NW Ireland & Lakelands
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County Donegal

Muckish

Muckish is a distinctive flat-topped mountain in the of , . At 667.1 metres, it is the third-highest peak in the Derryveagh Mountains and the 163rd highest in .
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 667 metres
  • Description: mountain in County Donegal, Ireland
  • Also known as: “Mucais” and “Muckish Mountain”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Crocknalaragagh.

Peak
is a mountain in , Ireland, with a height of 471 m.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Creeslough and Falcarragh.

Village
Photo: MaxPride, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in , Ireland, 12 kilometres south of on the N56 road. It overlooks an arm of Sheephaven Bay, with the population of the surrounding area engaged mainly in agriculture, mostly livestock rearing.

Photo: MaxPride, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is in , the largest of a straggle of villages along the coast road, with a population of 764 in 2016. This is a Gaeltacht area where 70% speak Irish and 34% have it as their main language.

Town
Photo: Joseph Mischyshyn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Falcarragh is in , the largest of a straggle of villages along the coast road, with a population of 764 in 2016. This is a Gaeltacht area where 70% speak Irish and 34% have it as their main language. is situated 9 km north of Muckish.

Muckish

Latitude
55.10567° or 55° 6′ 20″ north
Longitude
-7.99374° or 7° 59′ 38″ west
Elevation
667 metres (2,188 feet)
Open location code
9C7J4244+7G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 332372675
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
2962396
Wiki­data ID
Q922101
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Satellite Map

Discover Muckish from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Muckish” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Muckish”
  • Cebuano: “Muckish Mountain”
  • Dutch: “Muckish”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل موكيش”
  • French: “An Mhucais”
  • French: “Mucais”
  • German: “Mucais”
  • German: “Muckish Mountain”
  • Irish: “An Mhucais”
  • Ladin: “Muckish”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Muckish”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “An Mhucais”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Muckish”
  • Norwegian: “Muckish”
  • Polish: “Muckish”
  • Swedish: “Muckish Mountain”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Croaghloughagher and Crocknabrockagh.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Croaghloughnaboll and Lough Naboll.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Muckish”. Photo: Zorba the Geek, Public domain.