Croagh Patrick, Cruach Phádraig, The Reek 764m mountain, Croagh Patrick N: North Ridge Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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Croagh Patrick 764m, Ben Goram 559m, Lugnademon 509.9m, Crott Mountain 499.7m, Teevenacroaghy 485.9m,

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Croagh Patrick Area N: North Ridge Subarea

Place count in area: 12, OSI/LPS Maps: 30, 31, 37, 38, CBE, CBW, MSW
Highest place:

Croagh Patrick, 764m
Maximum height for area: 764 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 639 metres,

Places in area Croagh Patrick:
N: North Ridge:

Ben Goram 559m

Boheh Hill 219m

Croagh Patrick 764m

Crott Mountain 499.7m

Lugnademon 509.9m

Teevenacroaghy 485.9m
S: Owenmore:

Carrowrevagh 210m

Knockakishaun 390m

Oughty Hill 333m
W: Louisburgh Hills:

Balloor Hill 147m

Carrowmore Hill 171m

Kinknock Hill 173m

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

Croagh Patrick Mountain Cruach Phádraig A name in Irish, also The Reek an extra EastWest name in English (Ir. Cruach Phádraig [GE], 'Patrick’s stack') Mayo County in Connacht Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Quartzite, psammite, basal conglomerate Bedrock

Height: 764m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 30 Grid Reference: L90584 80197
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Longitude: -9.659247, Latitude: 53.760033 , Easting: 90584, Northing: 280197 Prominence: 639m, Isolation: 1km, Has trig pillar
ITM: 490593 780213, GPS IDs, 6 char: CrghPt, 10 char: CrghPtrck
Bedrock type: Quartzite, psammite, basal conglomerate, (Cregganbaun Formation)

Saint Patrick is said to have fasted for forty days on Croagh Patrick. It is from here that he is said to have banished a flock of evil black birds as well as the serpents of Ireland (a hollow to the north of the summit named Lugnademon commemorates this story). This explains its significance as a place of pilgrimage, though it was already sacred in pagan times, being a Lughnasa site [see MacNeill, 71-84]. Locally Croagh Patrick is called ‘The Reek’, a variant of the word ‘rick’ (i.e. a hayrick or haystack). ‘Cruach’ has the same meaning. In pagan times the mountain was known as Cruachán Aigle or Cruachán Garbrois. Garbros seems to be a place-name for the locality. Croagh Patrick is the highest mountain in the Croagh Patrick area and the 66th highest in Ireland.
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Iconic much-eroded conical peak overlooking Clew .. by group (Show all for Croagh Patrick (Cruach Phádraig))

It was August 2003 and this was the first mountai .. by tiktiktik3 (Show all for Croagh Patrick (Cruach Phádraig))

My first ascent of the Reek .. by happymourneview (Show all for Croagh Patrick (Cruach Phádraig))

I climbed Croagh Patrick twice in the past few da .. by DavidG (Show all for Croagh Patrick (Cruach Phádraig))

Croagh Patrick is, by far, the most climbed mount .. by pj (Show all for Croagh Patrick (Cruach Phádraig))

phutch on Croagh Patrick, 2004

by phutch 20 Aug 2004

Climbed the Reek on a good day in july 04. Errosion is very bad on the right hand side of the path going up the last 200m. sticking to the scree doesnt make this steep part much more difficult and coming down offers somtimes more predictable footing than the sandy eroded area. Great views clew bay, north towards Achill and Nephin beg range and south towards the partry mountains, sheefery hills, mweelrea and connemara. Clare island looks like a big whale gaurding the entrance to clew bay.
The little church at the top provides a good shield from the strong winds. it was locked though Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/65/comment/1098/

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