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Twelve BensAreaSE: Glencoaghan LoopSubarea
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.
BencollaghduffMountainAn Bhinn Dubh A name in Irish, also Binn Dubh an extra EastWest name in IrishIr. An Bhinn Dubh [TR#], 'black peak')GalwayCounty in Connacht Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Best Hundred, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Pale quartzites, grits, graphitic top Bedrock
Height:696mOS 1:50k Mapsheet: 37Grid Reference: L79782 52992 Place visited by 382 members. Recently by: rhw, DeirdreM, orlaithfitz, maoris, Prem, Carolineswalsh, ConMack23, abptraining, SmirkyQuill, Kirsty, Carolyn105, Kaszmirek78, miriam, bagoff, Krzysztof_K I have visited this place: NO (You need to be a logged-in member to change this.)
Bencollaghduff means ‘peak of the black hags’. The black hags in question are cormorants [TR]. The OSI form Binn Dhubh represents a prescribed standard modern Irish form. Tim Robinson's Binn Dubh represents the local dialect, which omits lenition of d and t when the previous word ends in a dental consonant.
An Bhinn Dubh is the third highest mountain in the Twelve Bens area and the 119th highest in Ireland. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/115/