Cruach Mhór
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Cruach Mhór, at 932 metres high, is the tenth-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, and the eleventh-highest peak in Ireland according to the Vandeleur-Lynam list. A distinctive square grotto m
Cruach Mhór (left), and The Big Gun (right), as seen from the summit of Cnoc na Péiste
Grotto at the top of Cruach Mhor, built by a local farmer who hauled the materials up by hand
Ridge from Cnoc na Peiste, to The Big Gun (r), and on to Cruach Mhor (l), whose grotto is visible at its summit.
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The Big Gun
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The Big Gun, at 939 metres high, is the ninth-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, or the tenth-highest according to the Vandeleur-Lynam list. It is part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks in County
Cruach Mhór
…when started from Kate Kearney's Cottage in the Gap of Dunloe. The ridge between Cruach Mhór and Cnoc na Péiste 988 metres (3,241 ft), is marked by The Big Gun 939 metres (3,081 ft) at its centre, and is considered as offering some of the most exposed and serious hill walking in Ireland (equivalent to The Bones…
Climber walking towards The Big Gun (right), with the summit of Cruach Mhór behind (left)
Rocky summit of the Big Gun (left), and ridge to Cnoc na Péiste (right)