a gradual ascent to Stradbally, followed by the rocky traverse to Beenoskee. The rock gives way to grass again on the col before ascending Coombane, to return again to the rocky track to the lake. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/28/comment/23992/

Photo taken from Ballyquin shows Stradbally Mt., .. by GWPR (Show all for Beenoskee (Binn os Gaoith))

The reflection of the stillness on Beenoskee is t .. by majorkikshaw (Show all for Beenoskee (Binn os Gaoith))

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