The Sheeffry Hills or Sheeffry Mountains () is a range of

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s in County Mayo,

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. It is bounded to the west by Glencullin Lough and Doo Lough; to the south by Glenummera and Tawnyard Lough; to the east by Owenmore Glen and to the north by the Bunowen River. The highest peak is

Barrclashcame Barrclashcame () is a 772 m (2,533 ft) mountain in County Mayo, Ireland. Geography The mountain is in the townland of Clashcame and is the highest peak of the Sheeffry Hills. A short distance to the northwest is the peak called Barr ...

(772 m). The range also includes—from west to east—the peaks of Barrclashcame Northwest a.k.a. Storikeennageer (580 m), Tievummera (762 m), Tievnabinnia (742 m), Tawnyard (436 m) and Tawnyrower (510 m).MountainViews.ie - Tawnyrower
/ref> There are a number of

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s within the Sheeffry Hills, the two biggest being Lugacolliwee and Lugaloughan. The others are—from west to east—Lough Awaniareen, Lough Allisheen, Lough Tariff, Lough Brawn, Lugalough Settlements in the area include Drummin and Carrowkennedy (to the east),

Cregganbaun Cregganbaun () is a village in County Mayo, Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the ...

(west), and Delphi (south). Carrowkennedy was the site of an ambush in June 1921, during the Irish War of Independence.

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(centered on the Sheeffry Hills) {{Mountains and hills of Connacht Mountains and hills of County Mayo

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