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Carrigeenamronety Hill
The Carrigeenamronety Hill (Irish language, Irish: ''Cnoc Charraigín na mBróinte'': the ''little rock of the mill-stones/quernstones'') Special Area of Conservation or SAC is a Natura 2000 site in the Ballyhoura Mountains, Ireland. The qualifying interests for which it is protected as an SAC are the presence of the Killarney fern and the presence of a dry heath habitat. Carrigeenamronety is a hill with elevation and topographic prominence, prominence , and is classed as a Marilyn (hill), Marilyn. The summit is in County Limerick. SAC qualification The Carrigeenamronety Hill site was designated as a Natura 2000 site in 1998 under the Habitats Directive. Statutory Instrument No. 221 of 2017, establishing the site as an SAC (site code: 000397), was passed in 2017. The National Parks and Wildlife Service (Ireland), National Parks and Wildlife Service notes two features which qualify this site for an SAC designation: *Killarney fern or ''Trichomanes speciosum'' (Natura 2000 c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Limerick
County Limerick () is a western Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West Region, Ireland, Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. It is named after the city of Limerick. Limerick City and County Council is the Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local council for the county. The county's population at the 2022 census was 209,536 of whom 102,287 lived in Limerick City, the county capital. Geography Limerick borders four other counties: County Kerry, Kerry to the west, County Clare, Clare to the north, County Tipperary, Tipperary to the east, and County Cork, Cork to the south. It is the fifth-largest of Munster's six counties in size and the second-largest by population. The River Shannon flows through the city of Limerick, then continues as the Shannon Estuary until it meets the Atlantic Ocean past the far western end of the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
