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Letterbreckaun
Sign in to saveLetterbreckaun () is one of the Maumturk Mountains of Connemara in County Galway, Ireland. At , it is the second-tallest of the Maumturks, the 129th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, and 159th–highest on the Vandeleur-Lynam list. Letterbreckaun is in the middle sector of the long north-west to south-east spine of the Maumturks.
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- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Galway
- Elevation
- 667
- Image
- Letterbreckaun From Inagh Valley.jpg
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- topographic prominence
- 322
- mountain range
- Maumturks
- Commons category
- Letterbreckaun
- historic county
- County Galway
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Letterbreckaun () is one of the Maumturk Mountains of Connemara in County Galway, Ireland. At , it is the second-tallest of the Maumturks, the 129th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, and 159th–highest on the Vandeleur-Lynam list. Letterbreckaun is in the middle sector of the long north-west to south-east spine of the Maumturks.
==Naming== The anglicised name "Letterbreckaun" comes from the or Leitir Breacáin meaning "Brecan's hillside", and is also the name of a townland on the slope of the mountain. Saint Brecan is a saint associated with Galway county, and is said to be the successor to Saint Enda of Aran.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Letterbreckaun” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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