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    MacGillycuddy's Reeks (Irish: Na Cruacha Dubha, meaning 'the black stacks') is a sandstone and siltstone mountain range in the Iveragh Peninsula in County...
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    Kerry, close to the centre of Ireland's highest mountain range, MacGillycuddy's Reeks. Carrauntoohil is composed mainly of sandstone, whose glaciation...
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  • McGillycuddy of the Reeks (Irish: Mac Giolla Mochuda) is the hereditary Chief of the Name of McGillycuddy, a family originating around MacGillycuddy's Reeks...
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    running north–south in County Kerry, Ireland, that separates the MacGillycuddy's Reeks mountain range in the west, from the Purple Mountain Group range...
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    Irish mountains. The MacGillycuddy's Reeks range contains Ireland's highest mountain, Carrauntoohil 1,038.6 m (3,407 ft), and the Reeks is the highest range...
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    Ross Castle, Muckross House and Abbey, the Lakes of Killarney, MacGillycuddy's Reeks, Purple Mountain, Mangerton Mountain, Paps Mountain, the Gap of...
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    on both the Arderin and Vandeleur-Lynam lists. It is part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks range in County Kerry. Beenkeragh also gives its name the infamous...
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    Arderin and Vandeleur-Lynam classifications. It is part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks in County Kerry. Caher is Ireland's third-highest peak. The mountain...
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    years ago during a period of mountain formation, along with the MacGillycuddy's Reeks mountain range. Later, they were separated from the mainland by...
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    county's peninsulas have a hilly to mountainous topography, with the MacGillycuddy's Reeks on Iveragh rising to over 1,000 m (3,300 ft). By contrast, its interior...
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    Cnoc na Péiste is part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks range in County Kerry. It is one of only two 3,000 ft peaks in the Reeks with a prominence above the...
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    eastern section of the Reeks, starting and ending from the Hag's Glen. It is also climbed as part of the even longer MacGillycuddy's Reeks Ridge Walk, which...
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    Bone. It is part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks in County Kerry. Maolán Buí is in the eastern part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks in County Kerry, Ireland's...
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    meaning 'Black Glen') is a remote valley at the southern end of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks mountain range in County Kerry, Ireland, situated south of the Gap...
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    beside the Eagle's Nest corrie of Carrauntoohil and is part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks in County Kerry. The Hag's Tooth is a distinctive triangular rock...
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    is part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks range in County Kerry. Cnoc an Chuillinn lies in the eastern section of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks, Ireland's highest...
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    largest peninsula in southwestern Ireland. A mountain range, the MacGillycuddy's Reeks, lies in the centre of the peninsula. Carrauntoohil, its highest...
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    eighth-highest according to the Vandeleur-Lynam list. It is part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks in County Kerry, and is a small sharp peak on the dramatic Beenkeragh...
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    Moll's Gap is on the Ring of Kerry route, and offers views of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks mountains, and is a popular tourist location. The rocks at Moll's...
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    summit. It is part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks in County Kerry. Cruach Mhór is at the far eastern section of MacGillycuddy's Reeks in County Kerry, Ireland's...
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    point is Carrauntoohil (1,038.6 m or 3,407 ft), located in the MacGillycuddy's Reeks mountain range in the southwest. River Shannon, which traverses...
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    Vandeleur-Lynam list. Brandon is the highest Irish mountain outside the MacGillycuddy's Reeks range and has the greatest prominence of any Irish peak except Carrauntoohil...
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    Carrauntoohil and MacGillycuddy's Reeks: A Walking Guide to Ireland's Highest Mountains. Collins Press. ISBN 978-1905172337. "MacGillycuddy Reeks Mountain Access...
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    protection of a Special Area of Conservation ("Killarney National Park, MacGillycuddy's Reeks and Caragh River Catchment"). The river runs close to the village...
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    Ireland on the Irish Vandeleur-Lynam classification, and part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks range. Caher West Top is the only Furth to have a prominence below...
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    Glacier. Notable examples of arêtes include: Beenkeragh Ridge, MacGillycuddy's Reeks, County Kerry, Ireland. The Carn Mor Dearg arête on to Ben Nevis...
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    has a very scenic environment, which includes features such as MacGillycuddy's Reeks (the highest mountain range in Ireland), the Dingle Peninsula, Mizen...
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    Accursed Mountains Gennargentu, Italy Harz, Germany Ireland mountains MacGillycuddy's Reeks, Ireland Wicklow Mountains, Ireland Mourne Mountains, Northern Ireland...
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    Boggeragh Mountains, Derrynasaggart Mountains, Caha Mountains, MacGillycuddy's Reeks, Slieve Mish Mountains, Mullaghareirk Mountains, the Twelve Bens/Maumturks...
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    It is part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks range in County Kerry. Cnoc na Toinne lies between the Coomloughra Reeks and the Eastern Reeks, and is just above...
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