Mount Eagle (Ireland)

Mount Eagle
Sliabh an Iolair
Highest point
Elevation	516 m (1,693 ft)[1]
Prominence	461 m (1,512 ft)[1]
Listing	Marilyn
Coordinates	52°7′4.18″N 10°25′55.41″W
Naming
English translation	Eagle mountain
Language of name	Irish
Geography
Mount Eagle Ireland
Location	County Kerry, Ireland
Parent range	Mountains of the Central Dingle Peninsula
OSI/OSNI grid	V334989
Geology
Mountain type	Mainly sandstone[1]
Climbing
First ascent	ancestral
Easiest route	Hiking

Pasture along the slopes of Mt.Eagle

Mount Eagle (Irish: Sliabh an Iolair, meaning 'eagle mountain')[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.[1] 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.[1] From the top of the mountain there is a good view of the neighbouring coast and the Blasket Islands.[5]

See also

• List of mountains in Ireland
• List of Marilyns in Ireland

References

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

External links

• Map of a looped walk to Mount Eagle

Media related to Mount Eagle at Wikimedia Commons