Cnoc an Chuillinn ( Irish for "hill of the steep slope"), at , is the sixth-highest peak in Ireland on the

Arderin Arderin () is a mountain on the border between Laois and Offaly in Ireland. With a height of 527 metres (1,729 ft) it is the highest point in the Slieve Bloom Mountains, and is the highest point in both County Laois and County Offaly. An ...

list and the seventh-highest peak in Ireland on the

Vandeleur-Lynam The mountains and hills of the British Isles are categorised into various lists based on different combinations of elevation, prominence, and other criteria such as isolation. These lists are used for peak bagging, whereby hillwalkers attemp ...

list. The name is sometimes incorrectly

anglicised Anglicisation is the process by which a place or person becomes influenced by English culture or British culture, or a process of cultural and/or linguistic change in which something non-English becomes English. It can also refer to the influen ...

to Knockacullion, which is a name used for peaks and townlands in other parts of Ireland. Cnoc an Chuillinn is part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks range in

County Kerry County Kerry ( gle, Contae Chiarraí) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and forms part of the province of Munster. It is named after the Ciarraige who lived in part of the present county. The population of the co ...

Geography

Cnoc an Chuillinn lies in the eastern section of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks, Ireland's highest mountain range. It is at the start of a high ridge section that, moving eastwards, includes Cnoc an Chuillinn East Top () (a subsidiary summit of Cnoc an Chuillinn, but which is itself a

), Maolán Buí (),

Cnoc na Péiste Cnoc na Péiste ( Irish for "hill of the serpent"), anglicised Knocknapeasta, at , is the fourth-highest peak in Ireland, on the Arderin and Vandeleur-Lynam lists. Cnoc na Péiste is part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks range in County Kerry. It ...

(),

The Big Gun The Big Gun (), at high, is the ninth-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, or the tenth-highest according to the Vandeleur-Lynam list. It is part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks in County Kerry, and is also known as Lackagarrin or Foilna ...

() and finishes with

Cruach Mhór Cruach Mhór (Irish for "big stack"), at high, is the tenth-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, and the eleventh-highest peak in Ireland according to the Vandeleur-Lynam list. A distinctive square ''grotto'' marks the summit. It is ...

(). Between Cnoc an Chuillinn, and Cnoc an Chuillinn East Top, lies a major south-east spur to the less frequently climbed,

Brassel Mountain Brassel Mountain () at , is the 261-st highest peak in Ireland, on the Arderin scale. It is part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks range in County Kerry. Brassel Mountain is the south-east spur of the larger neighbouring peaks, Cnoc an Chuillinn ...

(), which descends steeply into the

Black Valley The Black Valley or Cummeenduff () is a remote valley at the southern end of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks mountain range in Kerry, situated south of the Gap of Dunloe and north of Moll's Gap; it is used as a southerly access into the Gap of Dunloe. ...

below. Brassel Mountain is regarded for its steep scrambling, and as an alternative access route to the eastern section of the main Reek's ridge, from more frequently used ''Hag's Glen'' options. To the west of Cnon an Chiullinn is

Cnoc na Toinne Cnoc na Toinne (Irish for "hill of the wave"), at , is the 17th-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, and the 23rd-highest peak in Ireland on the Vandeleur-Lynam list. It is part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks range in County Kerry. Cnoc ...

(), and then the drop down to the col from which the ''Devil's Ladder'' can be descended into the ''Hag's Glen''. Cnoc an Chuillinn's name is often misspelt, including swapping the middle-"an" for "na", or using one "l" or one "n", or using the

term of Knockacullion, as done in other parts of Ireland. Cnoc an Chuillinn is the 316th-highest mountain in Britain and Ireland on the Simm classification. It is listed by the Scottish Mountaineering Club ("SMC") as one of 34 Furths, which is a mountain above in elevation, and meets the other SMC criteria for a Munro (e.g. "sufficient separation"), but which is outside of (or ''furth'') Scotland; which is why Cnoc an Chuillinn is sometimes referred to as one of the 13 Irish Munros. Cnoc an Chuillinn's prominence qualifies it to meet the

classification, and the British Isles Simm and Hewitt classifications. Cnoc an Chuillinn does not appear in the MountainViews Online Database, '' 100 Highest Irish Mountains'', as the prominence threshold is over .Mountainviews, (September 2013), "A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins", Collins Books, Cork,

References

External links

MountainViews: The Irish Mountain Website
the largest database of British Isles mountains (" DoBIH")
Hill Bagging UK & Ireland
the searchable interface for the DoBIH
Ordnance Survey Ireland ("OSI") Online Map ViewerLogainm: Placenames Database of Ireland
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cnoc an Chuillin Mountains and hills of County Kerry Furths Mountains under 1000 metres

Geography

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