More than 3,000 feet high, its summit usually lost in clouds, Mount Brandon is the tallest mountain on the Dingle Peninsula and one of the tallest in Ireland. I read and reread the trail notes ...

Two roads lead to Dingle town, but the most graphic route weaves Conor Pass over one of Ireland’s highest mountains. Stop at the summit and be awed by the glacier-carved vista with its moraine ...

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We climbed above small mountain farms to a high pass in the teeth of wind and rain. Below, in a hollow of the coast, the circle of Dingle Harbour lay cradled. A beautiful pale sunset layered the ...

The top of its mountainous spine is Mount Brandon, at 3,130 feet, the second-tallest mountain in Ireland. While only tiny villages lie west of Dingle Town, the peninsula is home to 500,000 sheep.

If you're a confident driver on the Irish roads take a journey up the Connor Pass, one of the highest mountain passes in Ireland whose narrow and twisty roads will lead you to the town of Dingle ...

Among the many majestic mountains to see in your lifetime, one that you may not have heard of is Carrauntoohil, Ireland's tallest ... all the way to the Dingle Peninsula and the fiercely blue ...

Rising from the beautiful Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Mount Brandon is Ireland's ninth highest mountain. It’s got a local rep as the ‘finest mountain in Ireland’, and it certainly ...

Taken from 'The Mountains of Ireland' by Gareth McCormack (The Collins Press, 2016) Winter sunset across the Nephin Beg Mountains, taken from the summit of Slieve Carr, Co Mayo. From 'The ...