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==List of peaks== {{Main|Lists of mountains in Ireland}} The following is a download from the ''[[MountainViews Online Database]]'', who list 15 Brandon Group peaks over 100 metres. {{legend|#cfc|[[Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles#Furths|Furth]] (or ''Irish Munro''): Height over {{convert|3000|ft|0}}, and on the [[Scottish Mountaineering Club|SMC]] Furth list.}} {{legend|#cff|[[Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles#Marilyns|Marilyn]]: Any height, and prominence over {{convert|150|m|0}}.}} {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left" |+ style="text-align: left;" |Peaks of the Brandon Group (''[[MountainViews Online Database]]'', October 2018) |- !style="text-align:left"|[[Elevation|Height]]<br>Rank !style="text-align:left"|[[Topographic prominence|Prom.]]<br>Rank !style="text-align:left"|Name !style="text-align:left"|Irish Name (if different) !style="text-align:left"|Translation !style="text-align:left"|[[Summit|Height]]<br>(m) !style="text-align:left"|[[Topographic prominence|Prom.]]<br>(m) !style="text-align:left"|[[Summit|Height]]<br>(ft) !style="text-align:left"|[[Topographic prominence|Prom.]]<br>(ft) !style="text-align:left"|[[Topographic map|Topo<br>Map]] !style="text-align:left"|[[Ordnance Survey Ireland|OSI Grid<br>Reference]] |- |1||1||style="background:#cfc;text-align:left"|[[Brandon Mountain|Brandon]]<ref name="mountainviews"/>|| Cnoc Bréanainn||Brendan's Hill|| 952 || style="background:#cff;text-align:left"|934 || 3,122 || 3,064 ||70||{{gbm4ibx|Q460116}} |- |2||13||[[Brandon North Top]]<ref name="mountainviews2">{{cite web|url=http://mountainviews.ie/summit/15/|title=Mount Brandon North Top|publisher=[[MountainViews Online Database]]|access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref>||—||—|| 895 || 23 || 2,938 || 76 ||70||{{gbm4ibx|Q461125}} |- |3||14||[[Brandon Far North Top]]<ref name="mountainviews3">{{cite web|url=http://mountainviews.ie/summit/1391/|title=Mount Brandon Far North Top|publisher=[[MountainViews Online Database]]|access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref>||—||—|| 840 || 17 || 2,756 || 57 ||70||{{gbm4ibx|Q459128}} |- |4||3||[[Brandon Peak]]<ref name="mountainviews4">{{cite web|url=http://mountainviews.ie/summit/24/|title=Brandon Peak|publisher=[[MountainViews Online Database]]|access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref>||Barr an Ghéaráin||Top of the Fang{{efn|From the vicinity of Cloghane church there is a strange optical illusion whereby this peak seems higher than the summit, though it is actually over 100m lower.<ref name="peak"/>}}|| 840 || style="background:#cff;text-align:left"|190 || 2,756 || 623 ||70||{{gbm4ibx|Q472095}} |- |5||6||[[Benagh]]<ref name="mountainviews5">{{cite web|url=http://mountainviews.ie/summit/30/|title=Benagh|publisher=[[MountainViews Online Database]]|access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref>||Binn Faiche||Peak of Faha{{efn|"An Fhaiche / Faha is the name of the townland in which this peak is situated. The grotto at which the traditional ascent of the mountain begins is further down in the same townland. The walls E of the summit were identified as the remains of an inland promontory fort by archaeologist Barry Raftery. For information on this fort, see Archaeology Ireland Heritage Guide No. 29 (published March 2005)".<ref name="peak"/>}}|| 822 || 57 || 2,697 || 187 ||70||{{gbm4ibx|Q469119}} |- |6||8||[[Faha Ridge]]<ref name="mountainviews6">{{cite web|url=http://mountainviews.ie/summit/35/|title=Faha Ridge|publisher=[[MountainViews Online Database]]|access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref>||Na Poirt||The Fortifications|| 809 || 44 || 2,654 || 144 ||70||{{gbm4ibx|Q464120}} |- |7||10||[[Gearhane]]<ref name="mountainviews7">{{cite web|url=http://mountainviews.ie/summit/37/|title=Gearhane|publisher=[[MountainViews Online Database]]|access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref>||An Géarán||The Fang|| 803 || 26 || 2,635 || 85 ||70||{{gbm4ibx|Q468087}} |- |8||11||[[Brandon South Top]]<ref name="mountainviews8">{{cite web|url=http://mountainviews.ie/summit/49/|title=Brandon South Top|publisher=[[MountainViews Online Database]]|access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref>||Faill na nDeamhan||Cliff of the Demons{{efn|Máire MacNeill comments on the place-names around Brandon as follows: From An Seabhac's compendium of the place-names of the district we learn that several places on the mountain have names suggestive of myths which recur at other Lughnasa sites, e.g. Macha an Mhíl (the Beast's Pasture), Faill na nDeamhan (the Demons' Cliff), Com na Caillighe (the Hag's Recess), Loch na Mná (the Woman's Lake), Cnoc an Tairbh (the Bull's Hill), etc.