Sugarloaf (County Cork) Explained

Sugarloaf Mountain
Other Name:Gabhal Mhór
Translation:big fork
Language:Irish
Elevation M:574
Prominence M:126
Location:County Cork, Ireland
Range:Caha Mountains
Map:island of Ireland
Map Relief:yes

Sugarloaf Mountain [1] is one of the Caha Mountains, southwest of Glengarriff in County Cork, Ireland. It is a pointed mountain with a height of 574m (1,883feet).[2]

The English name refers to the mountain's likeness to a sugarloaf. The Irish name Gabhal Mhór means "big fork", with the lower neighbouring peak called Gabhal Bheag, "little fork", or Gowlbeg Mountain. These names seem to have developed from Sliabh na Gaibhle, "mountain of the fork", likely referring to a confluence of streams. The anglicised form Slieve Gowl is found in several 19th-century sources.[3]

References

51.7333°N -47°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sugarloaf Mountain/Gabhal Mhór . Placenames Database of Ireland.
  2. Web site: Sugarloaf Mountain 574m . MountainViews.ie.
  3. Web site: Irish Landscape Names. MountainViews.ie. Paul Tempan. 2019.