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Mountain Attractions In County Galway

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County Galway is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West of Ireland, part of the province of Connacht. There are several Irish-speaking areas in the west of the county. The traditional county includes, and is named for, the city of Galway, but the city and county now have separate local authorities: Galway City Council administers the urban area, while the rest of the county is administered by Galway County Council. The population of the county was 258,058 at the 2016 census.
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Mountain Attractions In County Galway

  • 1. Twelve Bens of Connemara County Galway
    The Twelve Bens or Twelve Pins is a mountain range of sharp-peaked quartzite summits and ridges located in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, in the west of Ireland. Topographically, the range is partnered with the Maumturks range on the other side of the Glen Inagh valley . The highest point is Benbaun at 729 meters . The range is popular with hill walkers, rock climbers, and fell runners. The 15–kilometre Glencoaghan Horseshoe is noted as providing some of the most exhilarating mountaineering in Ireland, and a true classic. A more serious undertaking is the 28–kilometre Twelve Bens Challenge, climbing all bens in a single day.
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  • 2. Maumturk Mountains County Galway
    The Maumturks or Maamturks is a long broadly-straight mountain range, consisting of weathered quartzite peaks in its central section, located in Connemara in County Galway, in the west of Ireland. The range lies opposite the Twelve Bens, on the other side of the Inagh Valley . The walk of the full range , is considered one of the great classic ridge-walks of Ireland, and since 1975, the University College Galway Mountaineering Club, has run the annual Maamturks Challenge, a walk covering the entire 25–kilometre range in a single day. Near the centre of the range in a deep valley is Irish: Máméan, a site of pilgrimage dedicated to Saint Patrick.
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