Mount Eagle (Ireland) Explained

Mount Eagle
Other Name:Sliabh an Iolair
Translation:Eagle mountain
Language:Irish
Elevation M:516
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence M:461
Listing:Marilyn
Location:County Kerry, Ireland
Range:Mountains of the Central Dingle Peninsula
Map:Ireland
Label Position:right
Map Size:240
Coordinates:52.1178°N -10.4321°W
Grid Ref Ireland:V334989
Type:Mainly sandstone
Easiest Route:Hiking
First Ascent:ancestral

Mount Eagle [2] [3] is a mountain in County Kerry, Ireland.

Geography

The mountain is part of Mountains of the Central Dingle Peninsula and is the 419th highest in Ireland. Mount Eagle is located not faraway from Slea Head (Ceann Sléibhe), the most south-westerly point of the peninsula, and is connected with Mount Brandon by a ridge of lower hills.[4] On the mountain's top stands a trig point.[5]

History

The mountain summit was the first European bit of land seen by Charles Lindbergh after his 1927 plane voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.[6]

Access to the summit

Mount Eagle summit can be reached with a medium walk from Ventry Harbour. From the top of the mountain there is a good view of the neighbouring coast and the Blasket Islands.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dingle West Area – Mount Eagle . . MountainViews . . 10 January 2016.
  2. Web site: Sliabh an Iolair . . Placenames Database of Ireland . . 10 January 2016.
  3. Book: A Gaelic Dictionary, in two parts . iolair. . 327 . Robert Archibald Armstrong . James Duncan . 1825 . 12 January 2016.
  4. Book: Pilgrimage in Ireland: the mMonuments and the people . Peter Harbison . Syracuse University Press . 1995 . 9780815603122 . 11 January 2016.
  5. Book: Irish Coastal Walks . Paddy Dillon . Cicerone Press Limited . 1999 . 9781849652797 . 11 January 2016.
  6. Book: Rick Steves' Snapshot Dingle Peninsula . Rick Steves, Pat O'Connor . Avalon Travel . 2014.