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Macgillycuddy's Reeks
Macgillycuddy's Reeks Macgillycuddy's Reeks, County Kerry, southwestern Ireland.

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mountain range, Ireland
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Macgillycuddy's Reeks: Carrantuohill
Macgillycuddy's Reeks: CarrantuohillCarrantuohill, the highest mountain in Ireland, part of the Macgillycuddy's Reeks range, County Kerry, southwestern Ireland.

Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, (Irish: “ridge” or “crests”), mountain range on the Iveragh peninsula in County Kerry, southwestern Ireland. Its geological basis is a long anticlinal range of Devonian sandstones that was strongly glaciated, producing many valleys, serrated ridges, and peaks, including Carrantuohill (3,414 feet [1,041 m]), the highest mountain in Ireland.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Michael Ray.