The Twelve Bens or Twelve Pins, also called the Benna Beola, is a mountain range of mostly sharp-peaked quartzite summits and ridges in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, in the west of Ireland. The widest definition of the range includes the Garraun Complex to the north as well as several isolated peaks to the west, and is designated a 16,163-hectare (39,940-acre) Special Area of Conservation.
View of the range from Roundstone village.
Glencoaghan River from Bencullaghduff
Quartzite peaks and rocky ridges of Bencorr and its subsidiary peaks and spurs
The range includes extensive bog habitats
County Galway is a county in Ireland. It is in the Northern and Western Region, taking up the south of the province of Connacht. The county population was 276,451 at the 2022 census.
County Hall, Galway
The prehistoric hill fort of Dún Aonghasa, Inishmore Island