Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The highest mountain of Ireland, rising to 1,041 m (3,415 ft) in the southwest part of the country in Macgillicuddy's Reeks.
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Examples
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One such moment Synge saw as he looked southward across the bay from the Dingle peninsula toward Killarney: "The blueness of the sea and the hills from Carrantuohill to the Skelligs, the singular loneliness of the hillside I was on, with a few choughs and gulls in sight only, had a splendor that was almost a grief in the mind."
Irish Plays and Playwrights Cornelius Weygandt 1914
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It is a place of indescribable grandeur, where one can see Carrantuohill and the
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The blueness of the sea and the hills from Carrantuohill to the Skelligs, the singular loneliness of the hillside I was on, with a few choughs and gulls in sight only, had a splendour that was almost a grief in the mind.
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Supporters of Solidarity Books in Cork climbed Carrantuohill on Sunday as part of a fundraiser for the bookshop and meeting space.
Indymedia Ireland Kevin Doyle 2010
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Anarchists, along with the Rebel Hill Walkers and lots of supporters, climbed Carrantuohill in Kerry on Sunday as part of a fundraiser for Solidarity Books in Cork.
Indymedia Ireland Kevin Doyle 2010
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Anarchists, along with the Rebel Hill Walkers and lots of supporters, climbed Carrantuohill in Kerry on Sunday as part of a fundraiser for Solidarity Books in Cork.
Indymedia Ireland Kevin Doyle 2010
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Supporters of Solidarity Books in Cork climbed Carrantuohill on Sunday as part of a fundraiser for the bookshop and meeting space.
Indymedia Ireland Kevin Doyle 2010
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A rescue operation is underway on Carrantuohill in Co Kerry.
unknown title 2009
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Kerry Mountain Rescue has reached a group of three climbers stranded on Carrantuohill.
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Ireland, there's nothing to see but mist and wind-driven sheets of rain, but Glover's description is so enthusiastic it doesn't take much imagination to picture Ireland's tallest mountain, Carrantuohill, rising over 1,000m into the nearby clouds.
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