Mount Errigal
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Errigal Mountain or Errigal | |
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Elevation | 751 m (2466 ft) |
Location | Derryveagh Mountains, Donegal, Ireland |
Prominence | 688 m |
Topo map | OSi Discovery 1 |
OSI/OSNI grid reference | B928207 |
Listing | Marilyn, Hewitt, Jenny Pearson |
Translation | possibly oratory (small church) (Irish) |
Errigal Mountain or Errigal (An Earagail/tEargail in Irish) situated in Donegal, is the tallest peak of the Derryveagh Mountains in the Northwest of Ireland with a height of 751 metres (2,466 feet). Errigal is also the most southern, steepest and highest of the mountain chain, called the 'Seven Sisters' by locals (Muckish, Crocknalaragagh, Aghla Beg, Ardloughnabrackbaddy, Aghla More, Mackoght (also known as 'little Errigal') and Errigal.