Mount Brandon

Mount Brandon
(and the Brandon Group)
Mount Brandon; (and the Brandon Group)
	Mount Brandon photographed from Brandon Peak, with its distinctive east–west contrast.
Highest point
Elevation	951.7 m (3,122 ft)
Prominence	934 m (3,064 ft)
Parent peak	Carrauntoohil
Isolation	26.7 miles (43.0 km)
Listing	P600, Marilyn, Furth, Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam
Coordinates	52°14′06″N 10°15′16″W / 52.235113°N 10.254336°W
Naming
Native name	Cnoc Bréanainn
English translation	Brendan's hill
Geography
	Mount Brandon; (and the Brandon Group) Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland
Parent range	Brandon Group
OSI/OSNI grid	Q4604211605
Topo map	OSI Discovery 70
Geology
Age of rock	Devonian
Mountain type	Purple sandstone & siltstone
Climbing
Easiest route	Saint's Route (Cosán na Naomh)

Mount Brandon or Brandon (Irish: Cnoc Bréanainn, meaning 'Brendan's hill'),^[4] at 952 metres (3,123 ft), is one of the ten highest peaks in Ireland, being the 8th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, and the 9th–highest on the Vandeleur-Lynam list.^[5] Brandon is the highest Irish mountain outside the MacGillycuddy's Reeks range and has the greatest prominence of any Irish peak except Carrauntoohil, Ireland's highest mountain.^[5]

Mount Brandon is at the centre of a long high ridge called the Brandon Group range of mountains in the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry. The ridge contains seven other major peaks (i.e. above 2,000 ft in height); one is the similarly named Brandon Peak (840 metres).^[5]^[6] The positioning and dimensions of the Brandon Group ridge have made it the scene of several air accidents over the years.^[7] The mountain, and range, is named after Saint Brendan, and is the end of a Christian pilgrimage trail known as Cosán na Naomh. It is also well regarded for hill walking with routes such as the 4–5-hour Faha Route (also called The Pilgrim's Path), and the 6–7-hour traverse of the entire range known as "one of the finest ridgewalks in Ireland".^[6]^[5]^[8]

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[8] Fairbairn, Helen (2014). Ireland's Best Walks: A Walking Guide. Collins Press. ISBN 978-1848892118.

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