Maolán Buí

"The Bone" redirects here. For other uses, see Bone (disambiguation).

Maolán Buí
Bearna Rua
Maolán Buí photographed from the summit of Cnoc an Chuillinn, with Cnoc an Chullinn East Top in the foreground
Highest point
Elevation973 m[1]
Prominence38 m[1]
ListingFurth, Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam
Coordinates51°59′41″N 9°42′04″W / 51.9946°N 9.7011°W / 51.9946; -9.7011
Geography
Maolán Buí is located in island of Ireland
Maolán Buí
Maolán Buí
Ireland
LocationCounty Kerry, Republic of Ireland
Parent rangeMacGillycuddy's Reeks
OSI/OSNI gridV832838
Topo mapOSI Discovery 78
Geology
Mountain typeWell-bedded grey sandstone Bedrock

Maolán Buí (Irish for "yellow/golden round knoll"), also known by the name Bearna Rua,[2] at 973 metres (3,192 ft) high, is the fifth-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, or the sixth-highest peak in Ireland according to the Vandeleur-Lynam list. Maolán Buí is also known for its narrow north-west spur, called The Bone. It is part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks in County Kerry.

Geography

Looking down the narrow ridge of The Bone and into the Hag's Glen; as seen from the top of Maolan Bui

Maolán Buí is in the eastern part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks in County Kerry, Ireland's highest mountain range. The peak lies on a ridge between Cnoc na Péiste 988 metres (3,241 ft) (to the northeast) and Cnoc an Chuillinn 958 metres (3,143 ft) (to the southwest), which are themselves part of the larger eastern ridge of the Reeks, which includes The Big Gun 939 metres (3,081 ft) and finishes at its far eastern end with Cruach Mhór 932 metres (3,058 ft).[3]

A narrow north-west spur of Maolán Buí called The Bone, not to be confused with the nearby peak that sits on the Beenkeragh Ridge, The Bones 957 metres (3,140 ft), is regarded as a safe escape route from the eastern section of the main MacGillycuddy's Reeks ridge, down into the Hag's Glen and out through Cronin's Yard.[4][3]

Maolán Buí is the 278th-highest mountain in Britain and Ireland on the Simm classification.[5] It is regarded by the Scottish Mountaineering Club ("SMC") as one of 34 Furths, which is a mountain above 3,000 ft (914.4 m) in elevation, and meets the other SMC criteria for a Munro (e.g. "sufficient separation"), but which is outside of (or furth) Scotland;[6] which is why Maolán Buí is sometimes referred to as one of the 13 Irish Munros.[7]

Maolán Buí's prominence qualifies it to meet the Arderin classification, and the British Isles Simm and Hewitt classifications.[5] Maolán Buí does not appear in the MountainViews Online Database, 100 Highest Irish Mountains, as the prominence threshold is over 100 m (328 ft 1 in).[8]

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to MacGillycuddy's Reeks.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maolán Buí.

References

  1. ^ a b Maolán Buí at mountainviews.ie. Accessed on 5 Feb 2013.
  2. ^ Tempan, Paul (February 2012). "Irish Hill and Mountain Names" (PDF). MountainViews.ie.
  3. ^ a b Ryan, Jim (2006). Carrauntoohil and MacGillycuddy's Reeks: A Walking Guide to Ireland's Highest Mountains. Collins Press. ISBN 978-1905172337.
  4. ^ Dillon, Paddy (1998). Exploring the South of Ireland. Ward Lock. ISBN 0-7063-7566-1.
  5. ^ a b Cocker, Chris; Jackson, Graham (2018). "The Database of British and Irish Hills". Database of British and Irish Hills.
  6. ^ Mountains – Key Facts. The Munros, Corbetts, Grahams, Donalds & Furths Archived 2012-08-22 at the Wayback Machine at www.smc.org.uk. Accessed on 5 Feb 2013.
  7. ^ "Hill Lists: Furths". Scottish Mountaineering Club. The list of peaks of 3000ft or more within the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland outside (furth) of Scotland. There are currently 34 Furths.
  8. ^ Mountainviews, (September 2013), "A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins", Collins Books, Cork, ISBN 978-1-84889-164-7