Garraun
Garraun at 598 metres, is the 224th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, however, while it is just short of the elevation threshold of 600-metres for other classifications, it does have the prominence to be a Marilyn.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Joebater, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Benchoona and Kylemore Abbey.
Kylemore Abbey
Museum
Photo: Textman, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Kylemore Abbey is a Benedictine Monastery founded in 1920 on the grounds of Kylemore Castle, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. The Abbey was founded for Benedictine nuns who fled Belgium in World War 1.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Letterfrack and Tully Cross.
Letterfrack
Photo: Chalky Lives, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Letterfrack is a village on the coast of Connemara in County Galway, with a population of about 200. In Irish Leitir means a rock-strewn hillside and fraic means speckled, referring to the bright quartzite rocks.
Tully Cross
Village
Photo: Lindy Buckley, CC BY 2.0.
Tully Cross is a small village located on the Renvyle Peninsula in north-west Connemara, in County Galway, Ireland. It is actually situated in the townland of Gorteenclough. The village lies close to the sea and is on the Wild Atlantic Way coastal route.
Delphi
Locality
Photo: Keith Salvesen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Delphi is a locality in County Mayo, Ireland. Its English name was coined by the Marquis of Sligo, who built a hunting lodge there. The valley includes the Owengar River that connects Fin Lough to Doo Lough, between the fjord of Killary Harbour to the south… Delphi is situated 9 km northeast of Garraun.
Garraun
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 598 metres
- Description: mountain in County Galway, Ireland
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.58483° or 53° 35′ 5″ northLongitude
-9.86267° or 9° 51′ 46″ westElevation
598 metres (1,962 feet)Open location code
9C5GH4MP+WWOpenStreetMap ID
node 332372771OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Garraun” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Гараун”
- Cebuano: “Garraun”
- Dutch: “Garraun”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جاراون”
- Irish: “Maolchnoc”
- Swedish: “Garraun”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Garraun South Top and Benchoona East Top.
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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 “Garraun”. Photo: Joebater, CC BY-SA 3.0.