Mweelrea, Maol Réidh, Muilrea 814m mountain, Mweelrea W: Mweelrea Mayo Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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Mweelrea 814m, Ben Lugmore 803m, Ben Bury 795m, Ben Lugmore East Top 790m, Ben Lugmore West Top 790m, Mweelrea SE Spur 495m, Carricklea 95m,

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Mweelrea Area W: Mweelrea Subarea

Place count in area: 12, OSI/LPS Maps: 37, EW-CON, MSW
Highest place:

Mweelrea, 814m
Maximum height for area: 814 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 779 metres,

Places in area Mweelrea:
E: Ben Gorm Mountains:

Ben Creggan 693m

Ben Creggan South Top 687m

Ben Gorm 700m
W: Mweelrea:

Ben Bury 795m

Ben Lugmore 803m

Ben Lugmore East Top 790m

Ben Lugmore West Top 790m

Corrymailley Hill 286m

Mweelrea 814m

Mweelrea SE Spur 495m

Tawnydoogan 312m

Teevnabinnia 379m

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

Mweelrea Mountain Maol Réidh A name in Irish, also Muilrea an extra EastWest name in English (Ir. Cnoc Maol Réidh [GE], 'bald hill with the smooth top') County Highpoint of Mayo in Connacht Province, in County Highpoint, Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Best Hundred, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Sandstone & conglomerate, ignimbrite Bedrock

Height: 814m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 37 Grid Reference: L78983 66810
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Longitude: -9.830313, Latitude: 53.637241 , Easting: 78983, Northing: 266810 Prominence: 779m, Isolation: 1.5km
ITM: 478962 766828, GPS IDs, 6 char: Mwlr, 10 char: Mweelrea
Bedrock type: Sandstone & conglomerate, ignimbrite, (Mweelrea Formation)

Mweelrea is the highest mountain in Connacht. The use of the adjective réidh, ‘smooth’, does not have many parallels in Irish hill-names and seems rather unsuited to rugged Mweelrea. Whilst impossible to prove, it seems plausible that this was once a Brittonic name containing bre, comparable to Welsh moelfre ‘bald hill’, of which there are at least seven instances in Wales. A number of townlands in Co. Down called Drummiller or Miller Hill could well have the same origin, the addition of tautological Ir. droim or Eng. hill being a later development. Mweelrea is the highest mountain in the Mweelrea area and the 35th highest in Ireland. Mweelrea is the highest point in county Mayo.
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Oh to be able to cross the county bounds! .. by markmjcampion (Show all for Mweelrea (Maol Réidh))

This is a view of the corrie and The Ramp taken f .. by rmilne (Show all for Mweelrea (Maol Réidh))

Very wet and fairly steep approach from the lay-b .. by moosecollar (Show all for Mweelrea (Maol Réidh))

Went up the gully just below the ramp, was very c .. by peterkerry (Show all for Mweelrea (Maol Réidh))

General summary of climb

by Pstan 23 Jan 2011

I climbed Mweelrea on Saturday 22/01/11, from the East side at L82820 69529 star

A, accessed between Doo Lough and Glencullin Lough. Its a very good workout to the top and the view at the top is very rewarding. I note there is alot of text on this mountain already so I wont go into much detail. In summary, you follow the nearby stream up to a plateau. From here you have to loop around, from left to right, up a valley, if thats what it is called!! This is a tough climb, you`ll feel a nice burn on your quads. After this climb you get up a height of about 700m, which you will think must be near the summit. However, you must swing a left to find the summit, which takes about 45/50 mins from here. You`ll have to head down to about 640m and back up to the summit. The views on the way to the summit are unreal. Enjoy. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/34/comment/6211/

Climbed Mweelrea this Summer - great weather goin .. by collinsr (Show all for Mweelrea (Maol Réidh))

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