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Brandon Group Area   N: Brandon Ridge North Subarea
Place count in area: 15, OSI/LPS Maps: 70, EW-DC, EW-DW 
Highest place:
Brandon, 951.7m
Maximum height for area: 951.7 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 934 metres,

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Pierasmore Mountain Piaras Mór A name in Irish (Ir. Piaras Mór [OSI], 'big [obscure element]') Kerry County in Munster Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam Lists, Rhythmically bedded sandstone Bedrock

Height: 745.7m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 70 Grid Reference: Q46380 13650
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Longitude: -10.250332, Latitude: 52.253569 , Easting: 46380, Northing: 113650 Prominence: 32.8m,  Isolation: 0.2km
ITM: 446363 613703,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Prsmr, 10 char: Pierasmore
Bedrock type: Rhythmically bedded sandstone, (Ballymore Sandstone Formation)

This name is interpreted as 'big Pierce' in the Ordnance Survey Name Book. However, An Seabhac reports that in his time, nearly a century later, nobody in the locality had an explanation for the name but they did not think it was related to the personal name Piaras. There is a lower peak to the N called Piaras Beag. On the saddle between Piaras Mór and Masatiompan is an ogham stone bearing an inscription which translates as: Ronan, the priest son of Camogann. There is a chi-ro monogram (representing 'Christ') above it and a Greek cross in a circle on the other side (Barrington, Discovering Kerry, 180).   Piaras Mór is the 82nd highest place in Ireland.

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Stumpy Outcrop to Brandon's north .. by group   (Show all for Pierasmore (Piaras Mór))
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Pierasmore (<i>Piaras Mór</i>) in area Brandon Group, Ireland
 
GWPR on Pierasmore, 2002
by GWPR  11 Dec 2002
Photo taken from Pierasmore summit July 2002. Smerwick Harbour in the distance with Tearaght and the Blasket Islands visible. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/77/comment/241/
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View to Masatiopan .. by three5four0   (Show all for Pierasmore (Piaras Mór))
 
kaka (2003-01-28 12:04:38): mentions the ogham s .. by GWPR   (Show all for Pierasmore (Piaras Mór))
 
Keep an eye out for the ogham stone on the should .. by kaka   (Show all for Pierasmore (Piaras Mór))
 
Strange stump south of Masatiompan. Views from su .. by GWPR   (Show all for Pierasmore (Piaras Mór))
 
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