Editing Mount Brandon (section)

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{{short description|Mountain in Kerry, Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Use Irish English|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Brandon<br/>(and the Brandon Group)
| native_name = {{Native name|ga|Cnoc Bréanainn|paren=omit}}
| translation = Brendan's hill
| language = [[Irish language|Irish]]
| photo = Brandon Mountain from Brandon Peak - geograph.org.uk - 331817.jpg
| photo_caption = Mount Brandon photographed from Brandon Peak, with its distinctive east–west contrast.
| photo_size = 
| elevation_m = 951.7
| elevation_ref = <ref name="mountainviews">{{cite web|url=http://mountainviews.ie/summit/9/|title=Mount Brandon|publisher=[[MountainViews Online Database]]|access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref><ref name=peakbagger/><ref name="OsiMap70"/>
| prominence_m = 934
| prominence_ref = <ref name="mountainviews"/>
| parent_peak = [[Carrauntoohil]]
| isolation = {{convert|26.7|mi|km}}
| listing = [[List of P600 mountains in the British Isles|P600]], [[List of Marilyns in the British Isles|Marilyn]], [[List of Furth mountains in the British Isles|Furth]], [[List of Hewitt mountains in England, Wales and Ireland|Hewitt]], [[Lists of mountains in Ireland#Arderins|Arderin]], [[List of mountains of the British Isles by height|Simm]], [[Lists of mountains in Ireland#Vandeleur-Lynams|Vandeleur-Lynam]]
| location = [[Dingle Peninsula]], [[County Kerry]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
| map = island of Ireland
| range = Brandon Group<ref name="mountainviews"/>
| coordinates = {{coord|52.235113|N|10.254336|W|type:mountain_region:IE_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = <ref name="mountainviews"/>
| grid_ref_Ireland = Q4604211605 
| topo = [[Ordnance Survey of Ireland|OSI]] ''Discovery'' 70<ref name="OsiMap70"/>
| type= Purple sandstone & siltstone<ref name="mountainviews"/>
| easiest_route = ''Saint's Route'' (''Cosán na Naomh'')
| period=[[Devonian]]<ref name="mountainviews"/>
}}

'''Mount Brandon''' or '''Brandon''' ({{lga|Cnoc Bréanainn|Brendan's hill}}),<ref name="peak">{{cite web|url= http://www.mountaineering.ie/_files/Paul%20Tempan%20Irish%20Mountain%20Placenames%20-%20Feb%202012.pdf|title=Irish Hill and Mountain Names|publisher=MountainViews.ie|author=Paul Tempan|date=February 2012}}</ref> at {{convert|952|m|ft}}, is one of the ten highest peaks in Ireland, being the 8th–highest peak in [[Ireland]] on the [[Lists of mountains in Ireland#Arderins|Arderin]] list, and the 9th–highest on the [[Lists of mountains in Ireland#Vandeleur-Lynams|Vandeleur-Lynam]] list.<ref name="collins" /> Brandon is the highest Irish mountain outside the [[MacGillycuddy's Reeks]] range and has the greatest [[topographic prominence|prominence]] of any Irish peak except [[Carrauntoohil]], Ireland's highest mountain.<ref name="collins" />

Mount Brandon is at the centre of a long high ridge called the '''Brandon Group''' range of mountains in the [[Dingle Peninsula]] in [[County Kerry]]. The ridge contains seven other major peaks (i.e. above 2,000 ft in height); one is the similarly named '''Brandon Peak''' (840 metres).<ref name="collins"/><ref name="dillon"/> The positioning and dimensions of the Brandon Group ridge have made it the scene of several air accidents over the years.<ref name="jimr"/> The mountain, and range, is named after [[Brendan the Navigator|Saint Brendan]], and is the end of a [[Christian pilgrimage]] trail known as ''Cosán na Naomh''. It is also well regarded for hill walking with routes such as the 4–5-hour ''Faha Route'' (also called ''The Pilgrim's Path''), and the 6–7-hour traverse of the entire range known as "one of the finest ridgewalks in Ireland".<ref name="dillon"/><ref name="collins"/><ref>{{cite book | last1 = Fairbairn | first1 = Helen | title = Ireland's Best Walks: A Walking Guide | publisher = Collins Press | isbn = 978-1848892118 | year = 2014 }}</ref>