Talk:Mount Brandon
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[edit] Mount Brandon or Brandon Mountain?
Which is it? I've only ever heard Brandon Mountain, but to my surprise a Google test suggests that Mount Brandon is more common. ("Brandon Mountain" -wikipedia = 815 hits; "Mount Brandon" -wikipedia = 19,800 hits.) Do locals call it one thing and outsiders another? Perhaps outsiders tend to call it Brandon Mountain, but Mount Brandon comes easier to native Irish speakers as it mirrors Sliabh Bhreandáin? Just an uninformed guess. --Blisco 18:54, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
- "Mount Brandon" is what I have heard and what it is called on the Ordnance Survey website; however their printed map calls it "Brandon Mountain". This is also the name used in the Paddy Dillon's hiking guide. Both the printed map and book give the Irish name as "Cnoc Bréanainn" and not "Sliabh Bhreandáin". See:
- Ordnance Survey Ireland. Kerry [map], 2nd edition, 1 : 60,000, Discovery Series. (2000) ISBN 1-901496-59-7.
- Dillon, Paddy [1993] (1996). The Moundains of Ireland. Cicerone Press. ISBN 1-85284-110-9.
- -- PatLeahy (talk) 18:59, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Correct Height
The height is given at the Ordnance Survey website as 951 metres however their printed map gives the height as 952 metres. Given that the printed map is a more permanent record I am changing article to use that value.
See: Ordnance Survey Ireland. No. 70 - Kerry [map], 2nd edition, 1 : 60,000, Discovery Series. (2000) ISBN 1-901496-59-7.
