Mullach Glas
Mountain in Galway, Ireland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mountain in Galway, Ireland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mullach Glas (Irish for "grey/green summit")[2] is one of the Maumturk Mountains of Connemara in County Galway, Ireland. At 622 metres (2,041 ft), it is the fifth-highest of the Maumturks,[3][4] the 197th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list,[5] and 238th–highest on the Vandeleur-Lynam list.[6][3] Mullach Glas is on a massif that includes Binn Mhór (661 metres (2,169 ft)) and Corcogemore (609 metres (1,998 ft));[7] this massif is at the far southeastern sector of the long north-west to south-east spine of the Maumturks.[3]
Mullach Glas | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 622 m (2,041 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 87 m (285 ft)[1] |
Listing | Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam |
Coordinates | 53°28′57″N 9°36′04″W[1] |
Naming | |
English translation | Grey/Green Summit |
Language of name | Irish |
Geography | |
Location | County Galway, Ireland |
Parent range | Maumturks |
OSI/OSNI grid | L9374849241 |
Topo map | OSi Discovery 45 |
Geology | |
Type of rock | Pale quartzites, grits, graphitic top bedrock[1] |
Irish academic Paul Tempan records that Irish: Mullach Glas translates as "grey/green summit", and that the peak has also been called "Shannagirah".[2]
Mullach Glas lies on a small massif in the southeast sector of the Maumturks range, which is separated from the main range by a deep east–west mountain pass called Máméan, a site of pilgrimage dedicated to Saint Patrick since the 5th-century.[4][8][9]
To the north east is the minor subsidiary peak of Mullach Glas NE Top (432 metres (1,417 ft)), also known as Cruiscín (probably meaning "jug").[2][7] To the west is Binn Mhór (661 metres (2,169 ft)), the 3rd-highest peak in the Maumturks range, while to the east is Corcogemore (609 metres (1,998 ft)).[3][7][4]
The most straightforward route to the summit Mullach Glas is the 10-kilometre 4–5 hour roundtrip route from the pass at Máméan and back; however, because of its positioning on a high ridge of its own small massif, it can also be climbed as an alternative 10-kilometre 4–5 hour route from Corcogemore in the west, across Mullach Glas, to the summit of Binn Mhór, and then finishing down at Máméan (i.e. the route requires two cars).[7]
Mullach Glas is also climbed as part of the Maamturks Challenge, a 25-kilometre 10–12 hour walk over the full Maumturks range (from Maam Cross to Leenaun), which is considered one of the "great classic ridge-walks of Ireland",[4][10] but of "extreme grade" due to the circa 7,600 feet of total ascent.[7] Since 1975, the University College Galway Mountaineering Club has run the annual "Maamturks Challenge Walk" (MCW),[11] and mans a checkpoint to the west of Mullach Glas in the Máméan pass, and to the east of Mullach Glas on the neighbouring peak of Corcogemore.[12][13]
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