Mountains and hills in County Kerry, A to Z
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Knockatinna Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Knockatinna in County Kerry was once haunted by a fiddler who played all night long until he got so into it he forgot…
Knockbeg Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Knockbeg in County Kerry is where Vikings got so thoroughly lost searching for gold that they accidentally discovered…
Knockboy Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Knockboy sits on the Cork–Kerry border like a bouncer who has misplaced the guest list. At 706 metres it is the highest…
Knockboy North Top Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Knockboy North Top in County Kerry has a ridiculous smuggling story where a man tried to hide a wheelbarrow full of…
Knockbrack Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Knockbrack in County Kerry makes a weird creaking sound at night that sounds exactly like an old grandfather clock…
Knocklomena Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Knocklomena is famous for having no paths, which means it’s basically a giant tussocky obstacle course for your ankles.…
Knockmichael Mountain Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Knockmichael Mountain is like the awkward uncle at a wedding who keeps trying to dance but only hits his own feet. It’s…
Knocknabreeda Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Knocknabreeda hears everything you say through its rocky walls, including that time you lied about eating the last…
Knocknadobar Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Knocknadobar rises above the Kerry coast with a pilgrim path on one side and the kind of view that makes a tired walker…
Knocknadobar North Top Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Knocknadobar North Top used to be run by a matchmaker who paired off hikers based on their hat collection alone. It…
Knocknamanagh Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Knocknamanagh took forty-seven cups of tea to build, according to the local lore, which explains why it looks so…
Knocknasallagh Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Knocknasallagh has a local who swears he invented the whole concept of this specific hill just to annoy his neighbour…
Knockrower Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Knockroe in County Kerry would bring its own dislodged capstone to any party as a conversation starter. It’s like a…
Mangerton Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Mangerton is the long-haired mountain, which is a rich joke from Kerry when the summit can be wrapped in cloud. At…
Mangerton North Top Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Mangerton North Top has a ghost living there who is too lazy to actually haunt anyone properly. He just sits on the…
Maolán Buí Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Maolán Buí sits high on the eastern ridge of MacGillycuddy's Reeks in County Kerry, where a modest-looking bump on a…
Maulin Mountain Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Maolán Buí in County Kerry is stuck in a feud over who owns the best view for sunset. The families argue so much…
Moanlaur Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Moanlaur is sitting on its hands, pretending it doesn't know about that massive lotto win from last Tuesday. It says it…
Mullaghanattin Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Mullaghanattin lifts a pointed summit above Kerry's Ballaghbeama Gap, a mountain apparently determined to make a…
Mullaghnarakill Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Mullaghnarakill has a tunnel that supposedly goes straight to the nearest pub, saving you forty minutes of walking…
Piaras Mór Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Piaras Mór stands beside one of the Dingle Way's most memorable mountain crossings, and it still insists on being more…
Purple Mountain Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Purple Mountain rises beside Kerry's Gap of Dunloe with the air of a giant who chose his cloak before checking the…
Scarriff Island Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Scarriff Island is sick of being asked if it’s safe to land on, because honestly, it depends entirely on the tide and…
Sceilg Mhíchíl Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Sceilg Mhíchíl has very strong opinions on modern buildings, specifically that they’re all made of cardboard and bad…
Seefin Mountain / peak Explorer Tom The time a fox took charge of Seefin is still talked about in whispers, mostly because the fox looked very important…
Shehy Mountain Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Shehy Mountain is the quieter eastern sibling of Purple Mountain above Killarney, and it is rather good at avoiding the…- Skregmore Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Skregmore rises above Kerry's Coomloughra valley with a name that sounds like a dare from a theatrical mountain. It is…
Sliabh an Iolair Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Sliabh an Iolair means eagle mountain, though the best known arrival here came on wings made of metal. Charles…
Sliabh Mhacha Ré Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Sliabh Mhacha Ré is planning to retire early and open a very exclusive, quiet pub at the top of the world. It’s already…
Stoompa Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Stoompa sits east of Mangerton above Killarney, with a name that sounds like a giant crossing a wooden floor. The…
Stradbally Mountain Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Stradbally Mountain has a name that sounds as though it ought to have a shop, a post office and a fellow leaning out to…
Strickeen Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Strickeen was saved by a hero no one remembers because he died of embarrassment from all the wind blowing his hair…
Stumpa Duloigh se Top Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Stumpa Duloigh se Top claims a local invented it just to confuse tourists who can’t read maps. He swears he drew it…
The Big Gun Mountain / peak Explorer Tom The Big Gun sounds like something I might announce in a pub after climbing three steps, but this Kerry summit deserves…
The Bones Mountain / peak Explorer Tom The Bones sounds like a warning, and the mountain makes a convincing case for the name. This 957-metre point rises on…
The Paps West Mountain / peak Explorer Tom The Paps West has been in a furious fairy dispute over parking rights with the clouds for the last three centuries. The…
Tomies Mountain Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Tomies Mountain rises above Killarney with a splendid view of Lough Leane and a talent for confusing map readers. Some…
Tomies Mountain North Top Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Tomies Mountain North Top refuses to fall down because it is holding its breath to impress a very shy cloud that lives…
Torc Mountain Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Torc Mountain means mountain of the wild boar, and I refuse to say whether that describes the old legends or me on a…
Torc Mountain W Top Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Torc Mountain W Top is where Saint Patrick supposedly went to hide from his own bad jokes for an entire afternoon. He…
Triskbeg Mountain Mountain / peak Explorer Tom Triskbeg Mountain has a hidden message carved into its stones that only appears when you squint really hard through…
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