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CARRAUNTOOHIL

“In Ireland there are thirteen Munros (sometimes listed as fourteen due to Caher, Co. Kerry, having two distinct peaks). The majority of these are located in the MacGillycuddy Reeks in Kerry. Carrauntoohil (Corrán Tuathail in Irish, meaning ‘Tuathail’s Inverted Sickle’), is Ireland’s highest mountain at 3,409 feet. Isaac Weld, a topographical writer referred to Carrauntoohil as Gheraun-tuel (Géarán Tuathail) meaning ‘Tuathail’s tooth or fang’ in the 1800s. The Reeks stretch from the Gap of Dunloe in the east to Glencar in the west and overlook the

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