Hungry Hill

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Hungry Hill
Cnoc Daod
Elevation 685 m (2,247 ft)[1]
Listing Marilyn, Hewitt
Location
Location Beara Peninsula, Ireland
Range Caha Mountains
OSI/OSNI grid V761497

Hungry Hill (Irish: Cnoc Daod) is a mountain on the Beara Peninsula in the Republic of Ireland. With a height of 685 metres (2,247 ft) it is the highest peak of the Caha Mountains and the 130th highest in Ireland.[1] Hungry Hill lies on the border of counties Cork and Kerry, although the peak is on the Cork side.

There is a cairn at the summit and a number of standing stones to the south and east of the mountain. At its eastern foot are two lakes—Coomadayallig and Coomarkane—which both drain into the Mare's Tail waterfalls the highest waterfall in Ireland and the UK .


The first part of the Irish name Cnoc Daod means "hill". The second part may be a dialectal variant of déad, meaning "tooth", "set of teeth" or "jaw".[2] It has been anglicized as Knockdhead and Knockday.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Hungry Hill". MountainViews.ie. Retrieved May 20, 2007. 
  2. ↑ Tempan, Paul. Irish Hill and Mountain Names. MountainViews.ie.
  3. ↑ Placenames Database of Ireland (see archival records)

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Coordinates: 51°41′10″N 9°47′31″W / 51.686°N 9.792°W / 51.686; -9.792

Mountains and hills of Munster
Ballyhoura Mountains
Boggeragh Mountains
Caha Mountains
Comeragh Mountains
Derrynasaggart Mountains
Dingle Peninsula
Galtee Mountains
Iveragh Peninsula
Knockmealdown Mountains
Macgillycuddy's Reeks
Mangerton Mountains
Shehy Mountains
Silvermine Mountains
Slieve Mish Mountains
Slieve Miskish Mountains
Others
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