<ref name="peak"/>}}|| 790 || 25 || 2,592 || 82 ||70||{{gbm4ibx|Q468107}} |- |9||4||[[Masatiompan]]<ref name="mountainviews9">{{cite web|url=http://mountainviews.ie/summit/66/|title=Masatiompan|publisher=[[MountainViews Online Database]]|access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref>||Más an Tiompáin||Rump of the Drum/Hump|Hollow{{efn|Tiompán can also mean a deep sheltered cove. Nearby there is such a cove at Sauce Creek.<ref name="peak"/>}}|| 762 || 109 || 2,500 || 358 ||70||{{gbm4ibx|Q465145}} |- |10||9||[[Piaras Mór]]<ref name="mountainviews10">{{cite web|url=http://mountainviews.ie/summit/77/|title=Piaras Mór|publisher=[[MountainViews Online Database]]|access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref>||—||Big Pierce{{efn|This name is interpreted as 'big Pierce' in the Ordnance Survey Name Book. However, An Seabhac reports that in his time, nearly a century later, nobody in the locality had an explanation for the name but they did not think it was related to the personal name Piaras. There is a lower peak to the N called Piaras Beag. On the saddle between Piaras Mór and Masatiompan is an ogham stone bearing an inscription which translates as: Ronan, the priest son son of Camogann. There is a chi-ro monogram (representing 'Christ') above it and a Greek cross in a circle on the other side (Barrington, Discovering Kerry, 180).<ref name="peak"/>}}|| 746 || 33 || 2,447 || 108 ||70||{{gbm4ibx|Q464136}} |- |11||15||Piaras Mór thuaidh barr<ref name="mountainviews11">{{cite web|url=http://mountainviews.ie/summit/1393/|title=Piaras Mór thuaidh barr|publisher=[[MountainViews Online Database]]|access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref>||—||—|| 700 || 12 || 2,297 || 38 ||70||{{gbm4ibx|Q464138}} |- |12||2||[[Ballysitteragh]]<ref name="mountainviews12">{{cite web|url=http://mountainviews.ie/summit/238/|title=Ballysitteragh|publisher=[[MountainViews Online Database]]|access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref>||An Scraig||Rocky Outcrop{{efn|Also known as Cnoc Bhaile Uí Shé [OSI], 'hill of Baile Uí Shé', from Ballyhea(-bought) townland. The English form Ballysitteragh could be from Baile Suiteoireach, 'the townland of the camp/barracks', but the circumstances of its naming are unclear. Coumhenry, Coumgraig and Coumthrive are hollows below the mountain on the N. side.<ref name="peak"/>}}|| 623 || style="background:#cff;text-align:left"|218 || 2,044 || 715 ||70||{{gbm4ibx|Q460057}} |- |13||12||[[Beennabrack]]<ref name="mountainviews13">{{cite web|url=http://mountainviews.ie/summit/273/|title=Beennabrack|publisher=[[MountainViews Online Database]]|access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref>||Binn na mBroc{{efn|name="been"|Paul Tempan notes that the Irish name Macha na gCab and the anglicised name Beennabrack have very different meanings. It seems unlikely that they originally referred to the same feature. An Seabhac gives the name Binn na mBroc ('peak of the badgers') for this hill (TCCD, 143, 233), which shows that Beennabrack is a corruption. He does not mention Macha na gCab.<ref name="peak"/>}}<br>Macha na gCab||Peak of the Badgers{{efn|name="been"}}<br/>Plain of the Beaks|| 609 || 24 || 1,996 || 77 ||70||{{gbm4ibx|Q469054}} |- |14||7||An Bhinn Dubh<ref name="mountainviews14">{{cite web|url=http://mountainviews.ie/summit/521/|title=An Bhinn Dubh|publisher=[[MountainViews Online Database]]|access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref>||—||The Black Peak|| 479 || 51 || 1,572 || 166 ||70||{{gbm4ibx|Q483056}} |- |15||5||Faill an tSáis<ref name="mountainviews15">{{cite web|url=http://mountainviews.ie/summit/694/|title=Faill an tSáis|publisher=[[MountainViews Online Database]]|access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref>||—||Cliff of the Noose{{efn|Sauce Creek is derived from Irish sás, 'noose', a name referring to the fact that waves and currents make it very difficult to leave this cove by boat.<ref name="peak"/>}}|| 431 || 106 || 1,413 || 348 ||70||{{gbm4ibx|Q497150}} |}
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