Arra Mountains

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Arra Mountains
Irish: Sliabh an Ara
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Lough Derg from Arra Mountains
Highest point
PeakTountinna
Elevation 457 m (1,499 ft)
Geography
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CountryRepublic of Ireland
Province Munster
Range coordinates 52°50′N8°22′W / 52.833°N 8.367°W / 52.833; -8.367

The Arra Mountains or Arra Hills (Irish: Sliabh an Ara) [1] are situated in County Tipperary in Ireland, between the towns of Nenagh and Ballina, south east of Lough Derg (Shannon) and north of the M7 Motorway.

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The highest summit is Tountinna (Irish: Tonn Toinne) at 457m high. [2]

On Loughtea Hill, south-west of Portroe, a 20-metre-high (66 ft) stainless steel cross was erected in 2002 to mark the millennium and to replace an original cross placed there following the Eucharistic Congress of Dublin (1932). [3]

Fintan's Grave a cave on Tountinna where in mythology Fintan mac Bóchra is said to have waited out the flood here. [4]

Description

Tountinna, the highest peak, does not qualify as a mountain using the usual convention whereby a mountain is defined (in Ireland and the UK) as any summit at least 2,000 ft (610 m) high, [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] whilst the official UK government's definition of a mountain is a summit of 600 metres or higher. [10] In addition, some definitions also include a topographical prominence requirement, typically 100 or 500 feet (30 or 152 m). [7] In practice, mountains in Scotland are frequently referred to as "hills" no matter what their height, as reflected in names such as the Cuillin Hills and the Torridon Hills . In Wales, the distinction is more a term of land use and appearance and has nothing to do with height. For a while, the US defined a mountain as being 1,000 feet (300 m) or more tall. Any similar landform lower than this height was considered a hill. However, today, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) concludes that these terms do not have technical definitions in the US. [11] However both the Placenames Database of Ireland and the Ordnance Survey of Ireland refer to the Arra range as mountains, not hills. [1] [12]

There are a few loop walks on and around Tountinna going through Killary Glen and past Black Lough. The Lough Derg Way passes through Laghtea Hill and Tountinna.

There is a small valley called Killary Glen southwest of Tountinna

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Tountinna on a cloudy day Tountinna by Nicesunnyday19.jpg
Tountinna on a cloudy day

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References

  1. 1 2 "Sliabh Ara / Arra Mountains". Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann - Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  2. ↑ Ordnance Survey of ireland Discovery series map 59 3rd edition (2011)
  3. ↑ "Lough Derg Way". EveryTrail. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
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  5. ↑ Nuttall, John & Anne (2008). The Mountains of England & Wales - Volume 2: England (3rd ed.). Milnthorpe, Cumbria: Cicerone. ISBN   978-1-85284-037-2.
  6. ↑ "Survey turns hill into a mountain". BBC News. 19 September 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  7. 1 2 A Mountain is a Mountain - isn't it? at www.go4awalk.com. Accessed on 3 Feb 2013.
  8. ↑ mountain at dictionary.reference.com. Accessed on 3 Feb 2013.
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