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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,
Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
Diamond HillHillBinn Ghuaire A name in Irish, also Bengooria an extra name in English(Ir. Binn Ghuaire [TR], 'Guaire's peak')GalwayCounty in Connacht Province, in Carn List, Pale quartzites, grits, graphitic top Bedrock
Height:442mOS 1:50k Mapsheet: 37Grid Reference: L73138 57049 Place visited by 323 members. Recently by: TipsyDempy, ToughSoles, benjimann9, edowling, itsaroadmap, Timmy.Mullen, mastermark, maitiuocoimin, Stetarrant, childminder05, Dee68, leetelefson, WetSocks, Corco, ahogan I have visited this place: NO (You need to be a logged-in member to change this.)
This is the westernmost peak of the Twelve Bens. On the north-west of Ballynahinsy [Ballynahinch], are the twelve high mountaines of Bennabeola, called by marriners the twelve stakes [i.e. stacks], being the first land they discover as they come from the maine (O'Flaherty, 106-07). Guaire Aidne was a king of Connacht. His name was a by-word for hospitality and generosity. He was known as ‘Guaire of the extended hand’. He is the title character in W.B. Yeats’ play, ‘The King’s Threshold’. He is also associated with Dún Guaire, a castle near Kinvara. Bengooria is an anglicised form of Binn Ghuaire. Oddly enough, the Discovery map shows the name Benhoowirra on the western slopes, which appears to be an alternative anglicisation of the same name.
Binn Ghuaire is the 762nd highest place in Ireland. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/649/