Ox Mountains
The Ox Mountains or Slieve Gamph are a mountain range in County Sligo on the west coast of Ireland. They are also known as Saint Patrick's Mountains after the saint who built churches on its slopes and left his name to some of its wells.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 181 metres
- Description: mountain range
- Also known as: “Slieve Gamph” and “The Ox Mountains”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bonniconlon and Cloonacool.
Bonniconlon
Village
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Bonniconlon, officially Bunnyconnellan, is a village in the barony of Gallen in north County Mayo, Ireland. The village is on the R294 regional road to the east of Ballina, County Mayo, and close to the Ox Mountains. Bonniconlon is situated 8 km west of Ox Mountains.
Cloonacool
Village
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Cloonacool is a village and townland in County Sligo, Ireland. Cloonacool sits at the foot of the Ox Mountains, 15 km southwest of Coolaney along the Ballina road, and the intersection of the road to Tubbercurry. Cloonacool is situated 8 km east of Ox Mountains.
Aclare
Village
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Aclare is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. It lies within both the civil and Catholic parish of Kilmactigue. Aclare village is situated on the Inagh river, a tributary of the River Moy. Aclare is situated 9 km south of Ox Mountains.
Ox Mountains
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: County Sligo, Connacht, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Venetian—“Ox Mountains” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ox mendiak”
- Cebuano: “Slieve Gamph”
- Dutch: “Ox Mountains”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبال الثور”
- French: “Monts Ox”
- French: “Ox Mountains”
- German: “Ox Mountains”
- Irish: “Sliabh Gamh”
- Italian: “Monti Ox”
- Japanese: “オックス山地”
- Ladin: “Ox Mountains”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oxfjella”
- Russian: “Бычьи горы”
- Spanish: “Montañas de Ox”
- Swedish: “Slieve Gamph”
- Venetian: “Monti Ox”
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Localities in the Area
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